Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Museums & Science Centres · Salford, Greater Manchester
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Closed — opens Tuesday at 9.30am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16☔ Rainy-day friendlyEducational🆓 Free entrySchool holiday activities
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- SEN friendly
Small car park to the front of the building with 3 blue badge bays; pay-and-display charges apply (up to 3 hours £2.50, 3 to 6 hours £5.50, over 6 hours £9.00). Nearby University of Salford car parks also exist. Bike stand in the car park.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
A free museum and art gallery in Salford, set in Peel Park close to the University of Salford. Families can wander Lark Hill Place, a recreated Victorian street where children can dress up, use traditional scales in the corner shop and take part in play-based activities. The Victorian Gallery has paintings to hunt for, including a nursery rhyme trail that invites younger children to spot animals and sing along. A rotating programme of temporary exhibitions runs alongside the permanent collections of social history, art and Pilkington's pottery. Gallery Babies sessions suit pre-walking babies and their carers during term time, and school holiday activities are scheduled through the year. Ear defenders, sensory bags and non-verbal choosing boards can be borrowed on arrival, and a ground-floor café with high chairs makes it easy to break up a visit.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.- Pram blackout coverA nap on the move is a whole extra hour of day out.
Portable phone charger
A penForms, competitions, name badges.
Refillable coffee cupA lot of cafés knock money off.- Waterproof phone pouch
Bibs
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0
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