Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery - Saddleworth

Museum and art gallery in Saddleworth with a range of exhibits including art & local historical items. Regular events throughout the year. Great value admission

From:£1Admission per person

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Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery opened in 1962 and is situated in one of the out buildings of the 19th century Victoria Mill. The only part of the mill to survive - it stands in a historic and beautiful location beside the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in the village of Uppermill. Saddleworth Museum is full of intriguing objects from the past and tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth’s landscape and character.

Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery displays change regularly and we have two major exhibitions a year. Recent exhibitions were ‘Peterloo and the Saddleworth Connection’ and ‘Annie Kenney’ the story of a local suffragette. Art Gallery exhibitions change every six weeks and showcase the best local and regional contemporary art. Admission to the art gallery is free and most of the artwork is for sale. The museum also runs craft days for adults and half term ‘Boredom Busters’ for children. On the Textile Working Days you can see, hear and smell the textile machinery in action, and talk to our volunteers about life and work in the mills.

Unique Features

At Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery disover: The prehistoric summer visitors who hunted on the hill tops. The soldiers who shivered on duty at Castleshaw Roman Fort. The farmers who scraped a living from the hills by weaving cloth in their homes. The merchants and businessmen who brought prosperity to Victorian Saddleworth. The men, women and children who endured long hours in the woollen mills. The men who tunneled through the Pennines to take the canal and railway eastward. The brass bands who fill the Saddleworth air with music and The Morris Men carrying on the old tradition of rushcart building

Specialities

The Museum Shop, reflects the character of the Pennine landscape, together with the history of Saddleworth and its people, in the goods on sale and as an extension to the exhibits and displays within the museum itself. Many of the greeting cards and a large selection of postcards support this theme.