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Greater Manchester Police Museum & Archives

57a Newton Street
Northern Quarter, Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 1ET
England

Website

www.gmp.police.uk

E-mail

police.museum@gmp.police.uk

Telephone

0161 856 3287

0161 856 4500

0161 856 3284

Fax

0161 856 3289

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Imagine stepping back in time to a Victorian Manchester, not the city of commerce and corporate splendour but a hidden city of gas lamps and narrow alleys, of slums and unruly alehouses.
Now imagine a busy police station in the heart of the city from where police officers arrested criminals and upheld the law.
Housed in this once busy Victorian police station, the museum was opened in 1981. It has featured in numerous tv and radio programmes and is popular with researchers and group visits. Open every Tuesday, the museum is accessible other weekdays by appointment. The building has access ramps, a lift to all floors and toilets on each floor. There is also a small retail/ information point.

'One of the city's best kept secrets is this superb museum' Lonely Planet-Great Britain 2009

Venue Type:

Museum, Archive, Heritage site

 Opening hours

General open day, every Tuesday (excluding Christmas period) 10:30 - 3:30 (last admission at 3pm)

Other weekdays by appointment only for group/school bookings and outreach.

Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays by appointment only for archive research

Closed: Weekends and public holidays

 Admission charges

Admission is free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library with public access
  • Mail order service available
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Additional info

Guided tours can be conducted by museum staff or trained volunteers (all group visits need to be pre-booked)
Tours cannot be guaranteed on tuesday open days or event days.

57a Newton Street
Northern Quarter, Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 1ET
England

Website

www.gmp.police.uk

E-mail

police.museum@gmp.police.uk

Telephone

0161 856 3287

0161 856 4500

0161 856 3284

Fax

0161 856 3289

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The collection dates from c.late 19th century onwards and ranges from vehicles, costume and memorbilia to restored cells, a charge office (1879) and magistrates court (1895 from Denton)

Collection details

Weapons and War, Social History, Photography, Personalities, Land Transport, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archives

Key artists and exhibits

  • Costume dating from the 'Peelers' through to present day.
  • Forgery and Forensics
  • International Policing (please note our International Gallery is temporarily closed, awaiting funding for re-furbishment)
  • Police vehicles

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

57a Newton Street
Northern Quarter, Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 1ET
England

Website

www.gmp.police.uk

E-mail

police.museum@gmp.police.uk

Telephone

0161 856 3287

0161 856 4500

0161 856 3284

Fax

0161 856 3289

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

The Cut & Colour Craze!

16 February 2010

Get all creative this February at the museum, design models of our galleries, make miniature police cars and motorbikes, fashion your own helmet or produce your own version of the museum's stain glass!

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • Especially for children
  • All ages

When

10:30am-3:30pm

Where

GMP Museum & Archives

Admission

Admission to the museum is free and there is no additional charge for this event.
No advance booking necessary unless you wish to bring a group of more than five.

57a Newton Street
Northern Quarter, Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 1ET
England

Website

www.gmp.police.uk

E-mail

police.museum@gmp.police.uk

Telephone

0161 856 3287

0161 856 4500

0161 856 3284

Fax

0161 856 3289

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Boxes, objects and other kit

Educational Outreach programme - Primary

People who help us (Reception - Yr 2)
Victorian policing (Yrs 3 - 6)
Policing in the 1930s and WWII (Yrs 5 - 6)

How to obtain

For more information or to book an outreach session contact GMP museum directly

 Paper-based and downloads

Primary School Worksheets

A range of worksheets that relate to schemes of work units at Keystages 1 & 2 History and Citizenship. These include stories, matching exercises, role-play, compare and contrast, emotive exercises and a museum trail.

Creator

  • Beth Wilburn

How to obtain

email elizabeth.wilburn@gmp.co.uk
or phone 0161 856 3287

 Resources

Educational Tours - K.S.2 - University

Museum staff and volunteers can adapt tours to meet the needs of the individual group:
Tours can focus upon local history, Victorian history, Britain since 1930, citizenship, Robert Peel, Suffragettes, science and forensics, heritage issues such as conservation v access and interpretation etc.

Research/ Archive appointments

We welcome researchers and family history enquiries. Appointments must be made in advance by contacting the museum directly.
Please note: the museum's archives and search room facilities are currently being refurbished, therefore the material is temporarily unavailable and archive enquiries are postponed until June 09.

57a Newton Street
Northern Quarter, Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 1ET
England

Website

www.gmp.police.uk

E-mail

police.museum@gmp.police.uk

Telephone

0161 856 3287

0161 856 4500

0161 856 3284

Fax

0161 856 3289

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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