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This list of museums in Greater Manchester, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Manchester Museum is a museum displaying works of archaeology, anthropology and natural history and is owned by the University of Manchester, in England. Sited on Oxford Road ( A34 ) at the heart of the university's group of neo-Gothic buildings, it provides access to about 4.5 million items from every continent.
Museums in the city of Manchester, England ... Pages in category "Museums in Manchester" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The museum was called the North Western Museum of Science and Industry when it opened in 1969 in temporary premises on Grosvenor Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock.It had close ties with the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, having mostly grown out of the Department of History of Science & Technology, and UMIST's Richard L. Hills was the museum's first lecturer in charge.
The museum moved to Manchester and re-opened in 1990 at the Grade II* listed former Mechanics' Institute at 103 Princess Street. [3] [5] In 1994, the museum opened the Pump House People's History Museum containing a public gallery at the present site on Bridge Street. The two sites were renamed the People's History Museum (PHM) in 2001. [3]
The Whitworth is an art gallery in Manchester, England, containing over 60,000 items in its collection. The gallery is located in Whitworth Park and is part of the University of Manchester . In 2015, the Whitworth reopened after it was transformed by a £15 million capital redevelopment that doubled its exhibition spaces, restored period ...
Museums in Greater Manchester, England. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ... Museums in Manchester (1 C, 18 P)
For details of museums in the United Kingdom, see: List of museums in England; List of museums in Northern Ireland; List of museums in Scotland; List of museums in Wales;