Bolton Museum

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Past Events

Here are the most recent events we had listed at Bolton Museum, to give you a flavour of what goes on there

October 2013

  • Super Saturday

December 2012

  • Lunchtime Talk – 'bolton Under The Covers': Personal Stories From The Caddow Quilt Collection

November 2012

  • Family & Local History Workshop: Records Of The Poor

October 2012

  • Lunchtime Talk – ‘Multicultural Bolton’: Life In Bolton In 2012
  • Torchlight Tours!
  • Smart Crafts!
  • Meet The Scientists!
  • Family & Local History Workshop: Parish Registers

September 2012

  • Lunchtime Talk – 'Worktown: Lost Locations': Documenting A 75 Year Old Social Documentary Photography Collection
  • Art For All: Selections From The Bolton Art Collection
  • Family & Local History Workshop: Census Returns

August 2012

  • Lunchtime Talk – `From Caricatures To Satirical Prints': The Bolton Georgian Print Collection
  • Paper Dolls And Strongman Puppets
  • Holiday Postcards
  • Nostalgic Textiles Collage!

July 2012

  • Super Saturday: Animalympics!
  • Lunchtime Talk – ‘Keep Calm And Carp On’: British Freshwater Fish
  • Make A Strong Man Puppet!
  • Back To The 1950's!

June 2012

  • Super Saturday: Flight!
  • Lunchtime Talk - Clogs & Cotton: Women In Victorian Bolton
  • Alfred East Exhibition Talk
  • Alfred East: Rivington Landscapes
  • England Till I Die: Photographs By Adrian Barber

May 2012

  • Super Saturday: Fantastic 1950s!
  • Lunchtime Talk - Birds & Beasts: Wildlife On Your Doorstep
  • Torchlight Tours!
  • Torchlight Tours!
  • Diamond Jubilee Bolton Open Day

April 2012

  • Super Saturday: Colour Crazy
  • Lunchtime Talk - 'bolton Before Bolton: Perhistoric Bolton
  • Diamond Jubilee Bolton: 60 years of changing Bolton 1952 – 2012
  • Memories: Celebrating 20 Years Of Bolton Hospice
  • Bugs, Fish & Egyptians!

March 2012

  • Super Saturday: Celebrate Spring!
  • Lunchtime Talk - Bolton Beginnings: Ancient & Medieval Bolton
  • Christianity In Bolton
  • World Book Day: Story Time
  • World Book Day Coffee Morning

February 2012

  • Super Saturday: The Victorians!
  • Lunchtime Talk - Bolts Around The World: The Global Appeal Of Bolton's Bolt Label Collection
  • Newly Self Employed: The Basics
  • Bugs, Fish & Egyptians!

January 2012

  • Super Saturdays @ Bolton Museum!
  • Super Saturday: Mythical Creatures!
  • Your Legacy @ Bolton Museum
  • Lunchtime Talk - A Change Of Scene: Re-hanging The Art Gallery
  • Computer Help @ Bolton History Centre
  • Northern Legacy: Photographs Of Bolton & District By Harold Robinson

December 2011

  • Little Treasures
  • Lunchtime Talk - A Look At Bolton's Zoology Collections
  • Newly Self Employed: The Basics
  • Crafts & Carols
  • Worktown: The Everyday

November 2011

  • Super Saturday: Dinosaurs!

October 2010

  • Murderous Victorian Bolton

September 2010

  • Lunchtime Talk - "Evenin' All": A Look At Bolton Borough Police Records

August 2010

  • Lunchtime Talk - 'Beautiful Books': Bolton Libraries Book Rarities

July 2010

  • At The Edge: British Art 1950 - 2000
  • Lunchtime Talk - 'More Than Just A Shop': The Co-operative Movement In Bolton
  • Family Film Festival At Bolton Museum
  • Archaeology Day

June 2010

  • Lunchtime Talk - 'Cabinet Of Curiosities': Objects From The Natural World

June 2009

  • Simple Beginnings: The Story of Evolution

March 2009

  • Saved for the Nation: The Story of the FA Cup

February 2009

  • Egyptomania
  • General Admission