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University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Europe

Manchester Museum

Museum or Collection Type:
General
Institutional Type:
Museum

Subject:
Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology, Botany, Earth Sciences, Egyptology, Geology, Herpetology, Military Sciences, Mineralogy, Natural History, Natural Sciences, Numismatics, Palaeontology, Petrology, University History, Zoology

Address:
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL

Opening Hours:
The Museum is open:
Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sundays and Bank Holidays 11am – 4pm
The Christmas and New Year opening times are:
Wednesday 24th - Sunday 28th - CLOSED
Monday 29th - Wednesday 31st - 11am - 4pm
Thursday 1st - Friday 2nd - CLOSED
Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th - 11am - 4pm
Monday 5th - onwards - Normal opening times

Contact:
Tristram Besterman, Director
t.besterman@man.ac.uk
museum@manchester.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)161 275 2634
Fax: +44 (0)161 275 2676

Additional information:
Admission to all of the Museum is FREE. Charges for some temporary exhibitions.
Search the Manchester Museum collections at:
http://emu.man.ac.uk/mmcustom/MainQuery.php

Links:
Manchester Museum
University of Manchester

Description:
The Manchester Museum provides access to about six million items from every continent of the globe. Butterflies and carvings from India; birds and bark-cloth from the Pacific; live frogs and ancient pottery from America; fossils and native art from Australia; mammals and ancient Egyptian craftsmanship from Africa; plants, coins and minerals from Europe; art from past civilisations of the Mediterranean; and beetles, armour and archery from Asia.

(From the Museum's website).