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The People's History Museum explores the world changing events led by the working people of Britain. It is the national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in Britain.
The museum occupies two sites in Manchester city centre. All its public galleries, education services, shop and café are housed in the Pump House on Bridge Street, a unique museum dedicated to the 'extraordinary story of ordinary people', offering a new look at the lives of working people over the last 200 years.
BACKGROUND
The museum derives its origin from the Trade Union, Labour and Co-operative History Society. From the 1960s the society formed a small collection and between 1975 and 1986 ran a museum in Limehouse Town Hall in London. The collections were then in storage until the Greater Manchester authorities made a funding offer. A new trust was created and the museum re-opened in 1990, initially on the Princess Street site.
COLLECTIONS
The museum holds the largest collection of historic trade union and political banners in the world and is the UK's leading authority on the conservation and study of banners. There are nearly 400 banners in the collection including the world's oldest trade union banner, that of the Liverpool Tinplate Workers of 1821. The museum also houses the National Banner Survey, an inventory of historic banners in UK museums, completed in 1999.
THE PUMP HOUSE
The main public areas, opened in May 1994, are based in the Pump House. This is situated in the city centre on the banks of the River Irwell, at the north east corner of the new Spinningfields development. The museum offers a unique look at the lives of ordinary working people over the last 200 years, from Victorian cotton workers to professional footballers
OPENING TIMES
Open: Tuesday - Sunday 11.00am - 4.30pm
Closed Mondays (except Bank Holidays)
Free Admission
Access for visitors with disabilities to all areas
A wheelchair is available for visitors' use, please ask at reception
Christmas & New Year opening times 2006/2007
Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day
Directions: <P>BY CAR - from motorways, follow brown signs to Castlefield, then signs to Salford Central Station. There are a number of NCP car parks in the immediate area. Parking for people with disabilities is available at the museum. Please phone in advance to arrange. </P>
<P>BY BUS - the following buses pick up and put down on Bridge Street almost immediately in front of the museum: <BR>7, 8, 12, 26, 27<BR>31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39<BR>66, 67, 68, 71, 73<BR>100<BR>x9, x61</P>
<P>BY METROLINK - Our nearest Metrolink station is St Peter's Square. From there it is ten to fifteen minute walk along a pedestrianised route. </P>
<P>BY METROSHUTTLE - There is a free metroshuttle bus - No3 (purple line) which runs between Piccadilly and the museum. The nearest stops are Gartside Street/New Bailey Street.</P>
Contact person:
Catharine Rew
Address:
Bridge St., Mancheste, M3 3ER
Telephone : 44 161 839 6061
Fax: 44 161 839 6027
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