Creatures of the Night
28 April – 10 November 2007

What happens when you're asleep? Creatures of the Night explores the world at the dead of night. Creatures, ghosts, dreams and more...

The exhibition features items from Gallery Oldham's Natural History, Social History and Fine Art Collections.

Moths, bats, hedgehogs, owls and foxes collected and preserved during the Victorian era are on show, alongside a Victorian lamppost and creepy 19th Century Devil's Fireplace, originally from the Abbey Inn, Oldham.

Paintings on show include Francis Danby's representation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream from the Charles Lees Watercolour Collection.

Free exhibition talk: Wednesday 13 June, 1pm

Image: Scene from a Midsummer Night's Dream (detail), by Francis Danbys.