The Ruskin Gallery is a gallery within the
Millennium Galleries in
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...
, England.
It houses a collection of minerals, paintings, ornithological prints, drawings, manuscripts and architectural plaster casts assembled by
John Ruskin
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, Critique of politic ...
.
It first opened in 1875, under the name ''Museum of St George'', in a cottage in
Walkley
Walkley is a suburb of Sheffield, England, west of Burngreave, south of Hillsborough and north-east of Crookes.
The area consists mainly of Victorian stone-fronted terraced housing and has a relatively high student population. It also has ...
.
It 1890, it was relocated to
Meersbrook Hall.
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References
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Culture in Sheffield
Tourist attractions in Sheffield