Manchester Art Gallery, formerly known as Manchester City Art Gallery, is a public art museum located on Mosley Street in the heart of Manchester. The main premises of the gallery were built in 1823 and today its collection occupies three buildings connected thanks to a design by Hopkins Architects. Manchester Art Gallery opened in 2002 after a major refurbishment and extension project.

The Manchester Art Gallery holds works of local and international importance for a collection that includes over 25,000 objects.

The art collection consists of more than 2,000 oil paintings, 3,000 watercolors and drawings, 250 sculptures, 90 miniatures and about 1,000 prints. In addition, 13,000 decorative art objects are added (ceramics, glass, enamels, furniture, metal objects, weapons and armor, wallpapers, dolls' houses).

Manchester Art Gallery has an important collection of pre-Raphaelite and Victorian art.

The gallery houses several works by the French impressionist Pierre Adolphe Valette who shares the room with a Cézanne, in addition to them the museum hosts "The Picnic" by the British impressionist painter Wynford Dewhurst, a native of Manchester.

In addition to paintings, the museum houses collections of furniture, glass and silverware including four pieces by Victorian architect and designer William Burges.