Get a friendly welcome at People's History Museum in Manchester, the national museum of democracy. Explore the museum and be empowered by the past to make a change for the future.
Follow the link below to plan your visit, and find out what to expect when you get to PHM.
Plan your visit
For group visits of over six people, follow the link below to fill in an enquiry form or email learning@phm.org.uk.
Book your group visit
The museum is located on the corner of Left Bank and Bridge Street, opposite the Civil Justice Centre, alongside the River Irwell, in the Spinningfields area of Manchester city centre, postcode M3 3ER.
Follow the link below for information on how to get to PHM.
Getting to PHM
We are committed to supporting all visitors during their time at PHM. We understand that everyone’s access needs are different.
Please talk to us if you have queries or require any assistance in advance of your visit on 0161 838 9190 or access@phm.org.uk.
Access at PHM
Explore PHM’s galleries, exhibitions, and hands-on and digital interactives engaging adults and children alike.
Find out what's on
The museum is Family Friendly throughout, from facilities to family favourites including hands-on interactives and activities connecting you and your family with PHM’s unique collections and stories.
Plan your family visit
Take a break from exploring with a sustainable, ethical, and delicious food experience at Open Kitchen Cafe & Bar; offering breakfast, lunch and drinks to grab and go, or sit in and enjoy.
A picnic area is available for visitors bringing their own food and drink to the museum.
Take a break
A unique gift shop in Manchester inspired by the museum’s collection, full of books, cards, homeware, souvenirs and great presents for kids and grown ups.
Shop the collection
Join other visitors and make a donation today, helping to ensure the museum remains free for all.
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On this day 1973 was the Chilean Military Coup.
In our collection is this banner, which was used in the Chile Solidarity Campaign in 1980s London. Demonstrations took place in the UK to support those seeking sanctuary, demand human rights for the people of Chile and protest against torture.
Find out more about the UK based campaign in our guest blog for #Chile50Years by a founding member of the campaign, at the link in our bio.
Image: Detail from Bread, Work and Freedom for the People of Chile banner, around 1980. Image courtesy of People`s History Museum
#IndernationalSolidarity #AntiFacism #Chile #CollectiveAction #Collection #Banners #HumanRights
On this day 1973 was the Chilean Military Coup.
In our collection is this banner, which was used in the Chile Solidarity Campaign in 1980s London. Demonstrations took place in the UK to support those seeking sanctuary, demand human rights for the people of Chile and protest against torture.
Find out more about the UK based campaign in our guest blog for #Chile50Years by a founding member of the campaign, at the link in our bio.
Image: Detail from Bread, Work and Freedom for the People of Chile banner, around 1980. Image courtesy of People`s History Museum
#IndernationalSolidarity #AntiFacism #Chile #CollectiveAction #Collection #Banners #HumanRights
Visit ‘Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine’ exhibition @scienceandindustrymuseum until 17 Nov 2024 and see the ‘king of the north’ jacket!
Worn by the Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham for a press conference back in October 2020 where he pleaded for increased government financial aid for the region’s communities, as they struggled with the harshest Covid-19 restrictions.
The Mayor’s sartorial choice drew much interest, with the media coining it as the ‘king of the north’ jacket.
Donated to PHM by @andyburnhamgm in 2020, you can visit the jacket currently on loan to our friends down the road at the Science and Industry Museum
Image: Visitor looking at Andy Burnham`s workers’ jacket Injecting Hope at Science and Industry Museum- Science Museum Group - © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
#Collection #exhibition #Manchester #IdeasWorthFightingFor #greatermanchester
Visit ‘Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine’ exhibition @scienceandindustrymuseum until 17 Nov 2024 and see the ‘king of the north’ jacket!
Worn by the Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham for a press conference back in October 2020 where he pleaded for increased government financial aid for the region’s communities, as they struggled with the harshest Covid-19 restrictions.
The Mayor’s sartorial choice drew much interest, with the media coining it as the ‘king of the north’ jacket.
Donated to PHM by @andyburnhamgm in 2020, you can visit the jacket currently on loan to our friends down the road at the Science and Industry Museum
Image: Visitor looking at Andy Burnham`s workers’ jacket Injecting Hope at Science and Industry Museum- Science Museum Group - © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
#Collection #exhibition #Manchester #IdeasWorthFightingFor #greatermanchester
On this day in 1981 the series of protests which would become the Greenham Common Women`s Peace Camp began.
