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January 2019

Image of Axel Void, Peterloo. mural, 2018 @ People's History Museum

2019: The Past, Present and Future of Protest

PHM is commemorating the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre, a monumental event in Manchester’s history, and a defining moment for Britain’s democracy.  Join us throughout 2019 as we explore the past, present and future of protest through a programme of events and exhibitions, kicking off with the new display of banners in the museum’s main galleries.

Image of Greater Manchester Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) banner, 1980s @ People's History Museum

2019 Banner Display

New year, new display of banners!  Our Conservation Team have been busily preparing this year’s new display of banners – revamping a quarter of the museum’s main galleries.  2019’s banner display has been carefully curated to reflect key moments of protest in Greater Manchester and across the UK, representing a mix of creatively disobedient ideas and actions along the road to democratic reform, from the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester in 1819 to today.  Visit the new selection of historic and contemporary banners from Saturday 19 January.

Image of 2 June 2018 - 3 February 2019, Represent! Voices 100 Years On exhibition @ People's History Museum. Women's March Manchester placard, January 2017 © Caroline Dyer

Last chance to see Represent! Voices 100 Years On exhibition – ends Sunday 3 February

Don’t miss your chance to see this crowdsourced exhibition reflecting on those who campaigned for better representation in the past; most famously the suffragists and the militant suffragettes.  This Family Friendly exhibition questions how far we have really come in 100 years, giving a platform to individuals and communities who are still fighting to make their voices heard today.  Listen to our six part podcast series exploring key stories and objects behind each section of the exhibition, with its curator and suffrage expert Helen Antrobus.

Image of 19 January - 31 March 2019, Not Home exhibition @ People's History Museum. Stephen King portrait of Popeye

New community exhibition – Not Home

Over 75,000 households in the UK live in unsupported temporary accommodation; insecure and often dangerous, this housing has a drastic impact on residents’ health and wellbeing.  On display from Saturday 19 January to Sunday 31 March, Not Home includes a collection of photographic portraits made with people living in unsupported temporary accommodation in Manchester, along with first hand accounts of their experiences.

Image of 14 February 2019, Radical Relationships guided tour @ People's History Museum. Gone with the Wind poster, The Socialist Worker newspaper, 1980

Radical Relationships guided tour

Calling all romantic radicals!  Looking for the perfect date this Valentine’s Day?  Join a special tour of PHM’s main galleries and hear about love stories of radicals through history, including those of Mary Wollstonecraft, Friedrich Engels, and Beatrice and Sidney Webb.  You can book now to join the day time or evening tours, and why not continue your date with a glass of wine or hot drink in The Left Bank cafe bar.  Radical Lates are every second Thursday each month when the whole museum, shop and cafe are open until 8.00pm for you to explore, with a regular programme of exciting and quirky happenings.

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