The Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Home to some of the UK's finest collections of art and design including modern and historic fine art, prints, textiles and a rare collection of wallpapers. Gallery news includes a Breakthrough Award for Director Maria Balshaw, and expansion plans in our Capital Development.
With the popular permanent attractions of The Victorian Gallery and Lark Hill Place, as well as the ever changing temporary exhibitions, there is always something for everyone at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, from hands-on activities to modern art!
Ordsall Hall Outreach
Ordsall Hall is a magnificent half-timbered house located in the heart of Salford. After 700 years of history she is currently undergoing a restoration programme to ensure she remains for generations to come.
VISITORS INFORMATION:
Opening hours
Museum and Art Gallery
Monday - Friday: 10.00am - 4.45pm
Saturday and Sunday: 1.00pm - 5.00pm
Local History Library
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10.00am - 4:45pm
Wednesday: 10.00am - 8.00pm
Closed: Saturday, Sunday and Monday
The Local History Library will close at 4.45pm on Wednesdays until further notice instead of the usual 8.00pm closing time.
Entry is free of charge!
The Museum is located next to Salford University and is approximately a 20 minute walk from central Manchester, via Chapel Street to the Crescent.
By car
The museum is easily reached from the Greater Manchester motorway network. From the north, leave the M60 at Junction 16 (A666). From the south, follow signs from the end of the M602. AA Route Planner
By bus
Buses from central Manchester, Bolton, Pendleton and Eccles regularly go past the Museum on the Crescent (A6).
Number 36 Manchester to Bolton - every 10 minutes
Number 37 Pendleton to Manchester - every 10 minutes
Number 100 Eccles to Manchester every 20 minutes
By train
Trains run from Victoria, Manchester and Bolton train station to Salford Crescent station which is a 5 minute walk from the Museum and Art Gallery.
Directions: From the station platform, turn left and down the station ramp. Go straight on and across the University campus mini roundabout and follow the road ahead.
Keep to the right and you will see the Art Gallery ahead of you uphill, slightly to your left. The entrance to the Museum is just at the top of slope and will be on your left hand side.
Exhibitions:
Life through the Lens: snapshots of Salford's past
February 2010 until Spring 2011
To celebrate 10 years of Lifetimes, this exhibition shows the very best photographs from the collections held at the museum and local history library. Focusing on the themes of dress and fashion, local characters and the changing environment, these photographs tell Salford's story from the perspective of local people.
Families can enjoy the climb in camera, a dark room set up with a photographer's equipment and a shadow puppet theatre. There is also the Lifetimes Link room with all the back issues and Captions Corner where you can put your own caption with some of the weird and wonderful images we discovered.
Dreamfest by Constance Fearn
19 June 2010 to 26 September 2010
Constance uses the architecture of Salford and Manchester as her inspiration to generate expressive and spontaneous rapidly drawn poster paint sketches, which breathe and move.
Her colour work transforms the stunning but drab looking cityscape into vibrant and textured panaramas which reflect the iridescence of Eastern and Mediterranean art, which she uses as inspiration.
Constance lives in Salford and is a volunteer at the START in Salford Arts Project she is also currently working towards a BA in Fine Art.
Selection from the Collection
26 June 2010 to 31 October 2010
To compliment this year's play exhibition, On The Move, we will be selecting some of the best transport pieces from the museum's collections. Artwork, prints, photographs and objects will illustrate Salford transport in the air, on the roads and across water.
On The Move
17 July 2010 to 7 November 2010
This year's family friendly play exhibition takes a look at transport. Move your way through the gallery to experience how people have got from A to B over the last 150 years in Salford, from the times when feet were the main mode of transport, to horse drawn trams and Salford's buses.