We collect everything from flints to furniture, dolls to drainpipes (trousers that is!), clay pipes to cameras, prams to paintings and looms to Lego!

Much of our collection consists of everyday domestic items such as kitchen tools, crockery, cutlery, china ornaments, furniture, toiletries, medical equipment, clay pipes, cameras, and spectacles from the 18th century to the 20th century.

Saddleworth was at the centre of the Industrial Revolution and as a result we also have textile machinery from the 18th and 19th centuries as well as accompanying books and tools.

We also have an interesting collection of children’s dolls, toys and games dating from Victorian times to the 1960’s, a small transport collection, including a penny-farthing and a model T Ford, and a growing costume and fine art collection

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