The McManus
Dundee, Scotland | |
Coordinates | 56°27′45″N 2°58′16″W / 56.462564°N 2.971156°W |
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Website | www.mcmanus.co.uk |
The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum is a
The concept for the building was originally commissioned as a memorial to
The building was designed by the architect
Two further sections, which extended the building by four art galleries and four museum galleries, were added by 1889. The central section was designed to Scott's intention by David MacKenzie, with the Eastern Galleries by
In 1976, cracks were discovered in south-east corner of the building. The subsequent survey found that the building was partially subsiding. During 1979, remedial measures involved placing load-bearing concrete piles and cross-beams positioned to replace rotted timbers.[3]
The building was closed to the public on 24 October 2005 for a £7.8-million redevelopment by Page\Park Architects and was reopened to the public on 28 February 2010.[4] Currently, much of the McManus collection, which includes works by Dundee-based artists James McIntosh Patrick and Alberto Morrocco, is located at the former Carnegie Library on Barrack Street.
The collection includes three paintings by Thomas Musgrave Joy which celebrate Grace Darling's rescue of passengers on the paddlesteamer Forfarshire.[5]
References
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Mcmanus Galleries, formerly Albert Institute, including lampstandards (Category A Listed Building) (LB24939)". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ a b British Association for the Advancement of Science (1867). Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Dundee, September 1867. OCLC 58887495.
- ^ "Funds for remedial work at Albert Institute". Scotsman. 3 May 1979. p. 9.
- ^ "Home". The Courier. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ Suzanne Fagence Cooper, ‘Joy, Thomas Musgrave (1812–1866)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 Oct 2013