May Makers Market at People’s History Museum
22 April 2026
People’s History Museum will transform its historic Engine Hall into a vibrant marketplace this spring, as the popular May Makers Market returns for a weekend celebration of creativity on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May.
Read more
Step into the Strike Den this Easter at People’s History Museum
27 March 2026
People’s History Museum is inviting families to step into the Strike Den during the Easter school holidays for a series of creative, hands-on activities inspired by the history and power of collective action. The interactive experience is filled with colourful things to see and do, and all of which are free.
Read more
Discover PHM’s event line up for On The Line
11 March 2026
Throughout 2026, People’s History Museum (PHM) is exploring the events and legacy of the 1926 General Strike, one of the largest and most significant industrial disputes in British history. A century on from this historic watershed, the national museum of democracy will present a public programme of screenings, talks, and archive open days, headlined by the major exhibition On The Line: 100 years of strikes & solidarity.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
