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Gallery Oldham

Greaves Street
Oldham
OL1 1AL
Greater Manchester
England

Collection details
Archives
Costume and Textiles
Decorative and Applied Art
Fine Art
Natural Sciences
Photography
Social History

Facilities

Parking: yes
Food: yes
Shop: yes
Guided tours: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Visual disability facilities: yes

Contact details
General information (Tel) : 0161 770 4653
General information (Fax) : 0161 770 4669
E-mail : galleryoldham@oldham.gov.uk
Website : www.galleryoldham.org.uk

Open
Monday - Saturday
10am-5pm


Closed
Sundays

Admission charges
FREE

Description
Gallery Oldham, a bold new landmark building, opened in February 2002.

Collections description
Oldham’s museum and gallery service dates back to 1883. Over the last 120 years Oldham Art Gallery and Museum has established itself as the cultural focus of a town that was built around the cotton and engineering industries and has developed one of the largest and most varied permanent collections in the North West of England.

The current collections include over 12,000 social and industrial history items, more than 2,000 works of art, about 1,000 items of decorative art, more than 80,000 natural history specimens, over 1,000 geological specimens, about 3,000 archaeological artefacts, 15,000 photographs and a large number of books, pamphlets and documents.

Articles
Chasing Sublime Light Takes Classic Landscapes To Gallery Oldham
Urban Beats And Art - Sine Language At Gallery Oldham
Collecting Cultures - HLF Announces Grants For Acquisitions
Life Forms - Ceramics And The Natural World At Gallery Oldham
Mills Of The Northwest - Millscapes At Touchstones Rochdale
MGM 2007 - The Art Of Political Banners Revealed At Gallery Oldham
Remembering The Holocaust On Annual Memorial Day

Events
Borderland  Exhibition (temporary)

General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Parking for coaches
Guided tours Collections
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Public access available to collections information Disability Access
Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
General audio-guide available
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Touch exhibits and/or handling sessions
Wheelchair access to all public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan Children and Families
Events and resources for children and families General Education
Education facilities available
General audio-guide available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education Schools Education
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available Facilities
Cafeteria
Facilities for private functions and events
General audio-guide available
Meeting room available
Refreshments
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