Editing Mechanics' institute (section)

===United Kingdom===
''(alphabetical order by town or city)''
* Aberdeen Mechanics' Institute, Market Street, [[Aberdeen]] (architect [[Archibald Simpson]]), now a hotel.
* [[Alford, Lincolnshire|Alford Institute]]. Founded 1854.
* Alnwick Mechanics' Institute,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peter |date=2020-08-27 |title=Mechanics' Institute |url=https://alnwickcivicsociety.org.uk/2020/08/27/mechanics-institute/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=Alnwick Civic Society |language=en}}</ref> Northumberland. Founded 1824.
* [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]]. Founded in 1849, became the Boston Atheneum in 1855.
* [[Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library]], Yorkshire.
* Brechin Mechanics Institute, Angus.<ref name="Brechin">{{cite web |title=Brechin Mechanics Institute |url=https://brechinmechanicsinstitute.com/ |website=Brechin Mechanics Institute |access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref>
* Brentford Mechanics' Institution, Middlesex. Founded in 1835 and closed around 1890.<ref>{{cite book |title=History and Antiquities of Brentford, Ealing, & Chiswick |url=https://archive.org/details/historyantiquiti00faul|last=Faulkner|first=T.|year=1845}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Ronalds|first=B. F.|date=2018|title=The Montgomrey Family of Brentford: Timber Merchants and Benefactors|journal=London's Industrial Archaeology|volume=16|pages=57–69}}</ref>
* [[Burnley Mechanics]], [[Burnley]], Lancashire.
* [[Darlington Mechanics Institute]], built in 1854, as of 2014 a nightclub and bar.<ref name=rude>{{cite news|last=Lloyd|first=Chris|title=HISTORY: School for rude mechanicals |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/11065778.School_for_rude_mechanicals/ |access-date=11 May 2014 |newspaper=The Northern Echo |date=10 March 2014}}</ref>
* Dysart - Mechanics Institute.
* School of Arts of Edinburgh, renamed to [[Heriot-Watt University]] in 1966.
* Epworth Mechanics Institute, North Lincolnshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epworthmechanicslibrary.co.uk/ |title=Epworth Mechanics Institute |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425180925/http://www.epworthmechanicslibrary.co.uk/ |archivedate=25 April 2013 }}</ref>[[File:Mechanics' Institutes 201307 109.jpg|thumb|Mechanics' Institutes, Eyam]]
* Eyam, Derbyshire.
* Gainsborough. Room in [[Gainsborough Old Hall]].
* [[Grimsby, Lincolnshire]]. Founded in 1835. new building in Victoria Street in 1856.
* [[Ipswich Institute]], Suffolk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ipswichinstitute.org.uk/|title=Ipswich Institute – Reading Room & Library}}</ref>
* Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
*[[Keighley]] Mechanics' Institute, West Yorkshire, founded 1825, developed into [[Keighley College]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Keighley College is Back |url=https://keighleycollege.ac.uk/keighley-college-back/ |website=Keighley College |access-date=26 October 2023 |language=en |date=7 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Leeds Mechanics' Institute]] (West Yorkshire) designed by [[Cuthbert Brodrick]], now [[Leeds City Museum]].
* [[Lincoln Mechanics' Institute]]. Founded 1833 in the undercroft of  the [[Greyfriars, Lincoln|Greyfriars]].
* Liverpool Mechanics School of Arts, founded 1825, renamed Liverpool Mechanics Institution in 1832, which later became the [[Liverpool Institute High School for Boys]] and from 1996 the [[Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts]].
* London Mechanics' Institute which eventually became [[Birkbeck, University of London]]
* [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]] Founded 1835. Moved to Mansion House 1853.
* [[Lurgan]], [[County Armagh]]. 69 Market Street.
* Lutterworth, Leicestershire.
* [[Manchester]], forerunner of [[University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology]], which merged with [[Victoria University of Manchester]] to form the [[University of Manchester]]
* Market Rasen,Lincolnshire Founded in 1836 in Queen Street
* Marsden Mechanics Institute, [[Marsden, West Yorkshire|Marsden]], West Yorkshire, HD7 6BW,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marsdenmechanics.co.uk/|title=Home|first=Marsden|last=Mechanics|website=Marsden Mechanics}}</ref> now a rental hall and public library
* Neath Mechanics Institute, Neath, Neath Port Talbot Founded in 1842
* [[University of South Wales]], Newport – converted to private apartments
*Nottingham Mechanics Institute<ref name="NMI">{{cite web |title=The Nottingham Mechanics Institute History |url=http://www.nottingham-mechanics.org.uk/about/history/ |website=Nottingham Mechanics Institute |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[Otley Civic Centre|Otley Mechanics Institute]], West Yorkshire
* Royston, Hertfordshire, built 1855, later became the town hall and [[c:File:Royston Picture Palace.jpg|picture palace]] 
* [[Spitalfields]] Mechanics' Institution, founded in early 1825 by Thomas Gibson, father of [[Thomas Field Gibson]]<ref>{{cite book |title=A Course of Three Lectures on the Formation of a Spitalfields Mechanics' Institution|year=1825}}</ref>
* [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]], Stamford Institution. Founded 1842.
* [[Swindon Mechanics' Institute]], Wiltshire
* [[Wakefield Mechanics' Institute]], West Yorkshire
* Wolverhampton (Queen Street, c. 1835)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/VictorianBuildings/19thCentBritain.htm|title=Victorian Wolverhampton, a town though its buildings|publisher=Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website|access-date=15 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601141849/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/VictorianBuildings/19thCentBritain.htm|archive-date=1 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Wisbech Working Men's Club & Institute, [[Wisbech]], Isle of Ely.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol4/pp268-269|title= Miscellaneous institutions|website= British History Online|access-date= 24 September 2021}}</ref>