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Sylvia's Leaf Frog

Curator Andrew Gray spent his career studying a frog. Then discovered its true identity. Watch the film to find out why National Geographic include it in their showcase.

Online shop

Pick up the Pocket Museum Ancient Egypt from our Curator Dr Campbell Price – and see what else we have in our online shop

South Asia Gallery Co-curation

South Asia Gallery co-curators share their aspirations for the new gallery development

The Chat Show

Follow us behind the scenes and come along as we step onto the streets of Manchester and beyond, meeting people and sharing stories as we build the North of England's first South Asia gallery.

Digital Volunteering

A fantastic opportunity to help Manchester Museum to discover the treasures in our collection

Manchester Museum embraces the city’s language diversity

New emphasis on inclusivity brings collaboration with the Multilingual Manchester research unit at the University of Manchester

What Is On

Closures to our galleries

As part of our £13 million transformation some of our galleries have had to temporarily close

Change

We are working towards our £13 million transformation to become the most inclusive, caring and imaginative museum in the world Find out more...

Events

Events

Come take a closer look at life with us

Families

Find out how our transformation will affect our offer for families

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Work with us

Jobs at The University of Manchester

Maps

Getting here

What's on

What's on at Manchester Museum

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Hello future

Find out more about our plans

Roman Wordsquare

Is this scrap of Roman amphora, found in Manchester, the earliest evidence of Christianity in Britian?

Galleries

We have loads of wonderful objects on display in our permanent galleries from the natural world and different cultures.

Food & Drink

Our new coffee shop on the 3rd floor is open 10am-4:30pm

Pest in show?

Take a look at our hugely varied Entomology collection

Living Worlds

Living Worlds explores the relationship between people and nature. We affect nature and nature affects us.

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