Crawford Art Gallery. The Crawford Art Gallery is a public art gallery and museum in the city of Cork, Ireland.
Known informally as the Crawford, it was designated a 'National Cultural Institution' in 2006. It is dedicated to the visual arts, both historic and contemporary, and welcomes over 200,000 visitors a year.
The Crawford is based in the centre of Cork in what used to be the Cork Customs House, built in 1724. The Customs House became home to the Royal Cork Institution in the 1830s, and the RCI was involved in opening the Cork School of Design on the site in 1850.
In the early 1880s, the Cork School of Design was extended with funds and patronage from members of the Crawford family, who were local landowners and brewers. For this reason the school was re-named as the Crawford School of Art in 1885.
In 1979, the art school transferred to another site, and the Crawford building used primarily as a gallery and museum. The museum buildings were substantially extended in 2000. Among the earliest acquisitions in the gallery's collection are casts of classical Greek and Roman statues by Antonio Canova. These were brought to Cork from the Vatican in 1818. The Royal Cork Institution acquired these works from the Society of Fine Arts in Cork, who had been given the casts by the Prince Regent. He in turn had received them from Pope Pius VII, who had commissioned Antonio Canova to make a set of plasters f
Known informally as the Crawford, it was designated a 'National Cultural Institution' in 2006. It is dedicated to the visual arts, both historic and contemporary, and welcomes over 200,000 visitors a year.
The Crawford is based in the centre of Cork in what used to be the Cork Customs House, built in 1724. The Customs House became home to the Royal Cork Institution in the 1830s, and the RCI was involved in opening the Cork School of Design on the site in 1850.
In the early 1880s, the Cork School of Design was extended with funds and patronage from members of the Crawford family, who were local landowners and brewers. For this reason the school was re-named as the Crawford School of Art in 1885.
In 1979, the art school transferred to another site, and the Crawford building used primarily as a gallery and museum. The museum buildings were substantially extended in 2000. Among the earliest acquisitions in the gallery's collection are casts of classical Greek and Roman statues by Antonio Canova. These were brought to Cork from the Vatican in 1818. The Royal Cork Institution acquired these works from the Society of Fine Arts in Cork, who had been given the casts by the Prince Regent. He in turn had received them from Pope Pius VII, who had commissioned Antonio Canova to make a set of plasters f
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