Bury Museum
At Bury Art Gallery, Museum + Archives you'll find world-famous paintings, contemporary art, mysterious objects and fascinating documents from Bury's past - all of this in a beautiful Edwardian building that is a work of art in itself.
The Bury Art Gallery, Museum and Archives building was created through the generosity of local papermaker Thomas Wrigley and developed by further gifts to the collections.
The gallery and museum still offer opportunities for businesses and local people to help enhance the collections, events and exhibitions. Staff are actively collecting contemporary art, works relating to the Wrigley Collection and historic objects from Bury's Six Towns.
Exhibitions
In this local Bury museum, visitors can enjoy a variety of themed displays and exhibitions.
For details of current exhibitions, please see our events page or you can obtain a brochure by contacting the museum and gallery on 0161 253 5878 and one will be posted to you.
The Bury Art Gallery and Museum has a wide-ranging programme of activities and events to accompany the exhibitions and collections.
Collections
The staff at Bury Art Gallery + Museum are continuously working to develop exciting new exhibitions and events, alongside this they also work very hard to develop access to the collections.
Family friendly
Children and their carers are welcome and Bury Art Gallery & Museum are developing new family friendly activities all the time.
Bury Art Gallery, Museum + Archives run workshops every Saturday and during the school holidays, for information about these workshops and activities for children see the Bury Art Gallery Museum and Archives exhibition brochure Jan - June 2008 or look on the best of bury events pages!
Educational Visits
Bury Art Gallery, Museum and Archive is a fabulous learning resource and is the ideal place for a group visit.
This Museum & Art Gallery offers workshops to school and college covering a range of topics and themes.
The workshops include a range of activities from practical art activities to object handling.
Teachers and group leaders can borrow loans boxes of historic objects on themes including Victorian Domestic Items, World War II and Toys.
Business Services
Businesses can benefit from a link to one of Bury's most popular cultural organisations by hiring one of our spaces for corporate events or by sponsoring an exhibition.
Join our mailing list
If you wish to receive up to date information on future events, exhibitions and activities at Bury Art Gallery, Museum and Archives, then join our mailing list. You can either telephone, complete the online join the mailing list form, e-mail or write to us - providing your name, address and/or e-mail address. Alternatively, you can fill in a form when you next visit.
Admission FREE
Opening times for the art gallery and museum are as follows:
Tuesday - Friday: 10am - 5pm, Saturday: 10am - 4.30pm.
We are closed Sunday, Monday and Bank Holidays (unless
otherwise advertised)
If you would like further information, please contact:
Bury Art Gallery, Museum and Archives
Moss Street
Bury
BL9 0DR
Telephone: 0161 253 5878
Fax: 0161 253 5857
E-mail: artgallery@bury.gov.uk
or Click here for our Website
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