Exhibitions
View our exhibitionsNew Sunday and Bank Holiday opening times
From April 2012 the Central Library, Museum, Smithills Hall and Hall i' th' Wood will have a new opening hours.
Check details for individual services.
100s of objects to see in the Egyptology gallery
Did you know that Bolton Museum cares for around 12,000 ancient Egyptian objects? The Egyptian Gallery contains around 1,000 objects at any one time.
The displays change regularly to try to show different selections from the entire collection.
Features
Search our collections online
You can search from any page within the collections section on this site. If you follow the link above you will find an introduction to how the search works as well as some examples to get you going.
Humphrey Spender's Worktown photographs
See Bolton, the town and its people, as it was photographed by Humphrey Spender for the Mass Observation project. A fascinating social document of pre-war Lancashire life.
Bolton Museum Services include...
Hall i' th' Wood
Discover Hall i’ th’ Wood Museum, a 15th century half-timbered hall and birthplace of the spinning mule.
Smithills Hall
Explore Smithills Hall, a Grade 1 listed building set in formal gardens on the edge of the West Pennine Moors.
Museum & Archive
Bolton Museum and Archive service is located above the Library behind the Town hall on Le Mans Crescent.
Bolton Aquarium
The only public aquarium in Greater Manchester. Come and see our diverse fish collection.
