Best places: Museums in Manchester

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National Coal Mining Museum for England
Museum
Coal mining museum with a restored colliery, underground tours, pit ponies, a cafe and gift shop.
4.80 (3.9K reviews) (~45.15 km from centre)
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Shibden Hall
Museum
Timber-framed manor with period rooms, restored gardens, a mini-railway, a boating lake and woods.
4.80 (1.6K reviews) (~38.46 km from centre)
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John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Library
Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop.
4.80 (1K reviews) (~0.26 km from centre)
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Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green
Museum
Colliery site on 15 acres dating back to Victorian times with various mining buildings to explore.
4.80 (740 reviews) (~13.46 km from centre)
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Manchester United Museum & Stadium Tour
Museum
Access to areas of Old Trafford normally restricted to players plus displays about the club's past.
4.70 (5.4K reviews) (~3.54 km from centre)
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Cliffe Castle
Museum
Victorian millionaire's former home, with furnished rooms, costumes, fossils and domestic artefacts.
4.70 (1.8K reviews) (~49.12 km from centre)
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Quarry Bank
Museum
👍👍 Great place to learn about the textile industry during the industrial revolution. The mill has exhibits about the people who worked there and has regular demonstrations of the machines. The gardens are also very nice to walk through. There are many buildings to go through and lots to see. Some build...
4.80 (527 reviews) (~15.12 km from centre)
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Towneley Hall
Museum
Victorian and pre-Raphaelite art, local history, furniture and pottery in a stately home museum.
4.70 (1.3K reviews) (~32.76 km from centre)
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Ordsall Hall
Museum
Tudor manor house with period rooms & exhibits, plus landscaped gardens, an orchard & a cafe.
4.70 (995 reviews) (~2.42 km from centre)
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The British Commercial Vehicle Museum
Museum
Interactive displays of old horse-drawn carriages, fire engines & delivery trucks, plus a gift shop.
4.70 (964 reviews) (~38.05 km from centre)
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Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens
Museum
18th-century mansion housing artworks, furniture, and the regimental museum of the Royal Hussars.
4.70 (838 reviews) (~44.49 km from centre)
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Smithills Hall
Museum
One of Bolton's original family homes, with elements from different eras, set in formal gardens.
4.70 (808 reviews) (~19.52 km from centre)
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World Museum
Museum
5 floors of interactive natural history, scientific & world cultural exhibits, plus a planetarium.
4.60 (13.9K reviews) (~49.36 km from centre)
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Manchester Art Gallery
Art gallery
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events.
4.60 (9.1K reviews) (~0.26 km from centre)
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Manchester Museum
Archaeological museum
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme.
4.60 (7.3K reviews) (~1.62 km from centre)
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Greater Manchester Police Museum & Archives
Museum
The city's law enforcement history traced through historic photos, old weapons & other artefacts.
4.70 (627 reviews) (~0.9 km from centre)
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Stockport Air Raid Shelters
Museum
Independent and guided tours of purpose-built underground tunnel network used as wartime shelters.
4.70 (615 reviews) (~9.56 km from centre)
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Brontë Parsonage Museum
Museum
The Brontë family home, displaying personal items, manuscripts and letters by the literary sisters.
4.60 (2.7K reviews) (~43.45 km from centre)
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Bankfield Museum
Art museum
Grand Victorian villa with permanent displays of costume and textiles, plus temporary exhibitions.
4.70 (587 reviews) (~37.77 km from centre)
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Oakwell Hall
History museum
Manorial hall re-creating a 17th-century household plus restored gardens and a country park.
4.60 (1.7K reviews) (~47.63 km from centre)
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