Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre

Disappointing is an understatement, is it a gallery? A cafe? What? Hardly any information (some information which is completely incorrect), no direction, no categories, just abit of everything everywhere. I completely understand that "Art" is subjective, however photograghs of what you will find in any cookbook on the walks is hardly engaging. A very poor attempt at an art gallery. I did happen to find some amazing pieces however some had posters dotted in front of them and some are shoved in the museum. One painting in particular is "Icarus falling on bury job centre" a beautiful painting by local artist Maggie Lea. No information about the painting? What it represents to the artist? Nothing! Then again that follows with every painting in there. Down in the apparent museum if you can dare call it that? Feels like you are stepping into a trendy phone shop. Graffiti littering the walls, again little if no direction, no information. I would love to know why the extremely small cupboard under the stairs has been given to Sir Robert Peel, I would have thought learning about a famous priminister would have been front of stage??? you would probably learn more reading the information dotted on the walls in the Peel pub. Actually the pub has more content and information about his younger years, his years in politics, where he lived etc. Non of which found where you'd expect to see it. The items on exhibit are some what intriguing although there is no information to why they are there, no story again and I'm starting to feel like a broken record.... no nothing. You can walk in and walk out without learning anything new. Bury has a tremendously rich history! We have a castle! The dig of which used to be exhibited years ago and now has disappeared??? We have statues commissioned by famous sculptures. We have had inventors of revolutionary mechanical engineering. The Whitehead family history alone could fill that tiny room.

Bury art gallery and museum, give your head a wobble and do better because what you currently trying to exhibit is dull, uninteresting and a smear on what once a brilliant Art gallery and museum.