A new exhibition is uniquely showing simultaneously across the Hat Works and Stockport Story museums. The exhibition, which opened on Tuesday 9th March, showcases contemporary recycled objects sourced from makers around the world.

Discarded products and materials have been transformed into imaginative and inventive objects serving everyday needs, from cooking implements through to personal adornment. These objects demonstrate how waste materials can be recycled in an imaginative way to serve very practical purposes.

The exhibition was put together by knowtrash in partnership with the Eden Project. knowtrash is a collection of over 1,000 contemporary recycled artefacts sourced from Africa, Asia and the Americas. At Hat Works visitors will see bags, hats, jewellery and other items used for personal adornment. Stockport Story Museum displays more practical objects, such as stoves, lights, kitchen utensils and toys.

‘Treasure from Trash’ will be on display at Hat Works and Stockport Story Museum until 6th June. Admission is free.

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