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'Focus on Ancoats' Glass Display gets a new lease of life!

Blue glass fish (detail) made by Molineaux Webb & Co, Ancoats, about 1885 Re-discover our collection of glass objects made in Ancoats through this new display exploring the Ancoats glass industry.

Young people and families from Ancoats worked together with staff at Manchester Art Gallery to re-design the Focus on Ancoats display. The group visited a local glass artist's studio, went behind the scenes to explore the gallery glass collection, took part in an historical tour of Ancoats and a met an industrial archaeologist from a recent dig of the Percival Vickers glassworks.

Visit the new display in the CIS Manchester Gallery on the Ground Floor.

Project partners: AMP Project, Ancoats Buildings Preservation Trust

Funding: Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, Co-operative Insurance Society