Gallery Oldham News

Following in their footsteps

Published on: 19 March 2025

In April 2024 Rebecca, one of Gallery Oldham’s curators, travelled to Kagoshima (formerly known as Satsuma) to continue our research into historic links between Oldham and Japan. Art Fund’s Jonathan […]

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Victorian Visitors from Japan

Published on: 18 March 2025

In April 2024 Rebecca, one of Gallery Oldham’s curators, travelled to Kagoshima to continue our research into historic links between Oldham and Japan. Her trip was funded by Art Fund’s Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grant programme. In the first of a series of blogs, Rebecca shares some of the background which led to her making this trip….

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175: Sir John Lubbock and his pet wasp

Published on: 06 December 2024

To celebrate 175 years of the borough of Oldham we’re sharing guest blogs linked to items on display. Jo Haigh shares her discoveries about Sir John Lubbock and his pet wasp.

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Pet wasp donated by Sir John Lubbock to The British Museum where she was prepared as a museum specimen. Shown pinned with museum label.

175: Lilian Bates

Published on: 16 October 2024

This blog explores the life and work of Lilian Bates.

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Design for a glove box

175: Recording a Pandemic

Published on: 10 September 2024

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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175: Natural History Collection

Published on: 21 August 2024

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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The 2024 Oldham Histories Festival programme is live!

Published on: 02 August 2024

Read all about the 2024 Oldham Histories Festival.

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Preserving memories: Capturing Oldham’s Coliseum

Published on: 17 July 2024

Our Capturing the Coliseum project has helped us to collect and preserve every aspect of the Oldham Coliseum’s history.

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Two actors in outrageous costumes with huge roses on the front on the set of Cinderella from 2018.

175 exhibition: Victoria Market Hall

Published on: 15 July 2024

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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Visitor looking at Victorian firefighter helmet.

The Oldham Open Leaflet 2024

Published on: 08 May 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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Photograph of an empty ornate gold frame

Is this James Johnson?

Published on: 01 February 2024

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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Black and white photograph of a seated black man

Oldham’s incredible mark on Japanese industry

Published on: 30 January 2024

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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Japanese tea cup set