Manchester Art Gallery on Mosley Street was designed by Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Athenaeum, and Hopkins Architects designed the linking building. It was built for the Royal Manchester Institution and transferred to Manchester Corporation in 1882. The infobox gives 1823 as established, but the text says the main building was constructed from 1824 to 1835. The Athenaeum was built in 1837.
The article calls the main building Greek Ionic and the Athenaeum Italian Palazzo, in rusticated ashlar stone. It has 94 galleries.
A 1913 suffragette protest damaged paintings, and the gallery closed from 1998 to 2002 for a 35 million pound refurbishment. In 2018 Hylas and the Nymphs was temporarily removed. It is a free public art museum with about 25,000 objects, open six days a week and closed Mondays.
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