If you are not a fan of art, then you should come there for a walk in a stunning park and a fabulous, slightly mysterious atmosphere. If you're a fan, you'll be staying at the Whitworth Art Gallery for a long time.

The gallery is located in the self-titled park in the southern part of Manchester. So the building looks like a red brick castle lost in the woods. The gallery's appearance reflects its essence: on the one hand, the building that belongs to a serious and strict university, on the other, a huge collection of paintings by free, bold, bright artists – a new building of the gallery made of transparent glass.

Whitworth Art Gallery is a huge collection of masterpieces of modern art. There are paintings by Gauguin, Picasso, and Van Gogh. A special place is given to Turner's paintings. So the gallery is often referred to as the "Tate North gallery".

Are you bored with paintings and sculptures? Then welcome to the textile exhibition. After all, the textile industry has been one of the key industries in Manchester for several centuries.

As well as its contents, some facts from the history of this beautiful place are also interesting. For example, the building was built on the donation of Joseph Whitworth, a man who was not directly related to art. He was an inventor of the rifle at the time. Another interesting fact is that seventeen years ago, the gallery was robbed and all the valuable paintings were stolen. However, the police managed to find the criminals and return the masterpieces to the gallery.

The gallery is part of the University of Manchester and, like all institutions, takes a course of development. There you can not only look at works of art but also listen to them in educational lectures.

"What has progress comes to?!" - will you exclaim when you find out that the Whitworth Art Gallery has become the first gallery in the UK, whose collections can be viewed online. Moreover, they are freely available.

However, it is much more pleasant to walk through the park, rustling the leaves under your feet, and then go to the halls with world masterpieces.