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Free family activities this Saturday

Our Saturday activities run from 1.30 to 3.30pm. Take a break from the Christmas shopping and let your child's imagination run wild. No need to book and absolutely free. Check the What's On section for details about the latest activity.

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Exhibitions

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Bradshaw Gass & Hope exhibition

8th November 2008 to 31st January 2009 @ Bolton Museum
This exhibition tells the story of the Bolton-based architecture firm Bradshaw Gass and Hope and showcases some exquisite drawings.

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Julian Trevelyan’s Worktown

25th October to 14th February 2009 @ Bolton Museum
This exhibition documents a whole range of Julian Trevelyan’s work; including collage and watercolour landscapes of Bolton Mills and streets, and photographs of local street life and industrial wasteland.

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Features...

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Humphrey Spender's Worktown photographs

See Bolton, the town and its people, as it was photographed by Humphrey Spender for the Mass Observation project. A fascinating social document of pre-war Lancashire life..

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You can search from any page within the collections section on this site. If you follow the link above you will find an introduction to how the search works as well as some examples to get you going.

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Bolton Museum Services include...

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Hall i'th' WoodHall i' th' Wood

Discover Hall i’ th’ Wood Museum, a 15th century half-timbered hall and birthplace of the spinning mule.

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HallSmithills Hall

Explore Smithills Hall, a Grade 1 listed building set in formal gardens on the edge of the West Pennine Moors.


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Bolton MuseumMuseum & Archive

Bolton Museum and Archive service is located above the Library behind the Town hall on Le Mans Crescent.

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The only public aquarium in Greater Manchester. Come and see the amazing knife fish, piranha and many more.

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