Started by a group of 36 women, some with children, who walked over 100 miles from Cardiff to RAF Greenham. They carried banners proclaiming their opposition to the storage of nuclear weapons at the site.
PHM has a rich collection of banners including many which paint a rich picture of collective action, activism and peace campaigning.
On display in PHM’s 2024 Banner Exhibition is this striking Medical Campaign against Nuclear Weapons North West (MCANW) Region banner from the 1980s.
MCANW were a group of health professionals, including doctors, nurses, and researchers, who used medical arguments to make the case against nuclear weapons.
The banner was used on Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnd_uk marches in the 1980s and donated to the museum in 2000.
Image: Medical Campaign against Nuclear Weapons North West (MCANW) Region banner, 1980s in Gallery Two at People`s History Museum
#Peace #Greenham #ProtestBanners #ThenAndNow #Activism #CollectiveAction #Craftivism
On this day in 1981 the series of protests which would become the Greenham Common Women`s Peace Camp began.
Started by a group of 36 women, some with children, who walked over 100 miles from Cardiff to RAF Greenham. They carried banners proclaiming their opposition to the storage of nuclear weapons at the site.
PHM has a rich collection of banners including many which paint a rich picture of collective action, activism and peace campaigning.
On display in PHM’s 2024 Banner Exhibition is this striking Medical Campaign against Nuclear Weapons North West (MCANW) Region banner from the 1980s.
MCANW were a group of health professionals, including doctors, nurses, and researchers, who used medical arguments to make the case against nuclear weapons.
The banner was used on Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnd_uk marches in the 1980s and donated to the museum in 2000.
Image: Medical Campaign against Nuclear Weapons North West (MCANW) Region banner, 1980s in Gallery Two at People`s History Museum
#Peace #Greenham #ProtestBanners #ThenAndNow #Activism #CollectiveAction #Craftivism
PHM is looking for an Event Sales & Booking Officer to join our team.
Help us to increase event sales and deliver high quality events for paying clients.
Deadline: 5.00pm on Monday 23 September
Find out more and apply at the link in bio.
#MuseumJobs #ManchesterJobs #Sales #eventplanning #bookings
PHM is looking for an Event Sales & Booking Officer to join our team.
Help us to increase event sales and deliver high quality events for paying clients.
Deadline: 5.00pm on Monday 23 September
Find out more and apply at the link in bio.
#MuseumJobs #ManchesterJobs #Sales #eventplanning #bookings
We are loving Who Do You Think You Are? Series 21: 3 @bbciplayer
@melaniecmusic is fascinated to discover that her ancestors include a campaigner for the secret ballot!
Her fourth great-grandfather Thomas Keef, later O’Keef, was a well-known activist in #Liverpool campaigning for social reform.
People’s History Museum is home to the country’s largest collection of campaign, political, and election material, with galleries vividly telling the story of British democracy.
Visit our galleries and open the ballot boxes along the way to reveal how voting reforms shaped who can vote and how we vote.
Watch Melanie’s episode of #WDYTYA on BBC iPlayer
Images: BBC Who Do You Think You Are? and The Secret Ballot Act 1872, Gallery One, People`s History Museum
#ideasworthfightingfor #BritishHistory #SocialHistory #WorkingClassHistory #Democracy #WCW
We are loving Who Do You Think You Are? Series 21: 3 @bbciplayer
@melaniecmusic is fascinated to discover that her ancestors include a campaigner for the secret ballot!
Her fourth great-grandfather Thomas Keef, later O’Keef, was a well-known activist in #Liverpool campaigning for social reform.
People’s History Museum is home to the country’s largest collection of campaign, political, and election material, with galleries vividly telling the story of British democracy.
Visit our galleries and open the ballot boxes along the way to reveal how voting reforms shaped who can vote and how we vote.
