Art and Design
Poppy sculptures come home to Manchester this Remembrance
The iconic poppy sculptures will return to Manchester for the first time since 2018 as part of a dramatic new artwork
Louise Rhind-Tutt
1 October 2021
Museums: Manchester news and stories
Science and Industry Museum exhibition attracts over 40,000 visitors in just 10 weeks
First major exhibition since re-opening is about codebreaking, ciphers and secret communications
I Love MCR
11 August 2021
Manchester museums
Science and Industry Museum to launch new world-first free exhibition
Opening in Manchester, it’s the first major exhibition to reveal the past, present and future of how cancer is prevented, detected and treated
Louise Rhind-Tutt
28 July 2021
Emmeline Pankhurst
Pankhurst Centre announces reopening date – and new exhibition
Visitors can see the parlour where Emmeline Pankhurst called the first meeting of what would come to be known as the suffragette movement
Louise Rhind-Tutt
9 July 2021
Manchester Central Library
Redeveloped Manchester Jewish Museum celebrates sold-out opening weekend
The redeveloped venue welcomed the public back after a two-year closure
I Love MCR
7 July 2021
Manchester history
Manchester Jewish Museum opens this week – first look inside
The museum’s 1874 Grade II Listed synagogue building, the city’s oldest surviving synagogue, has been fully renovated and restored
Louise Rhind-Tutt
30 June 2021
HOME Mcr
Manchester arts organisations welcome back audiences with new campaign
The #HereForCultureMCR collaborative campaign features more than 20 Manchester-based arts organisations
Louise Rhind-Tutt
18 May 2021
Elizabeth Gaskell
Brides can get ready in Elizabeth Gaskell’s bedroom for the first time ever
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is reopening to the public and there will be lots of new things to see including her recreated bedroom
I Love MCR
7 May 2021
Manchester history
Science and Industry Museum to reopen with Top Secret exhibition
Explore stories of Manchester’s pioneering past – and discover the ideas that started here and went on to change the world
Louise Rhind-Tutt
5 May 2021
Escape to Freight Island
Exciting new things to look forward to in Greater Manchester in 2021 – and beyond
21 of the top things to look forward to across the rest of the year and beyond
I Love MCR
16 April 2021
People’s History Museum
New food waste cafe to open at People’s History Museum
It will be the first museum cafe and bar in the country that intercepts food that would otherwise go to waste
Louise Rhind-Tutt
6 April 2021
Manchester history
People’s History Museum launches online shop with unique Manchester gifts
Books, posters, artworks, children’s activities, toys, jewellery and t-shirts from independent companies and individual makers
I Love MCR
26 March 2021
