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The Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Preston Free Public Library is a Grade I listed museum building in Preston.
== History ==
In the 19th century, after it became legal to raise money for libraries by local taxation, a Public Library boom hit the United Kingdom. The town of Preston wanted a grand museum and library for its inhabitants. Since 1850, locals had held fund-raising events to get enough money to build a museum and public library. In 1877, a Preston lawyer called Edmund Robert Harris finally made the dream of Preston into a reality. He left instructions in his will that a sum of £300,000 be used to establish a trust that would provide funds to support the creation of several institutions in Preston including a library, museum and art gallery. The trust would work with Preston Corporation. In 1879, the first Preston lending library was set up in the Town Hall basement, while a public museum was set up on Cross Street, opening 1 May 1880. The popularity of this made the council decide to make a purpose built building to house the Public Library and Museum. Building work officially started on the museum in 1882 during the Preston Guild and it officially opened in 1893.
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