New Fred bust for Bolton Museum

Posted On December - 12 - 2009

But you will have to wait for a while before you can see it:

Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive is to undergo a major refurbishment in order to highlight the importance of the town’s most famous invention.

As a result, the gallery will close to the public on January 4, 2010 for approximately 10 months while the £530,000 project is carried out.

The new gallery will be divided into three sections, looking at industrialisation and the impact of the invention of the Spinning Mule; the subsequent developments in Bolton since the textile industry declined and the lives of Boltonians past and present.

Highlights will include a “talking heads” display featuring anecdotes from the characters of Samuel Crompton and Richard Arkwright plus a new bronze bust of Fred Dibnah.

Please let me know in the comments if you know anything about the new bust.

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One Response to “New Fred bust for Bolton Museum”

  1. Joe says:

    Just spotted this pic of the bust here by Flickr user Fred pipes

    Fred Dibnah bust

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