Salford

( 0161-295-5241
* g.parker@salford.ac.uk
ü http://www.salford.ac.uk/candc

Opening Times 9.30am - 5pm, Monday - Friday. Admission is free.

Car parking is available at Northern Car Park five minutes away (charge£1.50), at the end of University Rd. By Rail: frequent trains from Manchester - Salford Crescent railway station is about 5 minutes walk away. Frequent bus services from Manchester city centre. Look for the large steel chimney - the gallery is next to it.

Information is available from the Galleries Officer at the number above. Exhibition information available in the leaflet "Crescent and Campus". To join the mailing list write to The Administrator, Crescent and Campus, Chapman Gallery, Salford University, The Crescent, M5 4WT.

The gallery is run by Salford University and aims to provide a broad and wide ranging programme which acknowledges the work of local, national and international artists, thereby encouraging critical debate of Contemporary Art and Design practice.

There is a refreshment area in the foyer of the Chapman which is open 9.30-4.00pm, Mon-Thu. and until 3.30pm Fri.

The gallery is not accessible to wheelchair users.

Cow Lane Studios

First Floor
Casket Works
Cow Lane
Salford
M5 4NB

One of the largest studio groups in Manchester. Large low cost studio spaces with regular open studio shows. Contact Andy Fear westofcakefear@aol.com or cowlane@hotmail.com

From Space

142 Chapel St,
Salford,
Manchester

( 0161-205-2002

Opening Times - Sunday 1pm - 5pm, and at other times by appointment.

Glass Box Gallery

Allerton Building Foyer
Salford University
Frederick Road
Salford

( 0161-295-5241
* g.parker@salford.ac.uk
ü http://www.salford.ac.uk/candc

Opening Times 9.30am - 8pm, Monday - Friday (5pm Friday). Admission is free.

The Glassbox gallery is situated adjacent to the Union bar and the foyer of the Allerton building - the entrance is by the stairs in the foyer. The gallery is a single small room surrounded by glass on all sides (as the name suggests). By Car: Parking at the Northern Car Park (charge £1.50), at the end of University Rd. By Rail: frequent trains from Manchester - Salford Crescent railway station is about 5 minutes walk away. Frequent bus services from Manchester city centre.

Information is available from the Galleries Officer at the number above. Exhibition information available in the leaflet "Crescent and Campus". To join the mailing list write to The Administrator, Crescent and Campus, Chapman Gallery, Salford University, The Crescent, M5 4WT.

Installation work and sculpture is usually commissioned from local artists. There is a year round programme of temporary exhibitions.

The gallery is at ground level and accessible by wheelchair.

Islington Mill - Bureau Gallery

Ground Floor
Islington Mill
James St
Salford
M3 5HW

( 07757 956 555
ü www.islingtonmill.com
* info@bureaugallery.com
ü www.bureaugallery.com

Open - Wednesday to Saturday 11 - 5pm

The Imperial War Museum North

The Quays
Trafford Wharf Road
Trafford Park
Manchester
M17 1TZ

( 0161-836-4000
* admin@iwmnorth.org.uk
ü www.iwm.org.uk

Open daily from 10am to 6pm. Admission is free.

Kings Arms Studios

11 Bloom St
Salford
M3 6AN

( 0161 832 3605
ü www.kingsarmsstudios.org.uk

The Lowry Centre

Pier 8,
Salford Quays,
Manchester,
M50 3AZ

( 0161-876-2000 / 0870-787-5794
Fax 0161-876-2001
Minicom 0161-876-2002
* info@thelowry.com
ü www.thelowry.com

Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 8pm, Sunday 10am - 6pm. Admission to the gallery area is normally free, but the Lowry now require you to obtain a ticket before entering the exhibition areas and suggest a £3 donation. Full disabled access to all areas, guide dogs are welcome. Car Parking available - minimum charge £3. Nearest Metrolink stop is Broadway (short walk). Bus number 52 from Salford Central railway station.

Artworks - an interactive artistic experience. Paint a wall by waving your hand, make a noise by blinking.

Email or write to join the mailing list.

MASA Studios

2nd Floor Furguson House
11 Blackfriars Rd
Salford
M3 7AQ

( 0161-832-3361

Open The artist studios have occasional exhibitions. Call the studios to make an appointment.

The Riley Archive

Albion Place
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4NL

( 0161-925-9880

Open by appointment

Harold Riley collaborated with LS Lowry, and painted many portraits from the Duke of Edinburgh to Nelson Mandela.

Salford Museum & Art Gallery

Peel Park
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4EU

( 0161-736-2649
ü www.salford.gov.uk/salfordmuseum

Opening Times 10am - 4.45pm Monday - Friday, 1pm - 5pm Saturday/Sunday. Admission is free.

By Car: free parking available on site, although limited, via University of Salford main entrance.
By Rail: frequent trains from Manchester - Salford Crescent railway station is about 10 minutes walk away.

Information is available in "On In Salford" published bi-monthly by Salford Council and available in most museums and galleries in the Manchester area.

The Lowry Gallery houses the world's largest collection of paintings by L.S. Lowry with additional personal effects and memorabilia. There are over 100 paintings, drawings and sketches. The collection includes many lesser known but wonderful portraits, landscapes and seascapes , work which has been overshadowed in the public eye by Lowry's "matchstick men".
The Victorian Gallery contains 19th and early 20th century paintings including works by G.F. Watts, Daniel Maclise, Edward Burne-Jones, Charles Landseer Paul Sandby and Ivon Hitchens.

The Langworthy and North Galleries house temporary exhibitions.

All areas of the gallery are accessible to those in wheelchairs. Of particular note are the statues in the Victorian gallery which have been specially treated so that they can be touched, and information is presented in braille for the visually impaired.

Part of the museum, Lark Hill Place, is a mock up of a Victorian street scene. The museum also houses Salford Local History Library.

Suite Studios

Cow Lane Studios,
Casket Works,
Cow Lane,
Salford
M5 4WN

Contact Phil Davis * anne@annecharnock.com
ü http://www.suite-studiogroup.co.uk

Artists at Suite include;

Andrew Bracey
Jonathan Carson
Anne Charnock
Fiona Curran
Bernard Georgeson
Astrid Greenberry
Janet Griffiths
Lesley Halliwell
Paul Horne
Susie MacMurray
Rosie Miller
Ruth Moilliet
John Murray
Sarah Robinson

Swinton Library Art Gallery

Chorley Rd,
Swinton,
M27
Telephone 0161-793-3560

Open Monday 9.30am - 7.30pm, Tuesday - Friday 9.30am - 5pm, Saturday 9.00am - 1pm.

updated 1^st December 2006

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