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When to visit

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FREE ENTRY, most visitors donate £10

People’s History Museum
Left Bank
Spinningfields
Manchester M3 3ER
0161 838 9190

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Plan your visit

Museum and PHM shop:
Open: 10.00am to 5.00pm, every day except Tuesdays
– Closed: 24, 25, 26, 31 December, 1 & 5 – 16 January 2026
Make a group booking

Gather cafe:
Open: 10.00am to 5.00pm, every day except Tuesdays
Closed: 1 & 12 January 2026

Labour History Archive & Study Centre:
– Visit by appointment



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Welcome

People’s History Museum is the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.

Explore the radical stories of people coming together to champion ideas worth fighting for, and be empowered by the past to make a change for the future.

We are all together in the fight for a fairer world.

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