Galleries & exhibitions (from March 5)

Runs until Saturday, April 5, open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm, admission free

Bury Photographic Society

Bury Photographic Society have produced over 200 photographs in colour and monocrhome covering landscapes, buildings, people and animals.

Runs until Saturday, April 26, open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm, admission free

Catalyst - Museum of Chemical Industry

Widnes, Cheshire

A great day out allowing you to explore the colourful world of science and technology with hands on equipment and machinery.

Open Tuesday to Friday, 10am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm, admission £4.65 and children £3.40.

Gallery of Costume

Platt Hall, Rusholme, Manchester

The Needle's Excellency: 17th Century Dress and Embroidery. An exhibition concentrating on needlework and embroidery skills and featuring some of the Gallery's earliest and rarest items including a jewel bright women's cap and matching forehead cloth dating back to 1600. Runs until 2003

The Art of Elegance: Women's Dress 1740-1860. An exhibition illustrating the extravagance and sophistication of 18th century fashion with large scale silk damasks, delicate women muslins and sumptuous coloured wedding dresses.

Runs until 2003

Cover Up. A lively and interactive display featuring galoshes, sou'westers, firefighters' helmets and boxing gloves. Runs until 2003

A Suit of Her Own: A History of the Working Women's Wardrobe

A look at the development of the women's tailored suit from the end of the 19th century when women began to strive for equality with men in the work place and covering the period 1895 to 1918. Runs until 2003

Quant to Westwood: Fashion Since the Sixties. A display featuring designer outfits from 1960 to 1998 with pieces by Vivienne Westwood, Mary Quant, Biba, Ossie Clark and Zandra Rhodes.

Runs until 2003, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, adm free

Harris Museum & Art Gallery

Market Square, Preston

Rites of Passage

A collection of Christening, Wedding and Mourning dress from the Victorian era showing how the Victorians celebrated weddings and christenings and dealt with funerals. Runs until Saturday, October 18 2003

The Art of Print. An exhibition exploring the techniques of printmaking. Runs until Saturday, 18 October 2003, open Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm, admission free

Perfume

A unique chance to see the fantastic collection of scent bottles that form part of the famous Mrs French Collection dating from the 19th century and including items from the finest cut glass to novelty souvenir bottles.

Runs until Saturday, July 5, open Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm, admission free

Lancaster University Galleries

Lancaster

A Pen of Iron: Ruskin and Printmaking

This is the first exhibition devoted to Ruskin's engagement with printmaking examining his use of various methods, etching, woodcut, mezzotint and steel and copper engraving.

Runs until Sunday, March 30, open Monday to Saturday, 11am-4pm and Sunday, 1pm-4pm, admission free

Liverpool Tate

Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture

An exhibition examining the in-depth relationship between the display, distribution and consumption of commodities and modern and contemporary art with ovr 240 pieces of art including photographs of shop windows and products on display.

Runs until Sunday, March 23 2003, admission £4 and concessions £3

Manchester Art Gallery

Mosley Street, Manchester

Alfred Ackrill: A Manchester Impressionist Discovered

An exhibition showing fresh and vivid interpretations of particular local interest depicting the inudstrial landscape of Oldham and Manchester.

Runs until Sunday, March 16, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, admission free

Xie Nanxing

A selection of large scale melacholic and mysterious paintings by a Chinese artist examinging the layers which are close to our mental state.

Runs from Saturday until Monday, April 21, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, admission free.

Papa Gena

A short film by Latvian film maker Laila Pakalnina which is a life study of the people on the streets of Riga listening to a fragment of Mozart's music. Runs from Saturday until Monday, April 21, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, admission free

Manchester Jewish Museum

Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester

The oldest purpose-built synagogue in the city which was used as a house of worship by Manchester's Congergation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews and after a period of decline has now been restored retaining the basic layout of a synagogue with stained glass windows and architecture.

Open Monday to Thursday 10.30am-4pm and Sunday 10.30am-5pm

Manchester Museum

University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester

up close: insect tectonics

A stunning collection of British insects on a heroic scale.

