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The Whitworth Art Gallery is an art museum in Manchester, England, containing about 55,000 items in its collection. The museum is located in Whitworth Park south of the Oxford Road campus of the University of Manchester. Since 2006, the director of the gallery is Dr Maria Balshaw. ==History== The gallery was founded in 1889 by Robert Darbishire with a donation from Sir Joseph Whitworth, as ''The Whitworth Institute and Park''. The first building was completed in 1908. In 1958 the gallery became part of the Victoria University of Manchester.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Short History of The Whitworth Art Gallery )〕 In October 1995 the mezzanine court in the centre of the building was opened. The new gallery, designed chiefly for the display of sculpture, won a RIBA regional award.〔 〕 In 2010 the art gallery received 172,000 visitors, making it one of Greater Manchester's ten most-visited tourist attractions. Image:Whitworth-gallery-4.jpg|Entrance hall Image:Whitworth-gallery-1.jpg|Gallery interior Image:Whitworth-gallery-2.jpg|Gallery interior Image:Whitworth-gallery-3.jpg|Gallery interior 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whitworth Art Gallery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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