While the museum building remains closed; we are pleased to announce two new digital workshops starting September 2020. Workshop 1: What is a Peeler? Are your class good enough to …
17.03.2020 – Museum closed
17.03.2020. The museum will be closed to the public tomorrow, as we try to keep our team well in the current circumstances #covidー19uk. We are very sorry for any disappointment …
Donations
Financial Thank you for considering to donate to GMP Museum. Your gift will support the work of Greater Manchester Police Museum, and enable us to continue looking after this unique …
Commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War
2018 marks the centenary of the 1918 Armistice that ended the First World War. As part of the commemorations the museum wishes to honour the service of the police officers …
Fashion Police
The University Of Salford Fashion Design school set its First Year students a task of designing a fashion collection based upon the theme of ‘identity’ and then to organise and …
Today marks The Representation of the People Act
Today marks the Representation of the People Act, which granted women over the age of 30 the right to vote, as well as all men over 21. Pictured is Dora …
Security update
We are pleased to announce the museum will re-open to the public on the 6 June following a period of building work. In light of recent events we would like …
Update: building work
We are pleased to say the building work is now complete and our opening hours will be going back to normal. We apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment caused over …
Holocaust Memorial Day
On the 27 January 1945 Soviet soldiers liberated the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Today we remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides around the …
Opening times over Christmas
Dear visitors Please see below for public opening times over the holidays: 20 December: open 10.30 – 13.30 (early close for volunteer Christmas lunch) 27 December: Closed 3 January: Closed …
Digital workshops
While the museum building remains closed; we are pleased to announce two new digital workshops starting September 2020. Workshop 1: What is a Peeler? Are your class good enough to …
Commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War
2018 marks the centenary of the 1918 Armistice that ended the First World War. As part of the commemorations the museum wishes to honour the service of the police officers …
The 197 anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre
Today is the 197 anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre which took place not far from the museum around the area that is now St Peter’s Square. On the 16 August 1819, …
How do the Newton Street cells compare with a modern station?
Today museum staff visited the custody suite at Newton Heath in order to compare historical cells with their modern equivalent. It was a fascinating visit being taken through the booking …
Thank you to all our summer visitors
Our summer holiday open days are now over for another year. A big thank you to everyone who attended, our volunteers and all our special guests.
Something wicked this way comes…
It’s the time of year where the nights are drawing in, the sky is grey and there’s a definite chill in the air. Is that chill the thing that makes …
Record numbers visit museum
This year has been our busiest ever with over 4500 visitors joining us at the museum over the past five weeks. With just one day to go we’ve had a …
Holidays are here!
From today we will be open on Tuesday and Thursday for the duration of the summer holidays. Each day we will be joined by a different special guest from the …
The Manchester Awards
Exciting news!! We are so pleased and proud to announce that GMP Museum has been shortlisted for Family Friendly Venue 2015 in the very first Manchester Awards! This was an …
Looking forward to May half term
I cannot tell you how excited we are that Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue have agreed to visit us during May half term! After a chat with their very lovely …
Museum Virtual Tour
If you are planning a visit to the Museum, take a look a virtual tour around some of our rooms and exhibitions to give you a taste of what to …