Science and Industry Museum

People’s History Museum

Dedicated to telling the story of ordinary working people and ideas worth fighting for, it couldn’t have a better home than Manchester, the birthplace of the trade union movement and universal suffrage.

Bolton Library and Museum

Art, natural history, Egyptology, social history, archives, libraries, historic houses and an aquarium – there’s something for everyone, all under one roof in Bolton.

Manchester Museum

Boasting 4.5 million pieces in its archive, an impressive Egyptology collection, and discovery space, all in one neo-gothic, Grade II* listed building.

Science and Industry Museum

Based on the site of the oldest surviving passenger railway station, the museum showcases pioneering inventions and work that started in Manchester then changed the world.

Rochdale Pioneers Museum

Widely regarded as the home of the worldwide co-operative movement, this small museum is based within the site of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society’s first store which opened in 1844.

IWM North

IWM North is about people and their stories; how lives have been, and still are, shaped by war and conflict. The award-winning museum building is designed by international architect Daniel Libeskind.

Manchester Jewish Museum

Committed to using Jewish stories to connect to the world and society, the museum - which is housed inside a former synagogue built in 1873 - has recently doubled in size with a new gallery.

Museum of Transport

Telling the story of public road transport in Greater Manchester from its very beginnings in 1824 to the present day, featuring historic buses, coaches, trams, objects and displays inside a 1930s bus garage.

For more information see: visitmanchester.com