Temporary closure June to September
Due to maintenance work in our home building, the Saltaire Collection will be closed to visitors over the summer. Read more…
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Our Collection
The Saltaire Collection provides insights to the history and development of Saltaire, as well as its local and international connections. The collection is strong in its coverage of Saltaire’s buildings, people, economy and events. Salts Mill, the business, The Salt and Roberts family, and the village are amongst the highlights
The collection comprises around 6,000 items including paper documents, photographs, maps, plans, newspaper cuttings, artworks, books and objects. The time period covers the 1850s to the present day, with a particular strength in 19th century history.
We are currently updating the catalogue and digitising more of the collection. During 2019 we will gradually make more available via the online catalogue.
Online exhibitions
Learning Resources
Engaging with heritage is essential process for all of us to inform our identity and understand our place in history and the world. It allows us to develop socially, through the debates that these topics inevitably lead to; morally, by considering why we preserve some parts of the past and not others (both good and bad); spiritually, by considering why we feel the past has such intrinsic value; and culturally, by deepening our understanding of where we have come from, why our world is the way it is, and how we can influence the future.
Saltaire provides a unique opportunity for students to engage with heritage. As one of only two World Heritage Sites in Yorkshire (and the only continuously inhabited one), Saltaire allows visitors to engage directly with the past at a site of global cultural significance.
We are determined to support educators in getting the most out of Saltaire. In addition to supporting the Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural curriculum aims, all our learning resources are designed to satisfy National Curriculum expectations across the curriculum, while also providing an enjoyable experience for students (and, hopefully, teachers too!). We have been working closely with a small number of local and inner-city schools to trial resources and ensure they meet teachers’ and students’ needs.
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Biographies
Sir Titus Salt, 1803-1876
Titus Salt, born in 1803, was initially educated in a ‘dame school’ in Morley (near Leeds), then at Batley Grammar…
Sir James Roberts, 1848-1935
James Roberts was a self-made man who rose from humble beginnings to be the owner of Salts Mill and Saltaire.…
Titus Salt Junior, 1843-1887
Titus Salt Jnr. was the fifth and youngest son of Sir Titus Salt and was aged only 10 years when…
Isabel Salt, 1876-1968
Family and family home Isabel was the youngest child and only daughter of Titus Salt Junior (youngest son of Sir…
Denys Geoffrey Crossley Salt, 1918-2014
4 May 1918 – 21 December 2014 Denys Salt was the Great-grandson of Sir Titus Salt, Grandson of Titus Salt…
Dorothy Sharp
Dorothy Sharp was a librarian and one of the founders of the Saltaire Historical Collection. Dorothy and her husband Alan…