Manchester Museum
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Telling the diverse story of Manchester through the ages, Manchester Museum explores and celebrates the city’s eclectic history.
Manchester Museum, part of the University of Manchester, is one of the largest university museums in the UK. Its collection holds 4.5 million objects from natural sciences and human cultures, making it a museum for everyone.
Local stories spotlighted
Following a major transformation in 2022, Manchester Museum boasts a number of new galleries with local communities at its heart, including the South Asia Gallery, the Lee Kai Hung Chinese Culture Gallery, and the Belonging Gallery, led by Alexandra P Alberda, the museum’s Curator of Indigenous Perspectives. The galleries explore important topics relevant to the city's communities, such as its connections to colonialism alongside language, sound, music, dance and more.
Leaders in learning and research
As a university museum, Manchester Museum has always been a place for collections-based research and learning. This is embedded in its new displays, from the new dinosaur gallery which shows visitors 'how to think like a palaeontologist' to its world-leading conservation work done through its vivarium, which houses live amphibians and reptiles.
A space for everyone
Other spaces include a prayer room, quiet room and therapy room, a gift shop and a café. And all of this is housed inside a spectacular neo-Gothic building in Manchester.
Why you should go
Meet Stan the Tyrannosaurus rex
Spot rare frogs in the vivarium
Marvel at The Singh Twins' mural
Visitor information
Address
The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M13 9PL
0161 275 2648
Opening times
Weds - Sun 10am-5pm
Last entry 4:30pm
Refurbishments
hello future is the £13.5 million project to transform Manchester Museum and maximise its potential to build understanding between cultures and a more sustainable world; with the vision to become the most inclusive, imaginative and caring museum you might encounter. Find out more here below
Visitor information
The more you see, the more we do.
The National Art Pass lets you enjoy free entry to hundreds of museums, galleries and historic places across the UK, while raising money to support them.