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Mary Higgs: What a Woman!
Oldham Local Studies and Archives are celebrating International Women’s Day. They hold the amazing stories of many women who graced the streets of Oldham during their lifetime. Some were just...
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Female Artists in Gallery Oldham
In honour of International Women’s Day let’s have a look at the way female artists are represented in the collection at Gallery Oldham. As is the case with many art collections in Britain, male...
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Sam Fitton: Finding the Funny
Gallery Oldham’s latest exhibition Finding the Funny takes a look at the fun-loving and multi-talented Sam Fitton. Fitton’s originally worked in the local cotton mills in Crompton but he went on to...
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What’s in Store: Cooking up a storm
In this guest blog, Wenyu Dong fills us in on what she and fellow student Tori Harris-Burton have been doing during their work placement at Gallery Oldham as part of their MA in Museum Studies at the...
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GO Play! Under 5’s exhibition and play space opening at Gallery Oldham
GO Play! The perfect family friendly exhibition comes to Gallery Oldham and Oldham Library this summer. Join Gallery Oldham and Oldham Libraries this summer to explore and celebrate all things Early...
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A chat with cartoonist Tony Husband
As our popular Tony Husband exhibition enters its final days we caught up with Tony to chat to him about the show, and about his long career as a cartoonist. Tell us about your history with Private...
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Coronation Night 1937: Oldham Celebrates a King
The last coronation of a British king happened on 12 May 1937 when George VI was crowned along with his wife Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey in London. Nationally souvenirs were created to commemorate...
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Historic England open new exhibition with Oldham schools
Historic England has launched an exhibition of work, carried out by children from primary schools across Oldham, exploring the local history of the area. The exhibition, on display at Gallery...
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Circe: Gallery Oldham’s Most Queried Painting
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses is perhaps Gallery Oldham’s most popular artwork and it is the one we receive the most queries about. To help answer some of those...
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Carboniferous Monsters Takeover Day 2023
For this year’s Takeover Day, St Patrick’s RC Primary and Nursery School’s Year 1 class took over our Carboniferous Monsters: 150 Million Years Before the Dinosaur exhibition for a play themed...
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