What’s on at Salford Museum & Art Gallery

Salford Museum & Art Gallery invited 100 groups and individuals from across Salford to help create an exhibition marking the city’s centenary in 2026.

Jessica Brodigan (b. 2001, Manchester, UK) is a painter exploring parallel spaces and figures as vehicles to explore memory, identity and vulnerability.

The Open is back for 2026! Celebrating the work of artists any age living, working, studying or were born in Salford.

Artist and photographer Yan Wang Preston presents a new body of work inspired by a 300 year old sweet chestnut tree at RHS Garden Bridgewater in Salford.

Presented alongside Memory Keepers by Yan Wang Preston, this exhibition includes new work by young people in Salford and artist Liz Lock.

A participatory art project developed with members of Ordsall Community Arts Centre.

Bookable session for home educated children. Students become curators for the session, sharpening their historical enquiry skills to examine a selection of real Victorian mystery objects and look for clues as to what they might be.

We ask visitors to our library to book ahead of their visit.

For our final life drawing session of 2026 we’re delighted to welcome back burlesque performer Jade Stargaze for what has become a Salford Museum festive tradition.