Museum [Rochdale Museum Service, Touchstones Rochdale]
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Museum Service
Touchstones Rochdale
The Esplanade
Rochdale
OL16 1AQ
Telephone: 01706 924492
Fax: 01706 924944
Email: Click here
You can discover Rochdale's rich and fascinating history by visiting the award-winning museum at Touchstones Rochdale in addition to a number of outreach displays around the Borough of Rochdale.
As well as managing the permanent museum display at Touchstones Rochdale, the Museum Team produces exhibitions in the Heritage Gallery at the Centre.
You can now also discover the Rochdale Arts & Heritage collections by searching our collections database. Currently only a selection of the collection can be searched online. This database will grow as more of our collections are digitised and our knowledge about them increases.
Please be aware that not all our collections are on display at Touchstones Rochdale at any one time and if you’re coming to see a particular object, painting or document, please contact us to check beforehand.
To receive the latest brochure download or contact Touchstones Rochdale.
You can follow us on Facebook or on our Blog.
The Museum collections cover the following themes:
- Social History
- Costume and Textiles
- Archaeology
- Egyptology
- Geology
- Natural History
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Decorative Arts.
If you would like to find out about how we collect items please click the link below.
To find out more about the fascinating history of the Borough of Rochdale please use the Discover pages
