People's History Museum
Left Bank
Spinningfields
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3ER
England
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People's History Museum
People's History Museum
Telephone
People's History Museum
0161 838 9190
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People's History Museum
0161 838 9190
After a £12.5m redevelopment completed in early 2010, the new and improved People’s History Museum is open! Come and see this iconic new building and magnificently restored historic Edwardian Pump House.
There have always been ideas worth fighting for. Join a march through time following Britain’s struggle for democracy over two centuries. Meet the revolutionaries, reformers, workers, voters and citizens who fought our battle for the ballot. Gather amongst their magnificent banners and discover how time off was won (and spent).
Enjoy our bigger and better galleries, with even more interactives and activities for visitors of all ages. Browse our shop for unique books and gifts and round off your day with a bite to eat in our new cafe, complete with the sunniest riverside terrace in Manchester!
Venue Type:
Museum, Archive, Gallery
Left Bank
Spinningfields
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3ER
England
Website
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
Telephone
People's History Museum
0161 838 9190
Fax
People's History Museum
0161 838 9190
The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.
The collections of the People's History Museum contain items relating to the working people of Britain, and cover ceramics, prints, posters, banners, ephemera and photographs.
The museum (registered as the National Museum of Labour History) is the national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in Britain.
Collection details
Trade and Commerce, Social History, Photography, Personalities, Performing Arts, Music, Industry, Fine Art, Design, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archives
Key artists and exhibits
- Watch the first Match of the Day, visit a 1930s Co-op shop, play your favourite vinyl on the jukebox, create your own badge and much more......
- The new People's History Museum has more interactives throughout the galleries, both high tech and low tech so there's something for visitors of all ages.
- Almost 1500 historic objects are on display including many items that will are on display for the first time. Some objects have been specially conserved so that they can be shown to visitors in the new galleries.
- The redevelopment of the museum has also enabled more of our collection of trade union and political banners to be shown. A new double height gallery space now shows off these beautiful, striking banners at their best.
Collections services
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
- Specialist publications on collections available
- Public access available to collections information
- Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Left Bank
Spinningfields
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3ER
England
Website
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
Telephone
People's History Museum
0161 838 9190
Fax
People's History Museum
0161 838 9190
Getting there
The museum is on Left Bank, off Bridge Street in the Spinningfields area of Manchester city centre, on the bank of the River Irwell.
From motorways follow brown signs to Castlefield, then signs to Salford Central Station.
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