Partners
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Bolton Museum and Archive Service
Bolton Museum was established after the British abolition of slavery, but its collections reflect the importance of American slave-grown cotton to the town. Samuel Crompton's Spinning Mule is one… read more
Website: http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk
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Gallery Oldham
Oldham's museum and gallery service dates back to 1883. It was established with the support of industrialist Charles Lees, whose family made their fortune in cotton spinning and weaving… read more
Website: http://www.galleryoldham.org.uk
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Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester Art Gallery was founded in the 1820s as the Royal Manchester Institution for the Promotion of Literature, Science and the Arts. The Royal Institution organised exhibitions, concerts and… read more
Website: http://www.manchestergalleries.org
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Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI)
MOSI occupies the former Liverpool Road station opened in 1830, and the world's oldest surviving railway station. The museum, founded in 1969, opened on its current site on 15 September 1983, the… read more
Entrance into Manchester across Water Street
Website: http://www.mosi.org.uk
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People's History Museum
In early 2010 the People’s History Museum re-opened after a £12.5million redevelopment project. The Edwardian Pump House has been… read more
Website: http://www.phm.org.uk
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The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester
The origins of the Manchester Museum lie in the late 1700s. The wealth that made it all possible was created by the international textile trade, which depended on the transatlantic slave trade for… read more
Website: http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
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The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester
Textiles have formed part of The Whitworth Art Gallery's core collections since it opened to the public in 1890. The collection of historic and modern textiles is the largest and most… read more
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Touchstones Rochdale
Rochdale has significant collections relating to the American Civil War and its impact on the cotton industry during the 1862-63 Lancashire cotton famine. There are many people connected with… read more
Website: http://www.link4life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=83