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This list of museums in Greater Manchester, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Name Image Town/city Region Type Summary
Astley Cheetham Art Gallery Stalybridge - Astley Cheetham Art Gallery and Library (geograph 2231455).jpg Stalybridge Tameside Art website, collections include 15th-century Italian paintings, British art of the 19th and 20th centuries, situated in Stalybridge town centre, above Stalybridge Library
Astley Green Colliery Museum AstleyGreenCollieryPithead.jpg Astley Wigan Mining Former coal mine with headgear, engine house, and collection of colliery locomotives
Bolton Museum Bolton Civic Centre1.jpg Bolton Bolton Multiple Local history, natural history, archaeology, art, aquarium, ancient Egypt
Bolton Steam Museum Robey cross-compound steam engine, three-quarter view from above, Bolton museum.jpg Bolton Bolton Technology Preserved steam engines
Bramall Hall Bramall Hall SE view, 2005.jpg Bramhall Stockport Historic house Timber-framed Tudor manor house, parklands
British Muslim Heritage Centre British Muslim Heritage Centre 1.jpg Manchester Whalley Range Historic building A Grade II* building used to be a college for Nonconformists. Now, it features British Muslims involvement in WW II, and the House of Wisdom (an exhibition dedicated to civilization contributions by Muslims. The centre offers other cultural and community services. Open day is also available. http://www.bmhc.org.uk/
Bury Art Museum Bury Art Gallery, Library and Museum - geograph.org.uk - 386661.jpg Bury Bury Multiple Victorian paintings, contemporary art, photography and craft, local history and culture
Bury Transport Museum Bury Transport Museum East Exterior April 2017.jpg Bury Bury Transportation website, located in the former goods warehouse for the East Lancashire Railway, development of transport in the North West, railway cars and equipment, historic road vehicles and buses, steam rollers
Castlefield Gallery Manchester Manchester Art Artist-led gallery for contemporary visual art
Central Art Gallery Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside Art website, exhibits include paintings, sculpture, installation and textiles, also Rutherford Gallery with work by local artist Harry Rutherford
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Manchester Manchester Art Contemporary art from Chinese artists from around the world
Clayton Hall Living History Museum Clayton Hall in 2005.jpg Manchester Manchester Once owned by the Byron family and Sir Humphrey Chetham. The hall is located on a mound (designated as an Ancient Monument) and reached by a stone bridge over the now dry moat.
Dunham Massey Hall Dunham Massey Hall 20080803-2.jpg Dunham Massey Trafford Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Georgian house, deer park, gardens
Elizabeth Gaskell's House Gaskell House Plymouth Grove front.JPG Manchester Manchester Historic house Mid-19th-century home of author Elizabeth Gaskell and ties to other authors
Ellenroad Engine House Ellenroad Engine House - geograph.org.uk - 1345315.jpg Newhey Rochdale Technology Fully working 3000-horsepower cotton mill engine with its original steam plant, other steam engines
Fusilier Museum The Fusilier Museum, Moss Street - geograph.org.uk - 1690330.jpg Bury Bury Military History and memorabilia of the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Gallery of Costume Museum of Costume in Plattfields Park.jpg Fallowfield Manchester Fashion Clothing and accessories from the 17th century to the present, located in Platt Fields Park and operated by Manchester Art Gallery
Gallery Oldham Gallery Oldham.jpg Oldham Oldham Multiple Art, social and natural history collections alongside touring work, newly commissioned and contemporary art, international art and work produced with local communities
Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum (geograph 6147218).jpg Rochdale Rochdale Firefighting website, full-size fire appliances, equipment, uniforms, models, photographs, medals and insignia, memorabilia
Greater Manchester Police Museum Inside the Greater Manchester Police Museum & Archives.jpg Manchester Manchester Law enforcement Victorian police station and cells, magistrate's court, historic police equipment and uniforms, vehicles, forgery and forensic science
Haigh Hall Haigh Hall 2000746.jpg Wigan Wigan Historic house Mid-19th-century country house open for tours
Hall i' th' Wood Hall i th Wood manor house front view.jpg Bolton Bolton Historic house Early 16th-century timber-framed manor house, open by appointment and on special days
Hat Works Hat Works.jpg Stockport Stockport Industry Hat-making industry, hats and headgear
Heaton Hall Heaton Hall 01.jpg Manchester Manchester Historic house 18th-century period country house, located in Heaton Park and operated by Manchester Art Gallery
Heaton Park Tramway Tram, Heaton Park.jpg Manchester Manchester Railway Restored trams, located in Heaton Park
HOME HOME LVE PR-2015.jpg Manchester Manchester Art International centre for contemporary visual arts and film
Horwich Heritage Centre Horwich Bolton Local website, local history, culture, industry, transportation
Imperial War Museum North Imperial War Museum 2008cropped.jpg Trafford Park Trafford Military 20th- and 21st-century conflicts involving British and Commonwealth citizens
John Rylands Library John Rylands University Library - geograph.org.uk - 193216.jpg Manchester Manchester Library Exhibits of art, history, literature from its collections
The Lowry The Lowry main entrance.jpg Salford Quays Salford Art Arts centre with exhibit galleries for modern and contemporary art, photography and design, and works by LS Lowry
