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Image of Conservator with blue gloves holding up a textile banner featuring text: 'Manchester Deaf Triangle Club, Lesbian & Gay Group', and different coloured hands doing sign language.
On show from Sat 18 January 2025

2025 Banner Exhibition

New year, new display of banners
Image of Photograph showing a person in a silver robot costume with 'Deceptioncon' written on the front, and people in the background wearing orange high-vis jackets and waving GMB union flags.
On show until 24 March 2025

Deceptioncon robot costume

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Image of Children drawing with coloured pencils.
Every weekend & Manchester school holiday

Playful Protest Space

And more Family Friendly activities
Image of Left to right: a plate with a colourful illustration of people and police in confrontation, including text: ‘The Battle of Cable Street, 1936, and a yellow badge with a black illustration of a raised fist and text: ‘mk campaign against racism and fascism’.
Collection Spotlight, on display until 31 March 2025

No Pasarán!

A century of British anti-fascist action
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Every day except Tuesdays

Explore strike action

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FREE ENTRY, most visitors donate £10

People’s History Museum
Left Bank
Spinningfields
Manchester M3 3ER
0161 838 9190

Plan your visit

Museum, shop, cafe:
– Open: 10.00am to 5.00pm, every day except Tuesdays
– Closed: 24, 25, 26 December & 1 January
– Make a group booking

Labour History Archive & Study Centre:
– Visit by appointment


Gallery closures

In annual tradition, PHM will be changing 25 banners in the galleries.

To prepare for this exciting change, Gallery One will be closed from 6 to 10 January and Gallery Two will be closed from 13 to 17 January.

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Welcome

People’s History Museum is the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.

Explore the radical stories of people coming together to champion ideas worth fighting for, and be empowered by the past to make a change for the future.

We are all together in the fight for a fairer world.

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What's On
Check out what's on
Image of radical women, left to right: Mary Fildes, Annie Besant, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Jayaben Desai. Illustrations by the Rickard Sisters, 2023. Image courtesy of People's History Museum.
Radical women trail
£1.50 per trail sheet | From Thursday 1 February 2024 to Monday 21 April 2025
More info
event
Image of Brightly coloured graphic featuring a raised fist holding an oversized lit match, with the text: 'Time To Strike!'
Family Friendly
Gallery One & Gallery Two
FREE | Open every day except Tuesdays
More info
gallery
Image of young child in suffragette dress up at People's History Museum.
Family Friendly
Little suffragettes trail
£2.50 | From Thursday 1 February 2024 to Monday 21 April 2025
More info
event
Image of mosaic featuring Constance Markievicz and text: 'Dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank and buy a revolver.'
Constance Markievicz mosaic
FREE | From Wednesday 8 May 2024 to Monday 31 March 2025
More info
installation
Image of Left to right: a plate with a colourful illustration of people and police in confrontation, including text: ‘The Battle of Cable Street, 1936, and a yellow badge with a black illustration of a raised fist and text: ‘mk campaign against racism and fascism’.
Collection Spotlight
FREE | From Wednesday 2 October 2024 to Monday 31 March 2025
More info
display
Image of Photograph showing a person in a silver robot costume with 'Deceptioncon' written on the front, and people in the background wearing orange high-vis jackets and waving GMB union flags.
Deceptioncon robot costume
FREE | From Friday 29 November 2024 to Monday 24 March 2025
More info
installation
Family Friendly
Playful Protest Space
FREE | From Saturday 18 January 2025 to Sunday 19 January 2025
More info
event
Image of Conservator with blue gloves holding up a textile banner featuring text: 'Manchester Deaf Triangle Club, Lesbian & Gay Group', and different coloured hands doing sign language.
Family Friendly
2025 Banner Exhibition
FREE | From Saturday 18 January 2025 to Monday 29 December 2025
More info
exhibition
Image of Two young visitors looking up at a banner in a case, holding pencils and an activity sheet.
Family Friendly
2025 Banner Bingo
FREE | From Saturday 18 January 2025 to Monday 29 December 2025
More info
event
Family Friendly
Playful Protest Space
FREE | From Saturday 25 January 2025 to Sunday 26 January 2025
More info
event
Family Friendly
Playful Protest Space
FREE | From Saturday 1 February 2025 to Sunday 2 February 2025
More info
event
The Fabric of Protest
Full price £15 | Concession £10 | FREE | Saturday 1 February 2025, 1.00pm - 3.00pm
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event


 
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