Salford Museum & Art Gallery - Review
★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ The walk between the People's History Museum and Salford Museum & Art Gallery - my second intended stop of the day - is freezing. Sub-zero temperatures with intermittent hail storms. On my approach, skirting the University of Salford's campus, my foot goes clean into a genuinely deep puddle of icy water. Unpleasant. But I make it. Image via Salford Museum and Art Gallery Unpeeling from myself my hat and gloves, I head straight on up the stairs, bypassing the cafe, finding myself within their print store on the upper floor. The collection of prints for sale are pretty impressive. I found myself drawn to the work of local artist Nigel Kimber, and their monochromatic abstractions. The kind of art I would love to actually buy one day. I spent some time here, looking at the local artists works, and retrieving pencil and paper from my sodden backpack. On retrospect, this was quite the apt entrance room to the galleries, as they hold a dual purpose as exhibition space ...