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Manchester Museum is European Museum of the Year

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Plan your visit

Everyone belongs at Manchester Museum and entry is free.

Find out our opening hours, how to get here, and familiarise yourself with our spaces before you visit.

To help plan your visit:

 

The Museum will close at 3pm on Thursday 23 October, with last entrance at 2.30pm.

 

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Learn

Our learning programmes ask big questions to spark your imagination.

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Support us

The Museum is a charity. Every donation or purchase supports us and our mission.

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Collections

We care for over 4.5 million objects from human cultures and natural sciences.

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Making the museum

The museum is over 130 years old and has recently been transformed.

Read about the museum and its history