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Image of Landscape banner with gold fringing, embroidery, and lettering reading: 'General Election 1906'.
Until 30 September 2024

General election trail

Discover objects from 20 general elections
Image of A green portrait poster with black text: This Race Can’t Get Any Hotter #ElectionRebellion Extinction Rebellion, next to a portrait poster with illustrations of two men in suits doffing their top hats towards a woman and a man, with the text: 'The New Voter:-
From the collection:

general election highlights

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Image of white t-shirt with blue and red London Underground style logo with text 'Lesbians & Gay Men, Never Going Underground, Out And Proud'.
29 August 2024

LGBTQIA+ guided tours

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Image of T shirts with coloured backgrounds

From the collection store: t-shirts

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Image of a plate with an illustration of people marching with placards below three large traditional banners. The text reads: Womens’ Support Group & NUM Manvers Colliery.
Collection Spotlight - on show until 9 September 2024

Bread and Roses: Women and the Miners' Strike

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Image of left to right: red bordered banner with central image of a brick building with text: The Tyldesley Miners’ Hall, 1893' and a red banner with text: 'Eastenders Against Pit Closures, Tower Hamlets Miners Support Group'.
On show until 30 December 2024

2024 Banner Exhibition

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

Plan your visit

Museum & shop:
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: archive@phm.org.uk

Open Kitchen Cafe & Bar:
Open: 10.00am to 4.00pm, every day except Tuesdays
– Bookings: 07707 974 774 / phmbookings@openkitchenmcr.co.uk


Image of People's History Museum building exterior, from Bridge Street, Manchester.

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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