Watch Melanie’s episode of #WDYTYA on BBC iPlayer
Images: BBC Who Do You Think You Are? and The Secret Ballot Act 1872, Gallery One, People`s History Museum
#ideasworthfightingfor #BritishHistory #SocialHistory #WorkingClassHistory #Democracy #WCW
Happy @manchesterpride weekend! 🏳️🌈 Carrying on until next week? Join a guided tour of the museum galleries on Thurs 29 August, 12.15pm-1.00pm and discover stories of LGBTQIA+ campaigners and activists, exploring key items from PHM`s LGBTQIA+ collections along the way ✊
🎟 Book your place now: link in bio 🔗
Image: Queer Resistance Against The Cuts banner, 2008.
#LGBTQIA+ #GuidedTour #MuseumTour #Manchester #Pride #WhatsOnManchester #VisitManchester #LGBTQIAMuseums #IdeasworthFightingFor
Happy @manchesterpride weekend! 🏳️🌈 Carrying on until next week? Join a guided tour of the museum galleries on Thurs 29 August, 12.15pm-1.00pm and discover stories of LGBTQIA+ campaigners and activists, exploring key items from PHM`s LGBTQIA+ collections along the way ✊
🎟 Book your place now: link in bio 🔗
Image: Queer Resistance Against The Cuts banner, 2008.
#LGBTQIA+ #GuidedTour #MuseumTour #Manchester #Pride #WhatsOnManchester #VisitManchester #LGBTQIAMuseums #IdeasworthFightingFor
#OTD 2018, climate activist Greta Thunberg stopped going to school. Instead, she did something that would spark a worldwide movement.
Earlier this year PHM was in conversation with @xrcalderdale to explore how, stitch by stitch, they have resisted climate chaos through #craftivism
See their banner on display at PHM & read the blog at the link in our bio 🌱🧵
Images left to right: Fire and Flood in the Pennines Calderdale XR Banner image at April Uprising, 2019. Image courtesy of Lucy Cartwright and Fire and Flood in the Pennines banner on display at People’s History Museum. 2024. Image courtesy of People’s History Museum.
#FridaysForFuture #ClimateEmergency #ClimateProtests #ExtinctionRebellion #ClimateJustice #ClimateActivism #ProtestBanners #Craftivism
@xrmanchester @xrtrafford @xrdidsbury
#OTD 2018, climate activist Greta Thunberg stopped going to school. Instead, she did something that would spark a worldwide movement.
Earlier this year PHM was in conversation with @xrcalderdale to explore how, stitch by stitch, they have resisted climate chaos through #craftivism
See their banner on display at PHM & read the blog at the link in our bio 🌱🧵
Images left to right: Fire and Flood in the Pennines Calderdale XR Banner image at April Uprising, 2019. Image courtesy of Lucy Cartwright and Fire and Flood in the Pennines banner on display at People’s History Museum. 2024. Image courtesy of People’s History Museum.
#FridaysForFuture #ClimateEmergency #ClimateProtests #ExtinctionRebellion #ClimateJustice #ClimateActivism #ProtestBanners #Craftivism
@xrmanchester @xrtrafford @xrdidsbury
`This mural, a beacon of hope, rises defiant, on the walls of People’s History Museum. The mother and child, symbolic of those who came to St Peter’s Field that day.` - Visitor
#OTD in 1819, 60,000 people gathered at Peterloo in a peaceful protest for democracy, and were met with violence.
At least 18 people were killed, and almost 700 were injured.
Dive deeper into the story of democracy — link in bio 🔗
Image: Axel Void, Peterloo. , mural, 2018 at People`s History Museum, Manchester
#MuseumCollection #Museums #BritishHistory #SocialHistory #WorkingClassHistory
#ManchesterHistory #Democracy #PeterlooMassacre #IdeasWorthFightingFor
`This mural, a beacon of hope, rises defiant, on the walls of People’s History Museum. The mother and child, symbolic of those who came to St Peter’s Field that day.` - Visitor
#OTD in 1819, 60,000 people gathered at Peterloo in a peaceful protest for democracy, and were met with violence.
At least 18 people were killed, and almost 700 were injured.
Dive deeper into the story of democracy — link in bio 🔗
Image: Axel Void, Peterloo. , mural, 2018 at People`s History Museum, Manchester
#MuseumCollection #Museums #BritishHistory #SocialHistory #WorkingClassHistory
#ManchesterHistory #Democracy #PeterlooMassacre #IdeasWorthFightingFor
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