News
Aquarium open again with ongoing repairs
One of the large tanks will be empty from Saturday 4 July to Saturday 11 July while it is being repaired but we will be open to the public as usual.
Young Roots school project discovering wildlife heritage
Bolton Museum and Archive Service is working in partnership with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust and a group of young people from Withins School in Bolton on a project called Young Roots.
May Half Term Activities at Bolton Museum and Archive
Celebrate the opening of our new exhibition ‘Escape to the Country:’ Picturesque Landscapes from the Collection with a fantastic range of FREE activities at Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive this May half term.
Stuart Maconie visits the museum to record a programme for Radio 4
Journalist, author and popular Radio 2 DJ Stuart Maconie paid a visit to the museum this week. He was here to record a radio programme about Bolton's connection with the American poet Walt Whitman (1819 to 1892).
Channel M capture an FA cup winner's memories at Bolton Museum
Manchester digital TV station Channel M bought an FA Cup veteran along to film a feature about our current exhibition.
Rare shirt comes to Bolton for F.A. Cup exhibition
An important piece of Bolton’s football history can be seen for a limited time at Bolton Museum.
Family fun with the FA Cup this Easter holiday
Visit Bolton Museum this Easter for two special weeks of FREE events, quizzes and activities all about the world’s oldest and most loved cup competition.
Crowds flock to the museum for Egyptomania week
Our themed week for February half term – ‘Egyptomania’, a special week of free events, quizzes and activities all about the ancient Egyptians, attracted 13,923 visitors to the museum.
Popular Millais painting returns to Bolton Museum
Bolton Museum’s beautiful and haunting painting The Somnambulist (The Sleepwalker) by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais, a visitors’ favourite; has finally returned after being on tour for over a year.
Every Object Tells a Story - Free lunchtime talks for 2009
Using objects from our collections as a starting point, each of these free talks will explore a fascinating range of topics - from fashion to fish!
Calling Bolton photographers
The museum now has a Flickr account. As well as putting our own collection images on line we want to involve local photographers too.
Bolton Art Circle and Camera Club Exhibition - Visitors Choice Prize
Throughout this exhibition visitors have been voting for their favourite piece from the 145 works of art on display by local artists and photographers.
Museum volunteers make tiny finds in the mineral collection
Members of the North West branch of the Russell Society have made some interesting discoveries.
Rare plant fossil revealed
A fossil plant, previously unrecorded in Lancashire, has been found in the collections of Bolton Museum.
Raising the bar for a historic mill engine
An important mill engine from the collection has been given a new lease of life by the Northern Mill Engine Society and a new home at Bolton Steam Museum
Peregrines nesting in Town Hall clock tower leave an egg for the museum collection
Bolton town centre’s newest residents - a pair of magnificent Peregrine falcons and their three new chicks - have prompted a (slightly smelly) addition to the natural history collection. Lunchtime shoppers are likely to have seen and heard the pair wheeling around above Victoria Square in recent weeks.
Walt Whitman Heritage Society of Bolton - 25th year celebrations
Details of a number of events related to the Walt Whitman Heritage Society 25th year celebrations happening at the Library and Museum building and in and around Bolton
New scientific paper on fossil arachnid
A fossil from the collection is described in a new paper published this month and co-authored by a member of the museum team.
World War heroes to be honoured at Clarendon Primary School
Two Rolls of Honour that have been in the Museum collection since 1979 return to their rightful home. They list the names of pupils from Clarendon school who served and died in the First World War. The lists can be viewed on this page.
Changing Face of Bolton - send in a portrait photo for upcoming exhibition
A chance to be famous for more than 5 minutes!!!
