Manchester Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Manchester, Greater Manchester
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Closed — opens 10am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Educational☔ Rainy-day friendly🆓 Free entry🐐 AnimalsSensory-friendly sessions
What’s there
- Café on site
- Baby changing
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Manchester Museum holds the dinosaur fossils Stan the Tyrannosaurus rex and April the Tenontosaurus, alongside galleries exploring Egypt and Sudan, South Asia, Chinese culture, and African collections. Living Worlds examines humanity's connections with nature. The Vivarium houses live amphibians and reptiles including critically endangered species. Across multiple floors are galleries on archaeology, minerals, and the natural world's scientific collections. The Top Floor hosts community events and activities. Temporary exhibitions, trails, performances and talks run throughout the year.
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.
- Baby carrier or slingBetter than a pram anywhere with steps or mud.
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Muslin cloths
- A penForms, competitions, name badges.
- Notebook
- Backseat organiser
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