Ceramics
Ladies Toilets
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What’s in Store: Social History
Café
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Gravy for the Navy
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The John Charlesworth Window
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The Oldham Panorama
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Sedum Roof
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The Death of Cleopatra
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Go See This!
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Gallery Oldham
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Trail Map
The building has large lifts, accessible toilets and baby
changing facilities. There is a baby feeding room in the library.
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email: galleryoldham@galleryoldham.gov.uk
Gents Toilets
www.galleryoldham.org.uk tel: 0161 770 4653
Wildflowers
Gallery Oldham, Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham OL1 1AL
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Monday – Saturday 10am–5pm (last admission 4.45pm)
Closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays, Free admission.
Disabled Toilets and Baby Change
If you’ve enjoyed your visit please come again –
we promise to ensure that at least one of our exhibition spaces
is family friendly throughout the year. We also offer a range of
fun activities, check the website for regular updates.
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Come back soon!
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Welcome
Gallery Oldham has been collecting since 1883 and
is still collecting today. We care for over 12,000 items
relating to the history of Oldham; more than 2,000
paintings, prints and sculptures; 1,000 pots, glasses,
metalwork and textiles and around 80,000 plant
samples, stuffed animals and shells.
All of these items belong to the people of Oldham,
and tell the story of our area. You can see a wide
variety in the Gallery’s changing exhibitions or by
making an appointment with a curator.
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A selection of our best
loved treasures are
dotted throughout
the building on
long-term
display.
Follow this
trail to track
them down
and find out
more …
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John Charlesworth
Window Stained glass, 1870s
This window came from
a grand Victorian house
which was knocked
down to make room for
the Oldham Way.
It belonged to a
wealthy mill owner
whose initials
are included in the
pattern at the top.
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Did you know?
Stained glass dates
back to the ancient
Romans and Egyptians.
They used it to make
cups, bowls and
trinkets
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Can you spot the symbols that stand for
peace and progress?
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by Michael Trainor/ Pop Empires Ltd, 2002
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Can you name all the colours in
this rainbow?
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The Oldham Panorama
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Sedum roof
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A widescreen view of Victorian Oldham including
mills, factories and a railway that made Oldham the
biggest cotton spinning town in the world.
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Look closely at the panorama.
Can you spot the sleeping cat?
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Did you know? Green roofs
keep buildings warm as well as
providing food for animals and
a place for them to live. This one
also filters rainwater, used to flush
the library’s toilets!
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We have spotted birds and minibeasts.
What can you see?
Wildflowers
by Ruth Moilliet, 2006
Did you know? Wildflowers provide food for bees.
A third of a bumblebee’s daily intake is spent foraging
for more nectar and pollen. With furry ’woolly
jumpers’ and by shivering their muscles bumblebees
stay warm and active on cool days. Some
bumblebees even live north of the Arctic Circle!
As daylight fades
these coloured
tubes appear
to get brighter
due to the
properties of
the neon gas
contained
within.
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Ceramics
A chance to find out more about our
ceramics collection. Look, touch, play.
Many items are made of clay.
How many can you think of?
What’s in Store
social history
A changing display of treasures
from our stores.
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Can you identify the flowers
in this sculpture?
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The Death of Cleopatra
by Hon. John Collier, 1890
An epic painting about love, war,
money and tragedy in ancient
Egypt. Activity stations help
younger children learn about
the artwork.
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Gravy for the Navy
by Peter Phillips, 1963
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Stars like these feature on many national
flags. How many can you think of?
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What’s in Store
natural history
A changing display of treasures
from our stores.
Don’t forget...
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Did you take a ride in one of our
amazing lifts? They both contain
an extraordinary light installation
that will get you thinking...
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These lights play with your senses.
When you come out of the pink lift,
things appear green and on leaving
the green lift things appear pink.
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This painting uses bright colours, repeat
patterns and images from magazines to
create the look of an advertisement.
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Our café welcomes
families and serves
meals, snacks and
drinks at reasonable
prices. Look out for
seasonal offers