{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox museum | name = Butler Gallery | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Butler Gallery in Evans Home.png | alt = Gallery building seen through gates | caption = Butler Gallery is located in Evans' Home | map_type = Ireland | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|52.6538|-7.2492|region:IE|display=inline,title}} | former_name = | established = {{Start date|1943}} | dissolved = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = Evans' Home, John's Quay, Kilkenny, Ireland | type = Art gallery, museum | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | director = Anna O'Sullivan<ref name="rte2020">{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0810/1158383-in-the-picture-kilkennys-new-art-gallery/ | publisher = RTÉ | website = rte.ie | title = In The Picture: Kilkenny's new art gallery | date = 17 August 2020 | accessdate = 24 June 2021 }}</ref> | architect = | owner = | public_transit = | parking = | website = {{URL|butlergallery.ie}} }}
'''Butler Gallery''' is a contemporary art gallery and museum in Kilkenny, Ireland. It presents a collection of works by Irish and international artists from the 18th century to the present day. A wing has been devoted to the work of the Callan artist Tony O'Malley and his wife Jane.<ref name="rte2020"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Butler Gallery in Kilkenny will lift our spirit with dedicated wing to Callan artist Tony O'Malley|url=https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/home/529619/new-butler-gallery-in-kilkenny-will-lift-our-spirit.html|access-date=2020-03-30|website=kilkennypeople.ie}}</ref>
Established in Kilkenny city in 1943 by George Pennefather, the Butler Gallery is named in honor of Susan (Peggy) and Hubert Butler.{{fact|date=June 2021}} The gallery, previously based in the basement of Kilkenny Castle,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.butlergallery.ie/news/press-release-06-08-20-new-museum-opens-in-kilkenny | website = butlergallery.ie | title = Press Release: New Museum Opens in Kilkenny | date = 6 August 2021 | accessdate = 24 June 2021 | quote = Butler Gallery, previously located at Kilkenny Castle, has moved to Evans’ Home }}</ref> is located in the redeveloped Evans' Home, a former almshouse built in the 19th century for impoverished domestic servants.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.butlergallery.ie/heritage/evans-home | website = butlergallery.ie | title = Heritage - Evans' Home | accessdate = 24 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://worldarchitecture.org/article-links/egmpe/mccullough-mulvin-architects-adds-two-metalclad-volumes-to-convert-former-almshouse-into-art-gallery.html | website = worldarchitecture.org | title = Mccullough Mulvin Architects Adds Two Metal-Clad Volumes To Convert Former Almshouse Into Art Gallery | date = 8 February 2021 | accessdate = 24 June 2021 }}</ref>
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== External links == *{{official website|https://www.butlergallery.ie/}}
Category:1943 establishments in Ireland Category:Art museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1943 Category:Buildings and structures in Kilkenny (city) Category:Museums in County Kilkenny
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