| Name |
Image |
Town/City |
Region |
Type |
Summary |
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| Astley Cheetham Art Gallery | | Stalybridge | Tameside | Art | website, collections include 15th century Italian paintings, British art of the 19th and 20th centuries, situated in Stalybridge town centre, above Stalybridge Library |
| Astley Green Colliery Museum |  | Astley | Wigan | Mining | Former coal mine with headgear, engine house, and collection of colliery locomotives |
| Bolton Museum |  | Bolton | Bolton | Multiple | Local history, natural history, archaeology, art, aquarium, Ancient Egypt |
| Bolton Steam Museum |  | Bolton | Bolton | Technology | Preserved steam engines |
| Bramall Hall |  | Bramhall | Stockport | Historic house | Timber-framed Tudor manor house, parklands |
| Bury Art Museum |  | Bury | Bury | Multiple | Victorian paintings, contemporary art, photography and craft, local history and culture |
| Bury Transport Museum | | Bury | Bury | Transportation | website, located in the former goods warehouse for the East Lancashire Railway, development of transport in the North West, railway cars and equipment, historic road vehicles and buses, steam rollers |
| Castlefield Gallery | | Manchester | Manchester | Art | Artist-led gallery for contemporary visual art |
| Central Art Gallery | | Ashton-under-Lyne | Tameside | Art | website, exhibits include paintings, sculpture, installation and textiles, also Rutherford Gallery with work by local artist Harry Rutherford |
| Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art | | Manchester | Manchester | Art | Contemporary art from Chinese artists from around the world |
| Cornerhouse |  | Manchester | Manchester | Art | International centre for contemporary visual arts and film |
| Dunham Massey Hall |  | Dunham Massey | Trafford | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Georgian house, deer park, gardens |
| Elizabeth Gaskell's House |  | Manchester | Manchester | Historic house | Mid 19th century home of author Elizabeth Gaskell and ties to other authors |
| Ellenroad Engine House | | Newhey | Rochdale | Technology | Fully working 3000-horsepower cotton mill engine with its original steam plant, other steam engines |
| Fusilier Museum |  | Bury | Bury | Military | History and memorabilia of the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
| Gallery of Costume |  | Fallowfield | Manchester | Fashion | Clothing and accessories from the 17th century to the present, located in Platt Fields Park and operated by Manchester Art Gallery |
| Gallery Oldham |  | Oldham | Oldham | Multiple | Art, social and natural history collections alongside touring work, newly commissioned and contemporary art, international art and work produced with local communities |
| Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum | | Rochdale | Rochdale | Firefighting | website, full-size fire appliances, equipment, uniforms, models, photographs, medals and insignia, memorabilia |
| Greater Manchester Police Museum | | Manchester | Manchester | Law enforcement | Victorian police station and cells, magistrate's court, historic police equipment and uniforms, vehicles, forgery and forensic science |
| Haigh Hall | | Wigan | Wigan | Historic house | Mid 19th-century country house open for tours |
| Hall i' th' Wood |  | Bolton | Bolton | Historic house | Early 16th century timber-framed manor house, open by appointment and on special days |
| Hat Works |  | Stockport | Stockport | Industry | Hat-making industry, hats and headgear |
| Heaton Hall |  | Manchester | Manchester | Historic house | 18th century period country house, located in Heaton Park and operated by Manchester Art Gallery |
| Heaton Park Tramway |  | Manchester | Manchester | Railway | Restored trams, located in Heaton Park |
| Horwich Heritage Centre | | Horwich | Bolton | Local | website, local history, culture, industry, transportation |
| Imperial War Museum North |  | Trafford Park | Trafford | Military | 20th and 21st century conflicts involving British and Commonwealth citizens |
| John Rylands Library |  | Manchester | Manchester | Library | Exhibits of art, history, literature from its collections |
| The Lowry |  | Salford Quays | Salford | Art | Arts centre with exhibit galleries for modern and contemporary art, photography and design, and works by LS Lowry |
