Manchester Art Gallery and The Gallery of Costume are home to the city’s world-class art collection. We hold over 25,000 objects of fine art, decorative art and costume, developed over 200 years and still growing.
Fine Art
Decorative Art
Over 13,000 objects of craft and design from ceramics, glass and furniture to metalwork, wallpaper and dolls houses. Highlights include early English slipware, 17th century silver, and our growing collection of contemporary furniture and lighting design.
Costume
The Gallery of Costume at Platt Hall holds over 21,000 items of clothing and accessories, covering all aspects of the history of dress from 1600 to the present day. 18th century fashion and 19th century women and children's dress are particular highlights.
Address
Manchester Art Gallery
Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL
Tel: 0161 235 8888
Fax: 0161 274 7146
Textphone: 0161 235 8893
Contact us by email
Opening hours
We are open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm.
We are closed Mondays except Bank Holidays, and also closed 1 January, Good Friday, 24-26 and 31 December.
Entry is free
We are best known for our Victorian paintings, especially the world famous Pre-Raphaelites. But our historic galleries also display masterpieces of art and design from the 17th and 18th centuries.
17th century - Life and Death in the 17th century
Paintings of daily life in Holland, Italy and Britain in the 1600s. From everyday pursuits at work and in the home, to religious paintings and depictions of mortality.
18th century - Portraiture, landscape and the Grand Tour
Early 19th century - Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution
Pre-Raphaelites - Our pre-eminent collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings
Victorian - Life, landscape and storytelling
Explore the artistic developments of the 20th century, from LS Lowry to David Hockney and Clarice Cliff to Terence Conran.
Lowry and Valette
Modern and Contemporary
Follow the twists and turns of history’s most turbulent century, from the optimism of early modernism to post-war politics. Get to grips with contemporary art and design and take a look at some of our newest acquisitions.
Contemporary art and design can also be found in the CIS Manchester Gallery and the Gallery of Craft & Design.
MANCHESTER GALLERY
Manchester has a proud history of art and design and a vibrant contemporary art scene. This ground floor display introduces you to the work of local talent spanning 200 years. Works by famous artists like LS Lowry and Adolphe Valette are shown with exhibits by contemporary artists and designers, as well as objects created by local communities.
Themes such as Pride, Attitude and Making it highlight how creativity is woven into the fabric of the city. See how views of the city have changed over the years, and encounter surprising combinations of furniture, textiles, graphics and wallpapers all made in Manchester. Cotton, once pivotal to Manchester’s economy, has its own section. There is also a special focus on Ancoats, the first industrial suburb in the world where Manchester’s pressed glass industry once flourished.
Like the city, the Manchester Gallery never stays the same. Different displays, from ceramics and furniture to photography and video, are incorporated each year, so come back and see something new.
GALLERY OF CRAFT AND DESIGN
The gallery is one of the architectural highlights of Manchester Art Gallery.
In this former Victorian theatre, you can see metalwork, toys and textiles:
over 1,300 objects from ancient pottery to the latest designs in furniture and lighting.
Making
How do artists and designers approach making objects?
Memory
How can objects mark events that are important to millions of people – or just to you?
Collecting
How and why do people collect objects?
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