The Ruskin, Lancaster

The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre
The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre
54°00′36″N 2°47′16″W / 54.0101197888021°N 2.7878114268054732°W / 54.0101197888021; -2.7878114268054732
Location	Lancaster, England

The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre is an archive, museum,^[1] and research centre at Lancaster University,^[2] in the north of England. The Director of The Ruskin is Professor Sandra Kemp.^[3] Prior to 2019, The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre was known as the Ruskin Library.

The Ruskin is home to The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection, the world's largest assemblage of works by artist, writer, environmentalist and social thinker John Ruskin (1819–1900), and his circle.^[4][5] The collection is on display in The Ruskin building at Lancaster University, designed for the collection by Sir Richard MacCormac, and Brantwood, Ruskin's house, garden and estate on Coniston Water. The Collection was purchased by University of Lancaster in 2019, with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.^[6] The Ruskin launched on 26 September 2019 with the exhibition, ‘Ruskin: Museum of the Near Future’, to mark the bicentenary of Ruskin's birth in 1819.^[7]

In 2021, Lancaster University announced that The Ruskin would close until 2024 to enable planned capital works to take place. During the temporary closure, The Ruskin's programmes of exhibitions, events, research and learning are taking place digitally and off-site.