| Manchester Art Gallery |  | Manchester | Manchester | Art | Collection includes English, Dutch, French and Italian historic paintings, modern and contemporary art, works relating to Manchester, textiles, metalwork, toys, silverware and furniture |
| Manchester Jewish Museum |  | Cheetham Hill | Manchester | Ethnic | Located in a former late 19th century Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, history and culture of Manchester's Jewish community |
| Manchester Museum |  | Manchester | Manchester | Multiple | Operated by the University of Manchester, natural history including dinosaurs and geology, Ancient Egypt, money, archery, archaeology, anthropology, city's history and culture, and vivarium |
| Manchester United Museum |  | Old Trafford | Trafford | Sports | History and memorabilia of Manchester United F.C., located at Old Trafford stadium |
| Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre | | Mossley | Tameside | Industry | website, local cotton industry, houses in a former cotton-spinning mill |
| Museum of Science and Industry |  | Manchester | Manchester | Multiple | Science, technology, industry, transportation and the city's contributions |
| Museum of the Manchester Regiment | | Ashton-under-Lyne | Tameside | Military | website, history and artifacts of the Manchester Regiment |
| Museum of Transport |  | Cheetham Hill | Manchester | Transportation | Buses and public transportation history |
| Museum of Wigan Life |  | Wigan | Wigan | Local | Formerly the History Shop and Wigan Public Library. Includes exhibits on local history, culture, archaeology and industry. |
| National Football Museum |  | Manchester | Manchester | Sports | Located in the Urbis building, association football history and memorabilia |
| Ordsall Hall |  | Ordsall | Salford | Historic house | Former stately home dating back to the 15th century, includes stained and painted glass, local history exhibits |
| Pankhurst Centre |  | Chorlton-on-Medlock | Manchester | Historic house | Home of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and family, history of the movement |
| Park Bridge Heritage Centre | | Park Bridge | Tameside | Local | Local history, ironworks, natural history |
| People's History Museum |  | Spinningfields | Manchester | History | History of working people in the United Kingdom and labour relations |
| Portland Basin Museum |  | Ashton-under-Lyne | Tameside | Local | Local history, industry, trades, 1920s street with shops, period rooms, historic machines |
| Rochdale Pioneers Museum |  | Rochdale | Rochdale | History | Historic store and history of the early consumers' cooperative |
| Saddleworth Museum | | Saddleworth | Oldham | Local | Local history, trades, textile industry, canals, railroads, transportation, culture, exhibits of local and regional contemporary art |
| Salford Museum and Art Gallery |  | Salford | Salford | Multiple | Local history, Victorian art, replica Victorian street with shops, contemporary art and photography exhibits |
| Smithills Hall |  | Bolton | Bolton | Historic house | Family home dating back to the 14th century, reflects medieval, Tudor and Victorian periods |
| Staircase House |  | Stockport | Stockport | Historic house | 15th century medieval house with rooms from different centuries |
| Stockport Art Gallery | | Stockport | Stockport | Art | website |
| Stockport Air Raid Shelters | | Stockport | Stockport | Military | Almost 1 mile of underground air-raid shelters used during World War II |
| Stockport Museum | | Stockport | Stockport | Local | website, local history, archaeology, industry, transportation, culture |
| Touchstones Rochdale |  | Rochdale | Rochdale | Multiple | Art, local history, culture |
| Trencherfield Mill Steam Engine |  | Wigan | Wigan | Technology | Massive 2,500 horse power working steam engine for the textile mill, open on Sundays |
| Whitworth Art Gallery |  | Moss Side | Manchester | Art | Collections include modern art, watercolours, sculpture, wallpaper and textiles, part of the University of Manchester |
| Wythenshawe Hall |  | Northenden | Manchester | Historic house | 16th century Tudor house reflecting four centuries of use |
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