Coordinates: 53°45′33″N 2°41′54″W / 53.75911, -2.69825

Harris Museum
Established	1893
Location	Market Square, Preston, England
Type	Art Gallery and Public Library
Website	Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Free Public Library information

The Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Preston Free Public Library is a Grade I listed museum building in Preston and has the largest gallery space in Lancashire, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually Visual art. A public library (also called circulating library) is a Library which is accessible by the Public and is generally funded from public sources (such A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

Contents 1 History 2 Collections 3 External links 4 References

History

In the 19th century, a Public Library boom hit the United Kingdom. A public library (also called circulating library) is a Library which is accessible by the Public and is generally funded from public sources (such The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The City of Preston wanted a grand museum and library for its inhabitants. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. Since 1850, locals had held fund-raising events to get enough money to build a Museum and Public Library. A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the A public library (also called circulating library) is a Library which is accessible by the Public and is generally funded from public sources (such In 1877, a Preston lawyer called Edmund Robert Harris, finally made the dream of Preston into a reality. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. He left the Preston Council with a sum of £300,000. In 1879, the first library of Preston was set up in the Town Hall basement, while a museum was set up to house the Dr Shepherd Collection on Cross Street. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. The popularity of this made the City council to make a purpose built building to house the Public Library and Museum. A public library (also called circulating library) is a Library which is accessible by the Public and is generally funded from public sources (such A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the Work started on the museum in 1882 and it officially opened in 1893.

Collections

The collections include important local history and archaeology collections, highlights of which are displayed in the Story of Preston, which gives a historical account of the city. There is also a fine art collection including work by Stanley Spencer, Lucian Freud, Ivon Hitchens and Graham Sutherland and a decorative art collection that holds the largest scent bottle collection in the country. Sir Stanley Spencer ( 30 June 1891 &ndash 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (born 8 December 1922 is a British painter of German Origin Ivon Hitchens ( 3 March 1893 - August 1979 was an English painter who started exhibiting during the 1920s Graham Vivian Sutherland OM ( August 24, 1903 &ndash February 17, 1980) was an English Artist. In addition there is a varied contemporary art programme of national and international artists, touring shows and in-house exhibitions.

Amongst the fine works of art and historical artifacts there is a nationally important prehistoric elk skeleton, known as the Poulton Elk. The moose (North America or elk (Europe Alces alces, is the largest extant Species in the Deer family. Poulton-le-Fylde (commonly shortened by locals to just Poulton) is a town within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England.

A Foucault pendulum hangs in the central foyer, through all the floors, over a butterfly-shaped plate marked with the hours of the day. The Foucault pendulum (fuːˈkoʊ "foo-KOH" or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as As a result of the rotation of the Earth, this functions as a decorative and reasonably-accurate clock.

This monumental building also houses Preston City's Free Public Library^[1], which is run by Lancashire County Council, and the building was initially built with funds donated by Edmund Robert Harris.

External links

• Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Free Public Library information

References

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