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City Art Galleries (Manchester)

Description: Manchester City Galleries. Moseley Street M2 3JL. Tel: +44 (0)161 236 7369.

Newest Review: ... galleries. For this reason I will not go into too much detail about individual pieces or artists as everyone has different tastes. There really is more to this award winning gallery than you may realise and if you live or work in the city or even spending a day in Manchester you could do worse than spending an hour or two in here. A ramp is provided for wheelchairs and buggys (wheelchairs ... more

... can be borrowed) and toilet and baby changing facilities are provided with lift access to all 3 floors. Here are just a few of the highlights. As you enter this impressive building you are immediately greeted by staff who will happily point you in...more

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City Art Galleries (Manchester): Manchesters Finest! (617 words)
by - written on 10/07/07 (Very useful, 110 readings)
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Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL Tel: 0161 235 8888 Open Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm (some special events outside these times) Closed Mondays (except Bank Holidays) www.manchestergalleries.org The good thing about Manchester in general is that most places of interest are within easy walking distance and there are 4 free bus services around the city centre (1, 2, 3 and 4). The no2 from Victoria station stops at the gallery or the tram system stops at Mosley street or St Peters Square. If your knowledge of art stops at Rolf Harris and impressionist bring to mind John Culshaw or Rory Bremner then do not let this put you off visiting ... Read the complete review

Open Access For All (2217 words)
by - written on 12/11/03 (Very useful, 105 readings)
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Do you feel art galleries offer access to everyone? By access I mean physically, and mentally. Most art galleries especially those run by councils or funded by the government have to have a social inclusion policy and have targets to meet that include unrepressed groups including children, youths and socially disadvantaged people. The Guardian now has a campaign for child friendly museums and art galleries. It seemed a good idea to visit an Art Gallery to see how accessible they really are. I chose the recently refurbished Manchester City Art Gallery as it does pride itself to be a very easy art gallery for people to access. I do know they used a panel of children from a ... Read the complete review

City Art Galleries (Manchester): Wythenshawe Hall (636 words)
by - written on 02/07/01 (Very useful, 33 readings)
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A few weeks back, daughter no. 2 and I were out giving the dogs a run in Wythenshawe Park. It was the first time we’d been there, and although we knew it was large, we hadn’t expected to come across a half-timbered Tudor house in the middle of it. On closer inspection, we found that Wythenshawe Hall now houses an art gallery, so we decided to return another day, when daughter no. 1 would be with us, and take a look around. We went today. As an art gallery, part of Manchester City Art Galleries, I can’t say I was impressed. Sure, there were some old paintings there, but there was too little information about them to hold my ... Read the complete review