Gallery Oldham

Gallery Oldham is Oldham’s art gallery and museum.

We have three restored 1883 galleries in the JR Clynes Building: Oldham’s Cotton Story; Art; and Oldham and the World as well as Our Beautiful Oldham, a permanent exhibition celebrating the nature, wildlife and landscapes on our doorstep and three further gallery spaces (including a community gallery) displaying a regularly changing programme of exhibitions in the main Gallery Oldham building.

Contact:

Gallery Oldham, Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham OL1 1AL
Tel: 0161 770 4643

Website: hla.oldham.gov.uk/schools/

 

 

Facilities

  • Fully physically accessible
  • Toilets
  • Lunch facilities
  • Loans boxes
  • Coach drop off
  • Gift shop
  • Outreach sessions

Booking & Details

Cost:

Standard workshop £132

Standard in-house workshops last 2 hours and can be booked for the morning or afternoon. Self-guided visits are free but please book in advance with the Education Assistant.

To book:

All workshops and self-guided visits should be booked by completing this booking form on Oldham Council’s website. You will then receive an email offering available dates for your visit.

If you would like to enquire about a visit, please email librariesandgalleryschools@oldham.gov.uk or call 0161 770 4643.

Learning Sessions & Activities

Core Session

Pick & Mix

KS1&2 pupils explore our new art gallery and create their own sketchbook of work using a range of techniques and materials

  • KS 1
  • KS 2
  • Art
  • Printing
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Activity

A Portal to Oldham’s Industrial Past

This interactive and immersive workshop replaces What Made Oldham the Biggest Cotton Spinning Town in the World?

  • KS 2
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Local History
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Activity

Classification, Adaptation and Food Chains

Pupils investigate and classify animals using observable features and a key then play interactive games to explore classification and food chains.

  • KS 2
  • Natural History
  • Science
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Activity

Ice & Fire Art Inspired Poetry

Guided by a creative writing facilitator, pupils explore three pieces of art by Oldham artists which depict Ice and Fire then write and perform poetry inspired by the artwork.

  • KS 2
  • Art
  • Creative Writing
  • Local History
  • Poetry
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Activity

Observing and Classifying Animals

Using our natural history handling collection, pupils observe, identify and classify animals.

  • KS 1
  • Natural History
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Activity

Oldhamers at Work

Pupils explore our exhibitions to discover what jobs people did in Victorian Oldham.

  • KS 2
  • Art
  • Local History
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Core Session

Oldhamers by the Seaside

Pupils explore Oldham artist Helen Bradley’s painting, ‘A Summer Afternoon on the Sands at Blackpool’, to learn where and how Oldham people spent their Wakes Week off from work in the mills.

  • KS 1
  • KS 2
  • Art
  • Local History
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Core Session

Pattern & Print

Pupils seek out the hidden shapes and patterns within our building and exhibitions in this artist-led printmaking workshop.

  • KS 1
  • KS 2
  • Art
  • Print Making
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Additional Activities

Loan Boxes

We also offer National Curriculum focused, COVID-secure schools loans boxes to explore independently and enhance in- school teaching over a 10-day loan (£66). All boxes contain real or replica artefacts, images, and information linked to Gallery Oldham’s collection and, where relevant, Oldham itself.

As part of your booking you will also receive via email a link to a topic video on our YouTube page where you can follow a step-by-step creative activity with your class.

Loans boxes available:

Prehistoric Oldham
The Egyptians
Roman Oldham
The Anglo-Saxon & Vikings
Oldham Remembers (WW1 & WW2)
Rocks & Fossils
Plants
Life Cycles & Food Chains
Faiths
Oldhamers at Work
Oldhamers by the Seaside

To book a loans box, please complete this booking form on Oldham Council’s website. You will then receive an email confirming your booking.

 

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