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The Laing Art Gallery

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
505783
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 3, 1977
Legal form
Trust
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Discovery Museum
Blandford Square
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 4JA

Contact

Activities

The Laing Art Gallery was founded in 1901 by Alexander Laing. The present site of the Gallery was suggested in 1899 and the following year Alexander Laing offered --£20,000 to the local council, which unanimously accepted his generous donation. The Laing in now managed on behalf of Newcastle City Council by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.

Objects: Provision And Maintenance Of An Art Gallery

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025
March 31, 2024
March 31, 2023
March 31, 2022
March 31, 2021

Trustees

Name
Newcastle City Council