Exhibitions

From contemporary art and community projects to exhibitions inspired by our rich collections, there’s always something new to discover at Salford Museum & Art Gallery. Explore a changing programme of exhibitions that celebrate creativity, history and the stories of Salford, alongside our permanent galleries and iconic Victorian street.

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Salford Museum and Art Gallery: Then and Now

This is an online version of an exhibition currently on display on the Bluestairs Gallery in Salford Museum and Art Gallery.

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Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Company Ltd

An overview of what you can see in the permanent Pilkington’s exhibition at Salford Museum & Art Gallery.

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History of the Victorian Gallery

Explore our online exhibitions that are either linked to our collections, permanent displays and past exhibitions programme.

Here, discover the history of our Victorian Gallery and some of it’s paintings. You can also visit us to see these paintings in the flesh along with many others from our collection in our beautiful Victorian Gallery.

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Your Salford 100

Saturday 14 February 2026 to Sunday 10 January 2027

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

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Dolls Houses by Be Creative

Saturday 11 July to Sunday 1 November 2026

Based at the Energise Centre in Salford, the Be Creative community group have been busy building intricate dolls houses.

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The Theatrics of Nature: Jessica Brodigan

Saturday 29 August 2026 to Sunday 7 February 2027

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

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Open [5]

Saturday 19 September to Sunday 29 November 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for artists of any age who live, work, study or were born in Salford. We welcome entries from artists in any medium including painting, drawing, print, textiles, photography, sculpture, mixed media and digital.

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Yan Wang Preston: Memory Keepers

23 October 2026 - 28 February 2027

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.

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Galleries

Langworthy Gallery

The Langwrothy Gallery is our space dedicated to showing items from our collections. We explore different stories and ways of interpreting our collections through a yearly exhibition.

The North Gallery

The North Gallery supports artists mainly from the north who have been selected through our application process. We also hold our biennial Open exhibition and Salford Art Club exhibition on alternate years.

The Victorian Gallery

The Victorian Gallery shows the splendour of our Victorian decorative and fine art. The gallery is hung to replicate the galleries of the Victorian era, packed with painting, sculptures and objects from the museums collections.

The East Wing

The East Wing showcases contemporary art, working in partnership with other organisations within Salford and beyond. There are usually two exhibitions in here per year.

The Pilkington's exhibition

The Pilkington’s exhibition shows some of the best pieces from our Pilkington’s pottery collection and archive.

The Park Gallery

The Park Gallery is open to the public at weekends and during the school holidays./ It showcases local artists and the work of Pinc College students.