 Saddleworth
Museum, Art Gallery and Community Resource is an independent organization
and a registered
charity.
The
Museum opened in 1962 and is situated in one of the out buildings
of the 19th century Victoria Mill. The only part of the mill to
survive - it stands in a historic and beautiful location beside
the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in the village of Uppermill.
Saddleworth
is an area – an old Yorkshire parish with its own distinct
identity- made up of the villages of Delph, Diggle, Dobcross,
Denshaw, Greenfield … and Uppermill where the museum is
based. Saddleworth Museum is full of intriguing objects from the
past and tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth’s
landscape and character:
• The prehistoric summer visitors who hunted on the hill
tops
• The soldiers who shivered on duty at Castleshaw Roman
Fort
• The farmers who scraped a living from the hills by weaving
cloth in their homes
• The merchants and businessmen who brought prosperity to
Victorian Saddleworth
• The men, women and children who endured long hours in
the woollen mills
• The men who tunneled through the Pennines to take the
canal and railway eastward
• The brass bands who fill the Saddleworth air with music
• The Morris Men carrying on the old tradition of rushcart
building
Our
museum displays change regularly and we have two major exhibitions
a year. Recent exhibitions were ‘Peterloo and the Saddleworth
Connection’ and ‘Annie Kenney’ the story of
a local suffragette. Our exhibitions make use of material stored
in our archive.
 Our Art Gallery exhibitions change every six
weeks and showcase the best local and regional contemporary art.
Admission to the art gallery is free and most of the artwork is
for sale.
 Our
Art Gallery is also available to hire for corporate and family
functions. Call in on the second Wednesday of every month for a
cup of coffee with a view at our Friend's Coffee Morning.
We have an energetic Education Service, which provides
National Curriculum based workshops for school children aged between
4 and 14. We also run craft days for adults and half term ‘Boredom
Busters’ for children.On
our Textile Working Days you can see, hear and smell the textile
machinery in action, and talk to our volunteers about life and
work in the mills.
For
disabled access, we have a chair lift to the Art Gallery and a
ramp to the lower floor. However, there is no disabled access
to the first floor.
Our shop sells a wide range of books, CD’s,
maps, gifts and souvenirs - pop in for a warm welcome!
HAVE
A GO AT OUR 'SADDLEWORTH QUIZ' see EDUCATION - KIDSZONE
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