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People's History Museum

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People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
People's History Museum
Phone:
+44 161 838 9190

Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


The People's History Museum in Manchester, England, is the United Kingdom's national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in the UK. It is located in a grade II-listed, former hydraulic pumping station on the corner of the Bridge Street and Water Street designed by Manchester Corporation City Architect, Henry Price.The museum tells the story of the history of democracy in Great Britain and about people's lives at home, work and leisure over the last 200 years. The collection contains printed material, physical objects and photographs of people at work, rest and play. Some of the topics covered include popular radicalism, the Peterloo Massacre, 19th century trade unionism, the women's suffrage movement, dockers, the cooperative movement, the 1945 general election, and football. It also includes material relating to friendly societies, the welfare movement and advances in the lives of working people.
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