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.
News: Museum closed during February
Important news from the museum. Due to exciting re-development work we will unfortunately be closed to the public throughout February. This will include February half term. We are sorry for any …
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 …
The latest feather in our cap
Yesterday we got a lovely surprise through the post. As well as our continued quality accreditation from VisitEngland they saw fit to award us with the further accolade of ‘Hidden …