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.
Marking 100 years since the 1926 General Strike, our headline exhibition for 2026 On The Line: 100 years of strikes & solidarity journeys through a century of struggles and stories of strength.
In this blog we caught up with the exhibition’s lead curator, PHM Exhibitions Officer Mark Wilson as he explores the vibrant visual culture that has grown around strike action. Discover the artists, poster collectives, and radical printshops involved, and the creative propaganda they produced.
2026 marks 50 years since the Grunwick Strike for union recognition (1976-1978). In this blog we revisit a Q & A on Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick Strike with Historian Dr Shirin Hirsch.
On 16 August 1819, 60,000 people congregated in St Peter’s Field in Manchester, with demands for the right to vote, freedom from oppression, and justice.
Find out more about this major event in Manchester’s history, and a defining moment for Britain’s democracy.
People’s History Museum Honorary Fellow Dr Shirin Hirsch uncovers the history of the 1926 General Strike to explain why a strike in Britain was called and the reason for its collapse just nine days later.
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.
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