On 1 Mar 1880, the Royal Manchester Institution donated itself to the city of Manchester. This became the basis for the Manchester City Art Gallery, opened August 31, 1883. Image: Photograph of the Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Articles

Amy Woodson-Boulton, “The City Art Museum Movement and the Social Role of Art”