Manchester Art Gallery Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street.jpg Manchester Manchester Art Collection includes English, Dutch, French and Italian historic paintings, modern and contemporary art, works relating to Manchester, textiles, metalwork, toys, silverware and furniture
Manchester Jewish Museum Jewish museum.jpg Cheetham Hill Manchester Ethnic Located in a former late 19th-century Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, history and culture of Manchester's Jewish community
Manchester Museum The Manchester Museum.jpg Manchester Manchester Multiple Operated by the University of Manchester, natural history including dinosaurs and geology, Ancient Egypt, money, archery, archaeology, anthropology, city's history and culture, and vivarium
Manchester United Museum Old Trafford model.jpg Old Trafford Trafford Sports History and memorabilia of Manchester United F.C., located at Old Trafford stadium
Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre Mossley Tameside Industry website, local cotton industry, houses in a former cotton-spinning mill
Museum of Science and Industry Manchester MOSI Air and Space Hall 18-10-2009 11-59-55.JPG Manchester Manchester Multiple Science, technology, industry, transportation and the city's contributions
Museum of the Manchester Regiment Museum of the Manchesters - geograph.org.uk - 994911.jpg Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside Military website, history and artifacts of the Manchester Regiment
Museum of Transport Museum of Transport in Manchester.jpg Cheetham Hill Manchester Transportation Buses and public transportation history
Museum of Wigan Life Taylor Gallery at the Museum of Wigan Life.jpg Wigan Wigan Local Formerly the History Shop and Wigan Public Library. Includes exhibits on local history, culture, archaeology and industry.
National Football Museum Urbis Manchester 20051020.jpg Manchester Manchester Sports Located in the Urbis building, association football history and memorabilia
Ordsall Hall Ordsall Hall, entire south-east facing side of east wing 2009.jpg Ordsall Salford Historic house Former stately home dating back to the 15th century, includes stained and painted glass, local history exhibits
Pankhurst Centre Pankhurst Centre 1.jpg Chorlton-on-Medlock Manchester Historic house Home of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and family, history of the movement
Park Bridge Heritage Centre Park Bridge 03.JPG Park Bridge Tameside Local Local history, ironworks, natural history
People's History Museum People's History Museum.jpg Spinningfields Manchester History History of working people in the United Kingdom and labour relations
Portland Basin Museum Portland Basin, Ashton Canal, Ashton under Lyne - geograph.org.uk - 2059.jpg Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside Local Local history, industry, trades, 1920s street with shops, period rooms, historic machines
Rochdale Pioneers Museum ToadLane2009.jpg Rochdale Rochdale History Historic store and history of the early consumers' cooperative
Saddleworth Museum Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery - geograph.org.uk - 1185685.jpg Saddleworth Oldham Local Local history, trades, textile industry, canals, railroads, transportation, culture, exhibits of local and regional contemporary art
Salford Museum and Art Gallery Peel Art Gallery.jpg Salford Salford Multiple Local history, Victorian art, replica Victorian street with shops, contemporary art and photography exhibits
Smithills Hall Smithills Hall 1.jpg Bolton Bolton Historic house Family home dating back to the 14th century, reflects medieval, Tudor and Victorian periods
Staircase House Staircasehouse.JPG Stockport Stockport Historic house 15th-century medieval house with rooms from different centuries
Stockport Art Gallery Stockport Art Gallery - geograph.org.uk - 1369136.jpg Stockport Stockport Art website
Stockport Air Raid Shelters Stockport Air Raid Shelter Tours (geograph 6532343).jpg Stockport Stockport Military Almost 1 mile of underground air-raid shelters used during World War II
Stockport Museum Stockport Museum - geograph.org.uk - 1333917.jpg Stockport Stockport Local website, local history, archaeology, industry, transportation, culture
Touchstones Rochdale Touchstones - geograph.org.uk - 35780.jpg Rochdale Rochdale Multiple Art, local history, culture
Trencherfield Mill Steam Engine Trencherfield Mill, Wigan - geograph.org.uk - 17930.jpg Wigan Wigan Technology Massive 2,500 horse power working steam engine for the textile mill, open on Sundays
Whitworth Art Gallery Whitworth Art Gallery.jpg Moss Side Manchester Art Collections include modern art, watercolours, sculpture, wallpaper and textiles, part of the University of Manchester
Wythenshawe Hall Wythenshawe Hall.jpg Northenden Manchester Historic house 16th-century Tudor house reflecting four centuries of use

Defunct museums

  • Cube Gallery, Manchester, closed in 2013
  • Setantii Museum, Ashton-under-Lyne, closed in 2012
  • Urbis, former independent exhibition space, now home to the National Football Museum
  • Vernon Park Museum, Offerton, closed in 2012
  • Manchester Art Museum, also known as the Horsfall Museum or Ancoats Museum. It closed in 1953 and its contents were absorbed into the collection of Manchester City Art Gallery.
  • The Cornerhouse was a centre for cinema and the contemporary visual arts. It merged with the Library Theatre Company, becoming HOME and relocating to a purpose-built site.

See also

  • Category:Tourist attractions in Greater Manchester
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