Art

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Montage of objects in the art collection

Also see the Art Collections Overview section which gives specialist detail about the history and make up of the Museum Collections.

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Bolton Museum houses a fine art collection of over 3500 items. Nearly all of these are works by British artists dating from the 18th century to the present day. The collection's strength is its 20th century oils, watercolours, prints and sculptures. Also in the collection are examples of decorative art including ceramics, glass and netsuke as well as photography from the Mass-Observation project.

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Paintings, Prints & Drawingsthumbnail image "Nearing Camp, Evening on the Colorado River" by Thomas Moran


Manju style netsukeDecorative art