What's on
We know that you can’t visit us at the moment but we have loads of fun activities that you can get involved with from home.
Visit our kids & families page for a range of activities to keep the family entertained!
Looking for resources to help with home schooling?
Head to our schools page for cross-curricular PowerPoints with educational activities inspired by artworks and artefacts from our collection.
We have a huge range of activities for families, individuals, artists, young people and everyone else who visits Gallery Oldham.
Check the calendar on the right for upcoming activities and events.
Details of our current exhibitions can be found here. If you’re interested in finding out more about our exhibitions, check out our free lunchtime talks and tours!
For Kids and Families we have a fun mix of events for families during all school holidays, our monthly Super Saturdays and weekly Go Baby and GO Explorer sessions. Plus the Small Cinema showing family friendly films.
For Young People we have a variety of creative activities, workshops and sessions to develop your skills. We also deliver and support Arts Award.
For adults we offer a range of informative art and craft courses, and group workshops that are suitable for all levels of ability.
Oldham Histories Festival 2021: Launch
We're launching Oldham Histories Festival on Sat 11 Sept with vintage cars, live performances, talks and a special cinema showing.
Cotton On Manchester: Art Theory and Practice workshop
Gallery OldhamWe are delighted to be partnering with the brilliant team at Cotton On Manchester for our first craft workshop back! Join artists Sarah Riccardi and Alice Copley as they take you through the techniques and processes of Oil Painting, featuring our very own collection as inspiration you will learn about and then practice how to […]
Small Cinema – Hidden Figures (PG)
Gallery OldhamJoin us every month to enjoy a range of family friendly movies that little ones AND grown ups will love! Hidden Figures (PG) £3 To celebrate Black History Month Small Cinema is showing Hidden Figures, a biographical drama that follows three female African-American mathematicians who deal with racism and gender […]
Screen Print Course for Beginners – Adult Art Course
Five Week Screen Print Course for Beginners. Experiment with creating, preparing and screen printing on fabric and paper using an array of techniques to produce your own wonderful designs. Tuesday 19, 26 October and 2, 9, 16 November, 6pm - 8pm. Course Leader - Vicky Price Course Fee - £100/£80 concessions (for those in receipt […]
Gallery Talks Series
Gallery OldhamOur free monthly talks are informal and last around 40 minutes and given by gallery staff or artists.
Online Talk: Oldham Rugby League
Join Karen Heatley from our collections team and Michael Turner from the Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust as we take a look at the fascinating objects in this recently donated rugby collection. Brought together by the Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust over many years, it is recognised as being one of the most important rugby […]
Small Cinema – Coco (PG)
Join us every month to enjoy a range of family friendly movies that little ones AND grown ups will love! Coco (PG) £3 Coco follows the story of a young boy whose ambition to prove his musical talent takes him on a journey to the colourful world of the dead. […]
Moonwhile
Jump from Manchester to the Moon! Head to Gallery Oldham/Oldham Library on Thursday 28th October at 7pm for Moonwhile, a sharing of emotive, thought provoking songs and poetry performed by Keisha Thompson, from her book, Lunar. Followed by Ella Otomewo, a poet, performer, and educator who found her voice in spoken word. Click here […]
Gallery Talks Series
Gallery OldhamOur free monthly talks are informal and last around 40 minutes and given by gallery staff or artists.
Small Cinema – Jumanji (PG)
Join us every month to enjoy a range of family friendly movies that little ones AND grown ups will love! Jumanji (PG) £3 Discover the magical and dangerous world inside the game of Jumanji, based on the picture book by Chris Van Allsburg. The showing will be followed by […]
Kids & Families
We have bags of free fun activities. Super Saturdays creative family fun, come and drop in!. Go Baby! sessions every Thursday. Free activities in the school holidays, and more..
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Lunchtime talks
Our monthly lunchtime talks are a great way to find out more about exhibitions. Talks are free, informal and last around 30 minutes with time for discussion afterwards. There is no need to book.
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Courses and workshops
We run regular adult Art and Craft courses, and also provide workshops and hands-on activities for groups of all abilities.
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Small Cinema
Join us every month to enjoy a range of family friendly movies. Tickets are £3. Join us for fun film-related crafts before each movie. Activities are FREE and run from 12noon – 2pm.
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Cultural forum
The Cultural Forum is a meeting place for creative people to gain advice and network with other professionals working in the creative industries.
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