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The Manchester Museum

The Manchester Museum is a natural history museum. It lies inside the built-up area of Manchester. Our list has 92 more places within 15 km; first among them is Manchester Art Gallery, at 1.4 km.

Photo: The Manchester Museum, DrPhoenix (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Manchester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 3%

#246 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Museum in Manchester

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#246 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (19 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Manchester

The Manchester Museum is inside Manchester’s built-up area, with 39 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

Expect highs of 18–21°C in Manchester from June to September.

Jan8° / 3°80 mm

Feb9° / 3°69 mm

Mar11° / 4°63 mm

Apr14° / 6°56 mm

May17° / 9°59 mm

Jun19° / 11°73 mm

Jul21° / 13°82 mm

Aug21° / 13°82 mm

Sep18° / 11°79 mm

Oct14° / 8°95 mm

Nov11° / 5°87 mm

Dec8° / 3°99 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Manchester, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Manchester. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Manchester’s full climate →

About

The Manchester Museum

Its story is told in 19 languages on Wikipedia.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 19 languages
Town: in Manchester
Official site: museum.manchester.ac.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Opening times and entry

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where it sits

The map centres on The Manchester Museum, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Among the 8, Manchester is the biggest, home to 470,395 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Manchester

470,395 people · 68 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km west of it

Old Trafford

21,442 people · 47 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km northwest of it

Salford

108,431 people · 55 places to visit

4 · 3.8 km west of it

Stretford

28,010 people · 44 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Manchester Museum is	People	Places to visit
Manchester	It’s in town	470,395	68
Old Trafford	1.3 km west of it	21,442	47
Salford	2.1 km northwest of it	108,431	55
Stretford	3.8 km west of it	28,010	44
Stockport	4.4 km southeast of it	117,925	24
Droylsden	4.7 km east of it	23,916	27
Reddish	4.7 km southeast of it	22,189	18
Denton	5 km east of it	36,005	17

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Also near The Manchester Museum

The 92 places within 15 km include 5 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery.

Art galleryManchester Art Gallery1.4 km away 2

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame2.2 km away 3

CathedralManchester Cathedral2.2 km away 4

Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum1.9 km away · 830K visitors a year 5

MuseumChetham's Library2.3 km away 6

MuseumNational Football Museum2.2 km away 7

MuseumImperial War Museum North4.3 km away · 2K visitors a year 8

CathedralCathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist2.6 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to The Manchester Museum: questions

Where is The Manchester Museum?

The Manchester Museum is in Manchester, Greater Manchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Manchester Museum?

Natural history museum.

When is the best time to visit The Manchester Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Manchester, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near The Manchester Museum?

Within 15 km: Manchester Art Gallery (1.4 km), English Football Hall of Fame (2.2 km), Manchester Cathedral (2.2 km) and Science and Industry Museum (1.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist: The_Cathedral_Church_of_St_John_the_Evangelist,_Chapel_Street,_Salford.jpg: Ian Roberts derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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