Museums & Exhibitions
in and around Greater Manchester

The Pankhurst Centre

60-62 Nelson Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock,
Manchester M13 9WP. Tel: 0161-273 5673.
This modest Georgian town house was the Manchester home of the world famous leaders of the Suffragette Movement, whose militant protests were instrumental in the introduction of voting rights for women during the Edwardian era. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, and her daughter Christabel together formed the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903, after Emmeline's daughter Sylvia had been invited by a member of the Independent Labour Party to paint a hall in Salford in memory of her father, an active social and political reformer and lawyer, but was unable, by virtue of her gender to attend the opening meeting. The museum displays the work and struggle of women suffragettes, as well as reflecting everyday domestic life in the Pankhurst parlour. Also there are Meeting Rooms and a Crèche.

OPENING TIMES
The museum is open Monday to Thursday 10.00am to 4.00pm and the 1st Sunday of each month from 12noon until 4.00pm. More information is available on Tel: 0161-273 5673. Please check as times may have changed.

LOCATION
Off Oxford Road/Wilmslow Road main south exit from town centre, about 2 miles, near University Medical School, and adjacent to Manchester Royal Infirmary Accident & Emergency entrance. Very limited parking.

See Also: The Pankhursts

Emmeline Pankhurst


Christabel Pankhurst

Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill, (Off Queens Road),
Manchester M8 8UW. Tel: 0161-205 2122.
Open 10.00am to 5.00pm Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays (except Christmas & New Year). Located 1½ miles north of city centre on A665. One of the largest and most varied collections of over 80 historic vehicles representing more than 100 years of road transport history.
The museum also holds extensive archives with information and photographs of passenger transport, as well as uniforms, tickets, machines and models. Spring and autumn Transport Festivals held. School party visits welcomed by advanced booking. Tea bar and Museum shop.

Tram Depot, Heaton Park, Prestwich,
Manchester M25 5SW. Tel: 0161-740 1919.
A collection of trams, exhibition displays, artefacts photographs and working models relating to the history and development of trams and tramways in the Manchester area, from the early horse-drawn trams of Victorian England to Manchester's contemporary Metrolink Rapid Transit Tramway system.

57 Newton Street, Manchester (City Centre).
Tel: 0161-865 3287.
Open: Tuesday 10.30am-3.30pm (by request)
Housed in an original Victorian police station, the museum has been preserved and refurbished to show life in a typical 19th century lockup. Suitable for disabled access.

The Broadcasting Museum, Chester

"On The Air", 42 Bridge Street Row, Chester.
Tel & Fax: 01244-348468.
The "On The Air" Broadcasting Museum Exhibition, set on the first floor gallery of one of Chester's famous historic "Rows" covers the whole story of Radio and Television broadcasting in the 20th century. From the atmospheric vintage radio sounds of original wireless models and Bakelite radios, to the early experiments of Marconi; relive the dark days of wartime Britain; discover how radio and television works; go behind and in front of the camera, or explore some of the wartime aircraft radio control systems. The Museum also has a workshop, where antiquated radio receivers stand in various states of repair - you can even have your own old radio repaired here! Wheelchair access is available via Weaver Street to Old Hall Passage and Watergate Row. Open from April-December Mon-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm and Sunday 11.00am-4.30pm, and from Jan-March Tues-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm, closed Sunday and Monday. An admission charge is made to the Museum.