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Ruskin Gallery

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The Ruskin Gallery is a gallery within the Millennium Galleries in Sheffield, England.[1]

It houses a collection of minerals, paintings, ornithological prints, drawings, manuscripts and architectural plaster casts assembled by John Ruskin.

It first opened in 1875, under the name Museum of St George, in a cottage in Walkley.[2] It 1890, it was relocated to Meersbrook Hall.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Museums Sheffield – Ruskin Collection". Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  2. ^ a b "£100,000 revamp for Ruskin Gallery - Lifestyle - Sheffield Telegraph". Retrieved 2010-10-28.