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People’s History Museum opens community-led exhibition

1 April 2019
People’s History Museum opens community-led exhibition, Nothing About Us Without Us

People’s History Museum opens exhibition to mark 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre

20 March 2019
People’s History Museum opens Disrupt? Peterloo and Protest exhibition to mark 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre

People's History Museum tells the stories of the women of Peterloo

4 March 2019
The role of women at the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester (16 August 1819) will be explored in People’s History Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Disrupt? Peterloo and Protest (opening 23 March 2019).

Portrait of Peterloo yeomanry captain to go on display at People’s History Museum

26 February 2019
A portrait of one of the leading figures in the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester (16 August 1819) has been donated to People’s History Museum (PHM).

First Rumours debuts at People’s History Museum

28 January 2019
New Stephen M Hornby work on the Bermondsey by-election to be performed during LGBT History Month 2019

Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run inspired by Longfella

23 January 2019
Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run has worked with runners and well known Manchester faces to create a film showcasing the Do Something poem by Mancunian poet Tony Walsh. The film was revealed for the first time at People’s History Museum in Manchester.

Revolution is in the air at People's History Museum

15 January 2019
People’s History Museum is coupling revolution and romance with a special Radical Relationships guided tour taking place on Thursday 14 February 2019

2019 banner display opens from Saturday 19 January 2019 at PHM

11 January 2019
People’s History Museum in Manchester will open 2019 with a new exhibition of historic and contemporary banners that reflect themes of protest. This display launches a year of exhibitions and events to commemorate 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre (16 August 1819).

People’s History Museum collection put under the spotlight

7 December 2018
A series of short films by Professor Steven Fielding have been created to enable people to explore and access the stories behind some of the key pieces at PHM.

People’s History Museum celebrates ‘Our Emmeline’

4 December 2018
People’s History Museum is marking the centenary of the first women voting in a UK general election (14 December 1918) by taking part in the celebrations for the unveiling of a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, known affectionately as ‘Our Emmeline,’ in St Peter’s Square, Manchester.

PHM’s Playwright in Residence to Debut Peter Tatchell Play

30 November 2018
New Stephen M Hornby work focusing on the infamous Bermondsey by-election to be performed during LGBT History Month 2019

People’s History Museum discover first written account of suffragette force-feeding

21 November 2018
Letter discovered detailing first written account of suffragette force-feeding to go on display at People’s History Museum from Wednesday 21 November 2018

Plans for the unveiling of Emmeline Pankhurst statue

6 November 2018
Plans for the unveiling of Emmeline Pankhurst statue

People’s History Museum unveils Peterloo. mural

2 November 2018
People’s History Museum has unveiled a new mural by international street artist Axel Void, which has been commissioned to mark the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre.

The Past, Present and Future of Protest

28 September 2018
People’s History Museum marks the Peterloo Massacre 200 years on

People’s History Museum Celebrates Radical Manchester

6 August 2018
Rare medal goes on display to commemorate 199th anniversary of Peterloo

Bee the Change

20 July 2018
Sylvia Pankhurst inspired bee flies into the People’s History Museum

Represent! Voices 100 Years On

1 June 2018
PHM's exhibition opens with #BlackFriday1910 reflection