Runs until Sunday, March 16, open Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm, admission free

Mid Pennine Arts

Yorke Street, Burnley

Ashes of Roses

Susan Cutts has created a new installation in handmade paper inspired by 18th century church records revealing happy and sad events and other people's memories. Open Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm and Tuesday, 10am-1pm

Portico Library & Gallery

Mosley Street, Manchester

Place by Ken Clark

An exhibition about the idea of Place showing along with a physical place we all need to learn, as we grow, about our own place in the run of things, our internal place and our suspicions of a place beyond the sum of all these parts.

Runs until Friday, March 28, open Monday to Friday, 9.30am-4.30pm and Sunday 1pm-4pm, admission free

People's History Museum

Bridge Street, Manchester

The only Museum dedicated to the working people of Britain and the story of how they organised to change society, improving life for generations. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am-4.30pm, admission to galleries £1 waged, otherwise free

Museum of Transport

Boyle Street, Manchester

Learn all about transport in Greater Manchester from 1800 to the present day. Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm

Museum of Science and Industry

Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester

Xperiment

An interactive exhibition which will captive inquiring minds with hands of fun and equipment to test and explore the wonders of science. Suitable for all ages.

Open 10am-5pm, admission free

Myths and Monsters

Get as close as you dare to mythical monsters including dragons, the Unicorn and the Yeti and learn about the mystery that surrounds them.

Runs until Sunday, June 1, open 10am-5pm, admission £3.50 or £2.50 conc

Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery

High Street, Uppermill, Oldham

Chameleon Arts Group

A well-established group with members with mental health problems creating mosaics and watercolours.

Runs until Sunday, open daily, 1pm-4pm

Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Peel Park Crescent, Salford

Life Times

Runs until Tuesday, May 6 2003, open Monday to Friday, 10am-4.45pm and Saturday and Sunday 1pm-5pm, adm free

Storey Gallery

Albert Irvin

An exhibition of abstract paintings showing the celebrations of life and colour.

Runs until Saturday, March 22, open Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm

Tate Liverpool

Albert Dock, Liverpool

Shopping - A Century of Art and Consumer Culture

An exhibition featuring over 240 works of art ranging from photographs of shop fronts to The American Supermarket and shop interiors displaying cheese and fruit counters and neon signage.

Runs until Sunday, March 23 2003, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5.50pm, admission £4 and concessions £3, family ticket £8

The Beatles Story

Albert Dock, Liverpool

Experience the most sensational story of pop in the City where it all began and relive the Fab Four's rise to fame with a nostalgic journey through The Beatles Story.

Open daily 10am-5pm, £7.95 adults, £5.95 conc. and £4.95 children

The National Football Museum

Deepdale Stadium, Preston

Take a trip to football heaven and begin the journey through football history learning the story of football using the latest technology with an interactive exhibition and viewing the finest display of football memorabilia in the world. In the second half you can play the game and test your skills on the interactive exhibits, then join Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen on Match of the Day and enjoy your 15 minutes of fame.

Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-5pm, adults £6.95 and children, 5 to 15 years old, £4.95 and children free

The World of Glass

Chalon Way East, St Helens

Experience the miracle of sand and fire and witness the skills involved in a turning a ball of glass into a beautiful object and the art of glassblowing.

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm, adults £5, children £3.60 conc. £3.60, Family ticket for 2 adults and 2 children £15 or 1 adult and 2 children £10

Turnpike Gallery

Civic Square, Leigh

In This Place

Inspired by the landing of a young German, Mathias Rust, who flew a small aircraft across the Soviet Union airspace Emma Rushton and Derek Tyman have constructed a full size plane cover, a hand drawn map and a flag and plaque to reveal the actions and events.

Runs until Saturday, March 22, open Monday, Thursday and Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm, Tuesday 10am-5.30pm, Saturday 10am-3pm

Wigan Education Art Centre

Wigan

Alchemy - The Art of Victoria Grove

An exhibition of works in painting, mixed media and print from the Scottish artist.

Runs until Friday, April 11 2003, open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, admission free