Bolton Museum

Bolton Civic Centre, containing Bolton Museum.

Bolton Museum is a public museum and art gallery in the town of Bolton, Greater Manchester, northern England, owned by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.^[1]

The collections include natural history, archaeology, art, local history and one of Britain's oldest public aquariums. These are housed, together with Bolton Central Library, in one end of the Bolton Civic Centre, designed by, local architects, Bradshaw Gass & Hope and opened in 1939. The museum has two outlying locations, Smithills Hall and Hall i' th' Wood.

The collections include material from many private collectors, including geological specimens from the estate of Caroline Birley.^[2]

In 2006, the museum became involved in the Shaun Greenhalgh case, when a statue in their collection, the Amarna Princess, was revealed as a forgery.^[3]

The Bolton Lives gallery presents the story of Bolton and its people.^[4]

References

↑ "Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive". Culture24. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
↑ "Caroline Birley". Bolton Museum. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
↑ Bolton Museum, (no byline). "Amarna Princess statement", Bolton Museum, 29 November 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
↑ Suggitt, Mark (March 2011). "Bolton Lives Gallery, Bolton Museum". Museums Journal. 111 (3): 50–51.

External links

Bolton Museum website

Museums and galleries in Greater Manchester

Art	Astley Cheetham Art Gallery Bury Art Museum Castlefield Gallery Central Art Gallery Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Cornerhouse HOME The Lowry Manchester Art Gallery Gallery Oldham Richard Goodall Gallery Salford Museum and Art Gallery Stockport Art Gallery Touchstones Rochdale Whitworth Art Gallery

Historic house	Bramall Hall Clayton Hall Dunham Massey Elizabeth Gaskell's House Haigh Hall Hall i' th' Wood Heaton Hall Ordsall Hall Smithills Hall Staircase House Wythenshawe Hall

Local history / culture	Bolton Museum Museum of Wigan Life Park Bridge Heritage Centre Portland Basin Museum Rochdale Pioneers Museum Saddleworth Museum Stockport Museum

Military and war	Fusilier Museum Imperial War Museum North Museum of the Manchester Regiment Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Natural history	Manchester Museum

Science, engineering, transportation	Bolton Steam Museum Ellenroad Engine House Heaton Park Tramway Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Museum of Transport in Manchester Trencherfield Mill Steam Engine

Specialized	Astley Green Colliery Museum British Muslim Heritage Centre Gallery of Costume Hat Works Manchester Jewish Museum National Football Museum Manchester United Museum Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum

See also	List of museums in Greater Manchester List of public art in Greater Manchester

Buildings and structures in Bolton Borough, England

Buildings	Astley Bridge Mill Bolton Town Hall Bolton Museum Bolton Steam Museum Bolton Union Mill Century Mill, Farnworth Eagley Mills 10 Firwood Fold 15 Firwood Fold Hall i' th' Wood Kearsley Mill Smithills Hall Swan Lane Mills Ye Olde Man & Scythe

Places of worship	All Souls Church, Bolton Holy Trinity Church, Horwich St George's Church, Bolton St James' Church, Daisy Hill St John the Evangelist's Church, Farnworth St Mary the Virgin's Church, Deane St Margaret's Church, Halliwell St Matthew's Church, Little Lever St Maxentius' Church, Bradshaw St Patrick's Church, Bolton St Peter's Church, Bolton St Saviour's Church, Ringley St Stephen and All Martyrs' Church, Lever Bridge St Thomas' Church, Halliwell Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

Education	Bolton School Bolton TIC Rivington and Blackrod High School University of Bolton

Transportation	Bolton bus station Bolton Interchange Bolton railway station Blackrod railway station Farnworth railway station Horwich Parkway railway station Kearsley railway station Lostock railway station Moses Gate railway station Ringley Old Bridge Westhoughton railway station

Shopping complexes	Middlebrook

Sport and Entertainment	Bolton Arena Bolton Little Theatre Macron Stadium Octagon Theatre

Demolished	Burnden Park Lostock Junction Mills Chequerbent railway station Chequerbent railway station (1831) Grundy Hill Horwich railway station Westhoughton Mill

Lists	List of schools in Bolton List of mills in Bolton

Coordinates: 53°34′39″N 2°25′54″W / 53.5774°N 2.431557°W / 53.5774; -2.431557

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Bolton Museum

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