Local museums
Touchstones Rochdale
Rochdale Council's Award winning arts and heritage centre
located in Rochdale town centre just two minutes from town centre
shops and bus station. Here you will find a 'hands on' museum
for all the family, four splendid art galleries, local studies
centre, cafe and shop. It is also home to Rochdale Tourist
Information Centre.
Rochdale Pioneers Musuem
The Rochdale Pioneers Museum exists to preserve the original
store of the Rochdale Pioneers and to generate an understanding of
the ideals and principles of the co-operative movement.
Rochdale Pioneers
Museum
Rochdale Fire Service Museum
The official Museum of GMC Fire Service is situated at Rochdale
Fire Station and opened in 1983. The many and varied exhibits
include several full-size fire appliances, along with equipment,
uniforms, models, photographs, medals and insignia, which together
portray the history of fire fighting in general, but particularly
within Greater Manchester.
Rochdale Fire Service
Museum