The People's History Museum (PHM) collects items of national importance primarily from the last two hundred years of British labour and political history, including the history of working people and their fight for equality and change.
Welcome to the online collections of PHM.
You will be able to search some of our collections here, both objects and archive. Not all our collections are currently available on the online catalogue so please ask Collections staff for further details.
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Please make an appointment prior to your visit by emailing archive@phm.org.uk or telephoning 0161 838 9190.
Opening times: Monday to Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm. Lunchtime closure 12.30pm – 1.30pm.
The archive is closed at weekends and on all English Bank Holidays including additional days at Christmas and New Year.
We ask that when you arrive you place all bags, coats, food and drink in the lockers provided outside the reading room using a returnable £1.00 coin.
Laptops and pencils can be used in the reading room. Photocopying, scanning and digital camera use are available for a charge.
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