People’s History Museum takes you On The Line
11 February 2026
2026 marks the centenary of the General Strike, one of the largest and most significant industrial disputes in British history. Opening at People’s History Museum (PHM) in Manchester on Saturday 21 March 2026 (until 2 November 2026), On The Line explores this historic watershed and takes visitors on a journey that features key strikes and stories of solidarity over the last hundred years.
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Explore LGBT+ History Month at People’s History Museum
23 January 2026
This LGBT+ History Month, People’s History Museum invites visitors to explore Manchester’s rich LGBTQIA+ radical history. Alongside archive explorations and gallery tours that delve deeper into the city’s activist past, visitors can experience Re/Assemble, a new exhibition inspired by the 1988 protest marches against Section 28.
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Introducing the Winter Makers Markets at People’s History Museum
27 October 2025
Introducing the Winter Makers Markets at People’s History Museum.
Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 November • preview evening: Thursday 20 November
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People’s History Museum launches exclusive Christmas decorations & announces Winter Makers Markets
6 October 2025
People’s History Museum launches exclusive Christmas decorations & announces Winter Makers Markets.
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People’s History Museum 2026 exhibitions announced
25 September 2025
People’s History Museum (PHM) has announced that it will showcase two major exhibitions in 2026. It will open the year with Re/Assemble on Saturday 17 January – an exhibition that draws inspiration from the 1988 Section 28 protest marches, a key moment in Manchester’s radical history – and follow with On The Line on Saturday 21 March, which marks the centenary of the General Strike of 1926 and examines its legacy.
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