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Please note the Museum is closed from 22 December 2024 to 1 January 2025 inclusive.
Last day open 2024: Saturday 21 December.  First day open 2025: Thursday 2 January.

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Saturday opening - 5th April

Events

Why not come along to our next Saturday opening on 5th April?  In the museum you will still be able to see the fantastic Adamson Collection exhibition...

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Artist in Focus IV - William Kurelek

Art, Collection

Find out more about the life and work of artist William Kurelek.

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The Advertisement Archive VII

Collection

Stray advertisements from the Journal of Mental Science.

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Virtual Book Club II

History, Literature

​Forbidden Obsession: Asylum by Patrick McGrath.

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Artist in Focus III - Vaslav Nijinsky

Art, Collection

Find out more about the life and work of artist Vaslav Nijinsky.

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New exhibition at The Bethlem Gallery: Chance and Serendipity

Art

Chance and SerendipityThe Bethlem Gallery invites you to an exhibition of paintings by Errol Mitchell.“I am interested in forms that suggest...

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We Are Not Amused III

History

Whatever the motivation of would-be regicides, serious attempts on the monarch's life brought into play the full machinery of the judiciary.

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Caption This III

Art, Collection

Last month's painting, which can be found here, was 'Me, Myself, I' by Allan Beveridge.Here is the third painting in this series and we are...

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Artist in Focus II - Louis Wain

Art, Collection

Find out more about the life and work of artist Louis Wain.

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Artist in Focus I - Richard Dadd

Art, Collection

Find out more about the life and work of artist Richard Dadd.

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Stanley Lench exhibition

Conservation

March offers the rare chance to see an exhibition of works by artist, Stanley Lench, at the Stockport Art Gallery.  Stanley Lench is a...

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In the Frame for March 2014: James Tilly Matthews’ ‘Air Loom’

Art, Collection

This month one of our new volunteers, Harry, shares his thoughts on James Tilly Matthews

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