Bury Art Museum
| Bury Art Museum | |
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 Bury Art Museum with Bury Central Library | |
  Location of Bury Art Museum within Greater Manchester
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| Location | Moss Street, Bury |
| Coordinates | 53°35′30″N 2°17′55″W / 53.5917°N 2.2986°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Public transit access | Bury Interchange |
Bury Art Museum is a public museum and art gallery in the town of Bury, Greater Manchester, northern England, owned by Bury Council.[1]
Formerly known as Bury Museum and Art Gallery, it was renamed Bury Art Museum in 2011.
The museum is home to the Wrigley Collection, an assemblage of over two hundred oil paintings, watercolours, prints and ceramics accumulated by the Victorian paper manufacturer Thomas Wrigley. The collection includes works by Turner, Constable, and Landseer.
In 2005 a £1.2 million refurbishment was carried out, designed to provide a brand new museum, art gallery and library all under one roof. This includes a combined Museum and Archives Centre which, based on a radical re-think, uses artefacts, documentation and art to tell the story of the town.[2] The most recent renovation includes modern artefacts such as iPods and electric iRobit hoovers.
The council decided in 2006 to sell Lowry's "The Riverbank" at auction in order to fund part of its Social Services budget shortfall. This has resulted in the government's Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) removing Bury Council's accredited museum status. The authority will now have limited funding options and will be ineligible for some grants.[3]
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References
- ↑ "Bury Art Gallery, Museum & Archives". Culture24. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ Honeyford, Kate (13 May 2005), Bury Museum Open Again After Re-fit for the 21st Century, 24 Hour Museum, retrieved 1 August 2009
- ↑ Lowry sale council loses status, BBC News, 15 December 2006, retrieved 1 August 2009
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