National Gallery Gallery for British art in 1897. The Sainsbury Wing, an extension to the west by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, is a notable example of Postmodernist architecture in Britain. The current Director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi. The late 18th century saw the nationalisation of royal or princely art collections across mainland Europe. The Bavarian royal collection (now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich) opened to the public in 1779, that of the Medici in Florence around 1789 (as the Uffizi Gallery), and the Museum Français at the Louvre was formed out of the former French royal collection
Craven Museum & Gallery Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10:00am-4.00pm. Open on most bank and public holidays with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day and Easter Day. The Museum and Gallery is always closed from Christmas Day until 1 February to allow essential maintenance to be done. Craven Museum & Gallery Craven Museum & Gallery is a museum located in the town of Skipton, North Yorkshire, England in the Skipton Town Hall and has a collection of local artefacts which depict life in Craven from the prehistoric times to the modern day. It is currently closed for refurbishment. The museum was