Portland Basin Museum

Heritage Wharf
Portland Place
Ashton-under-Lyne
Lancashire
OL7 0QA
England

Website

www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/portlandbasin.htm

E-mail

portland.basin@mail.tameside.gov.uk

Telephone

0161 343 2878

Fax

0161 343 2869

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Portland Basin is an award winning museum housed in a reconstruction of the historic 1834 Ashton canal warehouse.
Discover the life and work experiences of the people of Tameside. Explore a typical Tameside street of 1928 with its shops, houses, school, chapel and doctor's surgery - all brought to life with the latest audio-visual techniques.

Venue Type:

Museum

Opening hours

Tues-Sun 10:00-17:00
Open Bank Holidays

Closed: Mondays

Admission charges

Free admission

Collection details

Archaeology, Costume and Textiles, Inland Waterways, Land Transport, Medicine, Natural Sciences, Religion, Science and Technology, Social History, Sport, Toys and Hobbies

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