PHM is the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.
On this blog we share posts from the PHM team and other experts, with behind the scenes stories, coverage of PHM's exhibitions and events, and highlights from the museum's unique collection.
For International Women’s Day we caught up with PhD student Amy Todd, who discusses her research on the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) in Britain from 1968 to 1988, and related material held in the Labour History Archive & Study Centre at PHM.
For LGBT+ History Month 2026 we caught up with curator and Artistic Director Jez Dolan, to find out about the Re/Assemble exhibition and the events of 1988 which created the spark for a project to archive its memories and its legacy.
The history of the Socialist Feminism Movement illustrated by examples of feminist print culture from the museum’s rich collection.
Disabled historian Jaime Starr explores the history and legacy of the Disability Discrimination Act, 30 years on from it becoming law, through objects in People’s History Museum’s (PHM) unique collection.
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the fifth Pan-African Congress, which took place in Manchester (15 – 21 October 1945). Historian Geoff Brown and PHM and Manchester Metropolitan University researcher Dr Shirin Hirsch look at a document on display in the museum’s galleries in a blog about the role of black activists in Manchester in the build up to the Congress.
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