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Showcasing some of the best international and local art, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre is the ideal attraction for those looking to enjoy art and discover more about Bury's rich history.

What’s on in June at Bury Art Museum! 🧡To book your place on any of our workshops please contact artgallery@bury.gov.uk ...

01/06/2026

What’s on in June at Bury Art Museum! 🧡

To book your place on any of our workshops please contact [email protected] or 0161 253 5878!

🖼️Louise Edgington, Kitchen Chickens. Oil on canvas (not on display)

31/05/2026

Last week, we were delighted to welcome artist Donald Taylor, to see our Store Highlights & New Acquisitions Exhibition, featuring 5 pieces of his work. 🖼️

On his visit, he also gave 2 new pieces of work to Bury Art Shop of Koi carp, which are now for sale! Talking about the paintings, he said:

“Photographs of people from long ago are, quite categorically, of the dead; but in paintings, of figures, portraits, plants, nature and objects, their continuing being seems to exist seamlessly in the material reality of the painted surface, which is like a of field of aesthetic energy actively charged by the artist’s calligraphic language in which nothing ever passes; as in Einstein’s theory of relativity, as matter approaches the speed of light, times slows and for photons of light itself, time has ceased.” (© Donald Taylor)

For more information, please contact the gallery via [email protected] or 0161 253 5878

📸 1/ Donald Taylor stood in front of his works in our Store Highlights & New Acquisitions display and 2/ Taylor, Donald - Koi Carp, Lake Suizenji, Kumamoto, Nihon – 1 (© Donald Taylor) for sale in Bury Art Shop

30/05/2026

Bury Art Museum want to wish everyone a happy Bury Pride 2026! 🌈

Our art gallery exhibition Store Highlights and New Acquisitions features the works of LGBTQIA+ artists (including 2 of Donald Taylor's portraits of fellow artist Jamie Collins).

Collins’ piece flows from his 8 and half years relationship with his partner Terry, which was lived under the shadow of AIDs. Although Terry passed in 1993, Collins uses his work as an expression of grief, and to give hope of everlasting life and a comfort of to those who have experienced similar loss. 🩵

🖼️ Jamie Collins, Just Because You Can't Touch Them Doesn't Mean They're Not There. Acrylic on canvas, unsigned and not dated. Purchased in 1996

29/05/2026

We’ve been loving the weather this week! Rain or shine, we’re here for you to visit Tuesday-Saturday! 🌞

Any questions about an upcoming visit? Get in touch via [email protected] or call us on 0161 253 5878.

🖼️George Henry RA, On the South Downs, 1931, Oil on canvas (on display in our Feast exhibition)

28/05/2026

This week’s is focused on wallpaper for The Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co at Watts Gallery. We’ve chosen the green floral wallpaper in The Peace Offering by Charles Haigh Wood, from our permanent collection. 🍏

In the painting, there seems to have been an argument, and the girl’s book has been ripped. Her brother stands with the peace offering of an apple.

The children in the painting are very likely the artist’s own. The sulking sister could well be his daughter, Vivienne. Vivienne Haigh Wood famously married the poet TS Eliot in 1915. Their whirlwind marriage was influential on the work of TS Eliot, particularly The Wasteland, which was published in 1922.

🖼️Charles Haigh Wood, The Peace Offering. Oil on canvas, not dated (c1885). Not currently on display.

Last few spaces remaining for life drawing this Thursday! ✏️ £12 – contact 0161 253 5878 or artgallery@bury.gov.uk to bo...

26/05/2026

Last few spaces remaining for life drawing this Thursday! ✏️

£12 – contact 0161 253 5878 or [email protected] to book your space!

📸 Wendy Raphael, Galina Panova (Royal Ballet Flanders). Lino print, unsigned and not dated (purchased from the artist in 1991)

25/05/2026

HALF TERM CRAFTS 🎨

Join us this Wednesday 27th for our half term craft workshop. Come and create your own colourful jungle parade 🐘🦒🦓

£3 per child (ages 4-11).

There’s no need to book but spaces are limited so arrive early to avoid disappointment. We hope to see you there! 🐊

24/05/2026

As it’s it’s a great opportunity to tell you about our House of Memories’ Loan Boxes offer! 🩵

As part of the House of Memories’ Dementia Awareness Programme (with National Museums Liverpool), Bury Art Museum has three dementia loan boxes available for loan, free of charge, to care homes and community groups. The boxes are designed to enable carers to provide person-centred care for people living with dementia.

The boxes include a range of objects designed to evoke memories through sight, smell and touch, encouraging people to reminisce and connect with the past.

The boxes available are:
🚛1950s-70s (pictured)
🏖️Holidays
📜Local History

To get more information about booking one of our boxes email our team at [email protected] or give us a ring on 0161 253 5878

🔗You can find out more about the House of Memories programme at the link in our bio

22/05/2026

HALF TERM AT BURY ART MUSEUM! 🐝

Join us for:
🐊 Craft Workshop with the BAM team on Wednesday 10:30am-12pm
🎨 Creation Station open everyday to create your own work of art
🔎 Free trail sheet to explore the gallery

For any more information, please get in touch with the team on 0161 253 5878 or [email protected]

21/05/2026

In celebration of yesterday, the theme this week is all about bees and insects. We’ve chosen this Vincent van der Vinne from our permanent collection – can you spot the insects? 🦋

The insects are an important part of the picture’s symbolic meaning. Although the vase is blooming with colourful plants, like all cut flowers, they will soon start to die. However, we are also shown hope and light with the bird’s nest in the foreground, using this as a symbol of the new life amongst the inevitable decay.

🌷 This is a copy of Jan van Huysum’s Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, part of the National Gallery’s collection.

🖼️1/ Vincent van der Vinne, Flowerpiece, oil on panel, not currently on display 2/ Jan van Huysum, Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, oil on canvas, 1736-37, part of The National Gallery’s collection

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Moss Street
Bury
BL90DR

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 4:30pm

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