Touchstones Rochdale

The Esplanade
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL16 1AQ
England

Website

www.link4life.org/touchstones

E-mail

General Enquiries

touchstones@link4life.org

Telephone

General Enquiries

01706 924492

Fax

01706 924494

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The borough's award winning Arts & Heritage Centre offers a museum, four art galleries, heritage gallery, tourist information centre, café and shop with regular events and workshops.

Venue Type:

Museum, Gallery

 Opening hours

Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm

 Admission charges

Free Entry

Collection details

Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music, Performing Arts, Social History

Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Penny Leaver Green: Unintended Consequences

29 March — 15 June 2013 *on now

This exhibition features two new bodies of work exploring both invasive plant species and the (now illegal) collection of birds' eggs; each presenting us with the unintended consequences of a Victorian obsession with collection and display

Suitable for

  • Any age

Natasha Daintry: Fluid Colour

29 March — 15 June 2013 *on now

In 2012 Touchstones Rochdale jointly acquired a major piece of Daintry's work, Ocean, along with four other galleries through the Contemporary Art Society's acquisition scheme with support from the Art Fund. For this exhibition, Daintry will present a new group of vessels alongside Ocean together with another related work

Suitable for

  • Any age

David Hancock: Cosplay

6 July — 7 September 2013

David Hancock makes paintings which explore the youth subculture of Cosplay. Cosplayers dress up and role-play characters from Manga, Anime or computer games and take on their identity in the real world

Suitable for

  • Any age

From Paper To Page: The Illustrations of Alice Melvin and Catherine Rayner

6 July — 7 September 2013

Follow Sally's journey down the high street, count some birds, find out about Sylvia and Bird's adventures and encounter Augustus and his smile

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

Bloom

16 February 2013 — 1 March 2014 *on now

Learn how local botanical societies collected and stored specimens, explore the wonderful language of flowers, be amazed by the varied museum objects on display and look out for a special knitted installation at the front of the Touchstones Rochdale building which will expand to Broadfield Park in Spring 2013. The exhibition includes hands-on activities to inspire our younger visitors

Suitable for

  • Any age

Sea

23 March 2013 — 8 March 2014 *on now

Explore the sea in historic and contemporary artworks from the permanent collection.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Admission

Free.

Website

http://www.link4life.org/images/downloads/touchstones/touchstones-brochure-october2012-march2013.pdf

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