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Autumn 2025

Tours and talks

Highlights Tours

Join one of our Visitor Team who will share a selection of the museum's stories that have captured the imagination of staff and visitors for over 100 years.

  • Tickets: Free, no booking required.
  • Date: 15 May 2024 -31 Dec 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road

Highlights Tours

Winter 2025/26

Stan’s Secret Santa

  • Tickets: Drop in during opening hours to donate gifts
  • Date: 2 Dec 2025 -7 Dec 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road

Stan’s Secret Santa

ArchiTEActure Tour

  • Tickets: £11.55, booking required
  • Date: 8 Dec 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum

ArchiTEActure Tour

Shared Reading

  • Tickets: Free, booking required
  • Date: 9 Dec 2025
  • Location: Manchester Museum, Oxford Road

Shared Reading

Olympias Music Foundation Winter Concert

Join Us for the Olympias Music Foundation Winter Concert! Get into the holiday spirit with performances by Children's Voices, Youth Voices, and our newly formed OMF Orchestra, bringing the season's best tunes to life.

  • Tickets: Free, drop in
  • Date: 10 Dec 2025
  • Location: Main Hall, Manchester Museum, Oxford Road

Olympias Music Foundation Winter Concert

Threads of Connection

  • Tickets: Free, drop in
  • Date: 13 Dec 2025
  • Location: Chinese Culture Gallery

Threads of Connection

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