Collections

Bolton Museum’s collections encompass Egyptian mummies, inspiring American landscapes and many objects that represent Bolton's industrial and its folk heritage. Local naturalists also ensured that the natural world has been well documented.

These specimens provide a valuable resource to help people to understand and identify the local plant and animal life and to relate it to the wider natural world.

Contents

Art

• Paintings, Prints & Drawings

Also see the Art Collection Overview

Botany

• Classification of Plants
• Status of wild plants

Also see the Botany Collection Overview

Conservation

• Examples of conservation work at the Museum
• Environmental controls
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Conservation links and resources
  

Entomology

• Pests
• Phobias
• Mimicry and Camouflage
• Entomology links and resources
  

Also see the Entomology Collection Overview

Egyptology

• The Collection
• About Egyptology

Also see the Egyptology Collection Overview

Geology

• Local Geology
• Fossils
• The Ice Age
• Dinosaurs
• Collectors & Collections
• Rocks & Minerals
• Geology links and resources
  

Local History

• Local Life
• War & Conflict
• Work & Industry
• Slavery and Bolton

Also see the Local History Collection Overview

Museum history

• The rise and the fall of the Chadwick Museum
• W. W. Midgely & Son – professional curators
  
• The Crescent and the end of the Chadwick

Also see the Museum Collection History