IN THE WINDOWS
Platt Hall’s windows are its key architectural feature. There are 38 in total, designed in the 1760s to fill the house with light, provide the Worsley family with views out over their estate lands, and convey their high social status to a wider world.
In the Windows is our 21st century take on this. The windows are where inside and outside meet. They are our exhibition space while the Hall is closed to general visitors, a showcase for what goes on inside the building, and a share space for things happening in the wider neighbourhood. They are a message board in the park, for sparking the curiosity and interest of regular park users and occasional passersby. And, we hope, a way of sympathetically disrupting the histories of power and privilege embodied in the building’s architecture by shifting the direction and ownership of the gaze that passes through them, as well as the stories they frame.
Past exhibitions
SEEN IN THE WINDOWS
articles and photographs from the first issue of global majority and marginalised communities music magazine SEEN, co-produced with SEEN founders Tunde Adekoya, Kamila Rymajdo and Balraj Samrai, with photography by Daniel Oyegade.
Embroidery is a Universal Language
Work by Longsight-based Women’s Voices sewing group alongside a selection of images from Platt Hall’s textile collection.
Opening the Box
Images from our Platt Hall Collections exploration project, with artwork by Abi Lake.
Museum on My Street
A celebration of personal possessions and collections in the neighbourhood, led by artist duo Interference Art
Message to the Neighbourhood: a space for supportive messages and ideas for keeping busy in lockdown.
TSAP@PlattHall
2020
Responses to the building and collections by The Terrace Square Artists Project, a group of artists from the streets around Platt Lane.
Current exhibitions
THE PLACE WE IMAGINE
Exploring how sharing food and drink at Platt Hall connects people, heritage and collections through sustainability, wellbeing, trust and belonging.
Future exhibitions
TRACING CLOTH HISTORIES AT PLATT HALL
Unfolding at Platt Hall explores global textile histories through community collaboration—celebrating culture while questioning power, authorship and legacy.
MORE PROJECTS
IN THE WINDOW
A project transforming Platt Hall's windows into a public art display showcases local artwork, keeping the community connected even when the Hall is closed.