One Seven Five: An incomplete history of Oldham in 175 objects
Gallery Oldham 35 Greaves Street, Oldham
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175: Recording a Pandemic
As part of our celebration of 175 years of the borough of Oldham we will be sharing a series of guest blogs linked to items on display in our exhibition. […]
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As part of our celebration of 175 years of the borough of Oldham we will be sharing a series of guest blogs linked to items on display in our exhibition. […]
Read moreThe 2024 Oldham Histories Festival programme is live!
Read all about the 2024 Oldham Histories Festival.
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Preserving memories: Capturing Oldham’s Coliseum
Our Capturing the Coliseum project has helped us to collect and preserve every aspect of the Oldham Coliseum’s history.
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175 exhibition: Victoria Market Hall
To celebrate 175 years of Oldham borough we’ll be sharing blogs linked to the exhibition, this week we take a look at the Victoria Market Hall.
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The Oldham Open Leaflet 2024
Fancy entering The Oldham Open exhibition this year? Here’s all the information you need to know to have a chance of exhibiting your artwork.
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Is this James Johnson?
In our collections we hold the archives of the Oldham Photographic Society. The society is over 150 years old and still flourishing today. Amongst the many fascinating images captured by […]
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Oldham’s incredible mark on Japanese industry
2015 marked the 150th anniversary of the arrival of nineteen Satsuma students from Kagoshima. On 17th April 1865 this group of students set sail from the tiny village of Hashima in the […]
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- 175: Natural History Collection
- The 2024 Oldham Histories Festival programme is live!
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Join us for an Audio Described gallery talk with curator Karen Heatley and interpreter Anne Hornsby.
Find out more about the beginnings of the fire and police service in Oldham including personal stories and momentous events such as the Victoria Market Hall fire. Learn about the early police service and Clara Walkden of Oldham Borough Police who in 1921 became the first known sworn-in Police Woman Constable in the Greater Manchester area.
There`ll be handling objects including a police whistle as well as a Victorian brass fire helmet.
All our Gallery Talks are free, informal and last around 45 minutes with time for questions at the end. Meet on Sat 30 November in Gallery 3 at 10.30am.
#audiodescribe #free #talk #police #fireservice #henshaws #LoveOldham
Join us for an Audio Described gallery talk with curator Karen Heatley and interpreter Anne Hornsby.
Find out more about the beginnings of the fire and police service in Oldham including personal stories and momentous events such as the Victoria Market Hall fire. Learn about the early police service and Clara Walkden of Oldham Borough Police who in 1921 became the first known sworn-in Police Woman Constable in the Greater Manchester area.
There`ll be handling objects including a police whistle as well as a Victorian brass fire helmet.
All our Gallery Talks are free, informal and last around 45 minutes with time for questions at the end. Meet on Sat 30 November in Gallery 3 at 10.30am.
#audiodescribe #free #talk #police #fireservice #henshaws #LoveOldham
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Gallery Oldham 35 Greaves Street, Oldham
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One Seven Five: An incomplete history of Oldham in 175 objects
One Seven Five: An incomplete history of Oldham in 175 objects exhibition
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The Oldham Open
Oldham Open 2024 to a chance for artists living, working and studying in Oldham to showcase their artwork at Gallery Oldham.
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