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Heaton Park Tramway Museum
Imperial War Museum North
Manchester City Experience (Museum and Tour)
Manchester Jewish Museum
Manchester Museum
Manchester United Museum & Tour
Museum of Science & Industry
Museum of Transport
Pankhurst Centre
People's History Museum
The Gallery Of Costume
The Greater Manchester Police Museum
Urbis

Museums listings

Heaton Park Tramway Museum


Tram Depot, Heaton Park, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2SW

Tel: 0161 740 1919

Imperial War Museum North


Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1TZ

Tel: 0161 836 4000 | Website

Manchester City Experience (Museum and Tour)


Manchester City Football Club, Sportcity, Manchester, M11 3FF

Tel: 0870 062 1894 | Website

Manchester Jewish Museum


190 Cheetham Hill Rd, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 8LW

Tel: 0161 834 9879 | Website

Manchester Museum


University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL

Tel: 0161 275 2634 | Website

Manchester United Museum & Tour


Sir Matt Busby way, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 0RA

Tel: 0870 442 1994 | Website

Museum of Science & Industry


Liverpool Road, Manchester, M3 4FP

Tel: 0161 832 2244 | Website

Museum of Transport


Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 8UW

Tel: 0161 205 2122 | Website

Pankhurst Centre


60-62 Nelson Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, M13 9WP

Tel: 0161 273 5673

People's History Museum


Bridge St, Manchester,

Tel: 0161 839 6061 | Website

The Gallery Of Costume


Platt Hall, Platt Field, Rusholme, Manchester, M14 5LL

Tel: 0161 224 5217 | Website

The Greater Manchester Police Museum


57 Newton St, Manchester, M1 1ET

Tel: 0161 856 3287 | Website

Urbis


Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M4 3BG

Tel: 0161 605 8200 | Website

 

Older museums events:

The Evolutionist at Manchester Museum 1st August 2009 – 1st August 2010

Manchester Museum hosts a year-long extravaganza to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.

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Anne Frank and You at Manchester Cathedral 3rd - 29th September

A free multi-media exhibition gives you the chance to get closer to one of World War 2's most famous casualties.

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Videogame Nation at Urbis 14th May – 20th September

Get your game on at Urbis this summer.

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365 – Ghislaine Howard at Imperial War Museum North until 6th September

Imperial War Museum North presents an intimate and powerful exhibition of Ghislaine Howard’s daily paintings inspired by conflict around the world.

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The Manchester Hermit at Manchester Museum 27th June – 5th August

This summer Manchester Museum will host artist Ansuman Biswas as he lives the life of a hermit.

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Visions of China at Museum of Science and Industry until 31st July

MOSI celebrates its new partnership with the China Museum of Science and Technology.

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Best of Manchester Awards now looking for entries

Could you be the one to walk away with £2000, a major exhibition at Urbis and the Best Of Manchester 2009 crown?

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Reality Hack: Hidden Manchester at Urbis until 1st May

A new exhibition by Andrew Paul Brooks at Urbis explores the secret history of our city.

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Witness: Women War Artists at Imperial War Museum North 5th February to 19th April

A major new exhibition explores wars of the 20th century though the eyes of female war artist.

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Lindow Man: a Bog Body Mystery at Manchester Museum until 19th April 2009

2000 years after meeting his death in a peat bog, Lindow Man is returned to the north west.

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Black Power Films at Urbis Thursdays until 16 April

Urbis programmes a series of films and documentaries exploring the black power movement as part of the Black Panther: Emory Douglas and the Art of Revolution exhibition.

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Stranger in the House at Imperial War Museum North until 1st March 2009

A new exhibition explores the return of soldiers from the Second World War through the eyes of the women they left behind.

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The Making of MOSI - 25th Anniversary Exhibition until 4th January 2009

One of Manchester's most important museums celebrates 25 years at Liverpool Road.

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Manchester In Fashion at Urbis 2-5 October 2008

With designer shopping, catwalk shows, makeovers and the fantastic Love Fashion series of talks, this festival is a must for any fashionista.

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Matthew Williamson: 10 Years In Fashion at Urbis until 21st September

Urbis are holding a retrospective of Matthew Williamson's work to celebrate a decade in fashion.

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BODY WORLDS 4 at Museum of Science and Industry until 17th August

BODY WORLDS 4, the latest groundbreaking exhibition of real human bodies from anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens, is to have its world premiere at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.

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New 60s tour at Urbis on Saturdays until 15th March

Discover Manchester's musical history through a tour of the city with Urbis.

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Hacienda 25 exhibition at Urbis until 17th January

Discover the days when Manchester was the musical capital of Britain with this exhibition at Urbis.

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First annual Friedrich Engels Memorial Lecture at Urbis 28th November

Dr Tristram Hunt is confirmed as the speaker at the inaugural Friedrich Engels Lecture at Urbis.

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Factory Records Tour at Urbis

Follow in the footsteps of history with this Factory Records tour...

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First Ever Manchester Science Festival 20th to 28th October

Hosted by the Museum of Science and Industry, the first ever Manchester Science Festival presents debates, performances, activities and events to make you see science in a new light...

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Urbis Becomes a Haven for Fashionistas 4th to 7th October

WAGS, fashionistas, designers and serious label shoppers should head to Urbis on 4-7 October when it hosts the fashion event of the year – Fashion Weekend – to be held for the first time outside London.

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