Step back in time to 1940s wartime Britain and experience the sights and sounds of the homefront. Stockport's unique Air Raid Shelters have been carved into the natural sandstone cliffs in Stockport Town Centre. When the Shelters opened in 1939, they were the...

Experience 10,000 years of Stockport's history, as you travel through time from prehistoric Stockport to present day. Discover the fantastic finds from Mellor and Shaw Cairn, including the 10,000 year old Amber Necklace. Learn about life in medieval Stockport; the...

Hat Works is the UK's only museum dedicated to the hatting industry, hats and headwear. This award-winning visitor attraction offers two floors of interactive exhibits taking you on a journey through the history of Stockport's once thriving hatting industry. The...

The Manchester Museum collection numbers almost 4.25 million specimens and objects. Features collections and galleries of animal life, plants, rocks and minerals, and prehistoric life, an aquarium and a vivarium.

This unusual and fascinating museum used to be one of the best kept secrets among Cheshire's many attractions. Over the past few years it has undergone some major changes and is now recognised as one of the Country’s leading specialist museums.

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Twenty+3 projects is a contemporary art space in the converted front room of my terraced house in manchester UK. It is an international space for exhibitions, events, discussions, and residencies connecting artists from different parts of the world.

Portland Basin Museum is housed within the restored nineteenth century Ashton Canal Warehouse in Ashton-under-Lyne. The museum combines a lively modern interior with a peaceful canal side setting. It is an exciting family friendly museum, with something for all the...

A visit to the cotton mill, powered by Europe's most powerful working waterwheel, will certainly stimulate your senses. Take a guided tour of the Apprentice House, which housed the pauper children who worked in the mill. Visit the stunning garden – the Greg...

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. The museum tells the story of the history of...