All free museums and attractions to visit in Manchester

If you are on a budget Manchester (England) still has a lot to offer for you culturally, including free museums, free activities and free attractions. 12 museums and attractions in Manchester can be visited without charge.

Are you looking for free things to do in Manchester? These are the best places to visit:

  1. Museum of Science and Industry1

    Museum of Science and Industry

    Manchester
    Museum of Science and Industry is a museum in Manchester. The museum features exhibits related to: industry, social history, costume and textiles, photography, archives, science and technology, aviation, land transport, trade and commerce, decorative and applied art and personalities. Key themes, pe
  2. Manchester Museum2

    Manchester Museum

    Manchester
    Encounter Manchester Museum’s assortment of treasures from the natural world and the many cultures it is home to. It includes dinosaurs, mummies and live amphibians and reptiles. Manchester Museum features exhibits related to: archives, religion, costume and textiles, coins and medals, decorative an
  3. Manchester Art Gallery3

    Manchester Art Gallery

    Manchester
    Manchester Art Gallery is a museum in Manchester. The museum features exhibits related to Fine Art, Archaeology and Decorative and Applied Art. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Designated Collection.
  4. People's History Museum4

    People's History Museum

    Manchester
    People's History Museum is a museum in Manchester. The museum features exhibits related to: design, photography, costume and textiles, industry, performing arts, fine art, archives, coins and medals, personalities, trade and commerce, social history, music and decorative and applied art.
  5. Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives5

    Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives

    Manchester
    Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives is a museum in Northern Quarter, Manchester. The museum features exhibits related to: costume and textiles, social history, weapons and war, personalities, photography, coins and medals, land transport and archives.
  6. Whitworth Art Gallery6

    Whitworth Art Gallery

    Manchester
    Whitworth Art Gallery features an internationally important collection of 55,000 artworks.
  7. Gallery of Costume7

    Gallery of Costume

    Manchester
    Gallery of Costume is a museum in Manchester. The museum features exhibits related to: costume and textiles and social history. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: current displays include quant to westwood: fashion since the sixties; living colour: textiles and embroideries from
  8. The Pankhurst Centre8

    The Pankhurst Centre

    Manchester
    The Pankhurst Centre is a museum in Manchester. The museum features exhibits related to Personalities. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Women's suffrage & suffragettes and Emmeline Pankhurst.
  9. Heaton Hall9

    Heaton Hall

    Manchester
    Heaton Hall is a museum in Manchester. The museum features exhibits related to Architecture, Decorative and Applied Art and Fine Art. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Designated Collection.
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    esea contemporary

    Manchester
    esea contemporary is the UK’s only non-profit art centre specialising in presenting and platforming artists and art practices that identify with and are informed by East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) cultural backgrounds. esea contemporary is situated in an award-winning building in the heart of Manch
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    MMU Special Collections

    Manchester
    Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections is a museum, gallery and reading room and is open to the public to browse or research the collections, attend an event or to see our exhibitions. The Special Collections Gallery features 3 exhibitions a year, showcasing collections and artwork b
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    Holden Gallery

    Manchester
    With a distinguished history dating back over 100 years, the Faculty of Art and Design’s Holden Gallery at Manchester Metropolitan University, offers an ongoing programme of exhibitions that are open free to the public. The Gallery is also home to the yearly BA and MA Degree Shows and is a major exh

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