• Queering the North

    Performance Space

    The OUTing the Past International Festival of LGBT+ History (est. Manchester in 2005) has teamed up with the Museum of Free Derry to create the first retrospective showcase of NI […]

  • #Like Chopin – Mysterious Story in Manchester

    Henry Watson Music Library

    #LikeChopin – The Mysterious Story of Chopin in Manchester   In August 1848 Fryderyk Chopin travelled to Britain. During the visit he also gave a performance in Manchester.  The concert […]

  • Venture Arts Presents – Completely A Hustling Place

    First Floor Exhibition Hall

    Venture Arts Presents Full Studio Show - Completely A Hustling Place – With Work From 70 Artists This autumn, one of Manchester’s leading visual art studios, Venture Arts, which supports […]

  • Art of Oesophageal Cancer

    First Floor Display Cases

    Art of oesophageal cancer is a visual representation of one patient’s experience of going through treatment, surgery and then coming to terms with a new normal. The subject matter touches […]

  • The Door Opened: 1980s China

    Lower Ground Floor Exhibition Space

    One can argue that nostalgia is the strongest emotion, a pure mixture of wistfulness and melancholy. Adrian Bradshaw, an English photographer, brings that sense of yearning into full focus in […]

  • 150 years of the Together Trust

    Wolfson Reading Room

    The exhibition tells the story of the Together Trust’s 150-year history in Manchester and the north west. It charts the development of this disability charity from its origins as a […]

  • A Northern Life – it’s not all about Margaret

    First Floor Display Cases

    Welcome to the wonderful world of local artist Lorraine Rudyard. Lorraine creates three-dimensional sculptures using recycled materials and vintage finds. Her work is colourful, humorous, warm and engaging, and reflects […]

  • Queen Elizabeth II and Manchester Exhibition

    Archives+ Ground Floor

    This June marks the 70th year anniversary that Queen Elizabeth II has been on the throne. To celebrate this, we host an exhibition to celebrate her life so far, and […]

  • Polish Heritage Days Exhibition

    First Floor Exhibition Hall

    The Polish Heritage Days is an annual festival organised and run under the patronage of the Polish Embassy in London. The idea behind Polish Heritage Days is to promote and […]

  • Every Picture Tells a Story

    Archives+ Ground Floor

    Heritage Schools (part of Heritage England), Archives+ and artist Lorraine Rudyard, have created an exhibition working with 12 year-5 classes from Manchester schools. The schools have created figures for scenes […]

  • For those who are to come

    Wolfson Reading Room

    For those who are to come presents the diverse faces and colours of Amazonia. The exhibition was first shown at COP26 and is now in Manchester for the first time […]