Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 8th September 2025

Time: 6.30pm time TBC

Venue: Sutcliffe Suite, Bolton School Girls’ Division, Bolton School, Chorley New Road, Bolton BL1 4PA. Free parking is available in the Girls Division Quad (access from Chorley New Road).

Description: In 1884 Bolton opened its first museum, ‘the Chadwick’ named after its principle benefactor. Although founded as a Natural History museum, it wasn’t long before it housed collections of Art, Social History, World Cultures and not least of all Egyptology. The collections grew, thanks to the enthusiasm of a local mill owners daughter, Annie Barlow, who worked with the Egypt Exploration Society to bring Egypt to Bolton. The Barlow’s, Annie and her family, were integral to the development of the museum and its collections, and had far reaching impacts on the town. From mummies to jewellery, and statues to temple columns the collection spans several thousand years of history. Over 130 years later, Bolton has one of the largest and best collections of Ancient Egyptian artefacts in the UK, that are now newly displayed in Bolton’s Egypt.

How to book: All enquiries to Mrs Melissa Wright mwright@boltonschool.org.uk 07912369060

Price: Associate membership £20 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £5.

Tel: 07912369060

Email: mwright@boltonschool.org.uk

Website: https://boltonhistoricalassociation.wordpress.com

Organiser: Melissa Wright

Lecturer: Ian Andrew Oswald Trumble - PhD candidate in the History of Egyptology and ancient Egyptian textile collections at the University of York.

Region: North-West England

Branch: Bolton