Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery

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Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane is an art gallery funded by Dublin City Council and located in Charlemont House in Dublin, Ireland. Charlemont House was originally the town house of James Caulfeild, the 1st Earl of Charlemont and was designed by Sir William Chambers.

Previously called the "Municipal Gallery of Modern Art", it has been renamed the "Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane", but is still often simply known as "The Hugh Lane". The gallery was founded by Hugh Lane on Harcourt Street in 1908, and is the first known public gallery of modern art in the world.

Since relocated to Parnell Street, the museum has a permanent collection and hosts exhibitions, mostly by contemporary Irish artists. Francis Bacon's studio was reconstructed in the gallery in 2001. The gallery was closed for reconstruction in 2004, reopening in May 2006. The gallery now includes an extension by Gilroy McMahon Architects and Buro Happold, featuring a dedicated Sean Scully room. Also, the entire collection bequethed by Hugh Lane (which is usually shared with the National Gallery London) will be on display together until later in the year.

[edit] External links

• The Hugh Lane Gallery website

Museums and Public Galleries in Ireland

The Chester Beatty Library | The Crawford Municipal Art Gallery | Downpatrick & County Down Railway* | Dublin Writers Museum | The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery | The Hunt Museum | The Irish Museum of Modern Art | The Irish Jewish Museum | James Joyce Centre | Kilmainham Jail | Marsh's Library | The National Gallery of Ireland | The National Museum of Ireland | The National Print Museum of Ireland | The Natural History Museum | National Library of Ireland | National Transport Museum of Ireland | National Wax Museum | Ormeau Baths Gallery* | The Pearse Museum | The Somme Heritage Centre* | Saint Patrick Visitor Centre* | The State Heraldic Museum | The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum* | The Ulster Museum* * indicates Northern Ireland