Best places: Museums in Manchester, United Kingdom

Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop.

Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events.

Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme.

The city's law enforcement history traced through historic photos, old weapons & other artefacts.

Large vehicle collection displayed in a former bus garage/tram shed, many restored and operational.

Restored, former home of the famous author featuring period rooms, a garden, tea room & bookshop.

Park at Manchester Airport offering runway views, a cafe & tours of a Concorde & other aircraft.

Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local & national working-class life.

UK's only Jewish museum outside London, with Moorish-style architecture and stained-glass windows.

Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations.

More than 140,000 football-related items, plus a kids' discovery zone & skills-testing simulators.

👍👍 Lovely little house to explore with lots of things you can actually pick up and look through. The cafe is nice and very affordable. Good cake!

Public library since 1653 housing thousands of books & manuscripts in a dark, medieval atmosphere.

Sizable and active community arts space with regularly-changing contemporary art exhibitions.

👍👍 Competition Review for MCR, sponsored by Google: B.Eat Street's Friday Food Fight held at the Campfield Market Hall venue. B.Eat Street's Friday Food Fight is a 12-week free event, involving a variety of MCR's enterprising eateries laying on sapid street food for the city's swanky and stylish socia...