About Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre
For more information on visiting us or vacancies, head to the Your Visit or Opportunities pages.Explore the topics below to find out more about Bury Art Museum.
Delve into the history of the original collection and discover how our collecting practices have changed since the late 1800's, or find out about building features that visitors sometimes miss. If outdoors is more for you - why not get some insight into the Irwell Sculpture Trail or the newly installed Victoria Wood memorial statue?Our Vision
Read Bury Art Museum's key values and aims for the future alongside our Green Pledge.Bury Art Museum: Building
Find out via the links below more about why Bury Art Museum was built, who the architects were and parts of the building sometimes visitors miss.Why we are here
Construction and Opening
Hidden Building Features
Thomas Wrigley and Colonel Walker
Two local men integral to the founding of Bury Art Museum.Bury Art Museum: Collections
The links below delve into the Permanent Collection at Bury Art Museum, from the original Wrigley gift to present day collecting practice. There is also information about our extensive Pilkington's Pots collection and the Text Art Archive.The Original Wrigley Collection
20th Century Collecting
21st Century Collecting
Museum Collections
Bury's Pilkington's Pots
Text Art Archive
Irwell Sculpture Trail and Bury Sculpture Centre
An introduction to the trail and its link to Bury's Sculpture Centre.Victoria Wood Memorial Statue
Information about the statue that stands in Library Gardens, Silver Street.Surrounding area
Learn about the original Art Gallery site and how the area around the building has changed since the late 1800s.Partnerships
Learn about Bury Art Museum's international and national partnerships as well as loans and more local collaborators.Exhibitions and Donation Information
Donating Objects to Bury Art MuseumUnsolicited Exhibition Proposals
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Featured Images
Thumbnail and Image 1:Accepted design for the Art Gallery and Library
Published in the Bury Guardian 29th April 1899
Image courtesy of Bury Archives
Image 2:
Spring Morning: Haverstock Hill
George Clausen
Permanent Collection, Bury Art Museum
Image 3:
untitled sculpture
Auke de Vries
Burrs Country Park, Irwell Sculpture Trail
Image courtesy of Stephen Walton
Image 4:
Bury Art Museum's Turner on loan to Caumont Centre d'Art
Aix en Provence, France
Image courtesy of Susan Lord
