In 2009, the museum moved into the former Bury Arts and Crafts Centre building on Broad Street, which had closed in December 2004 after 110 years on the site.

[3] The building was originally designed as a Technical School for Bury Borough Council by local architect Joshua Cartwright in the Neo-Renaissance style, and completed in 1893.

The frontage bears the inscription "Technical School" and is decorated with a frieze of five panels, each containing five sculpted relief figures representing the crafts and skills that were taught at the school, including mathematics, science, engineering, printing, pottery, literature and music.

[5] The museum houses the collection of the Lancashire Fusiliers, commemorating over three hundred years of the regiment's history.

Beside the museum stands the Gallipoli Garden and the Grade II*-listed Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial.