Britain’s top cities for museums & galleries – Manchester

Manchester’s museums & galleries

Manchester is an exciting place to visit right now. Known as the world’s first industrial city, it has been able to completely reinvent itself in the past decade and is now known as one of the most exciting and interesting cities in Britain.
Manchester United Store

More than football

To many of you, the city is known as the home of Manchester United FC (www.manutd.com/), the enormously successful football club, but Manchester is also where you will find a wealth of leading museums and galleries located in chic districts of this great city. Your hardest decision will be deciding where to visit first.

Cutting-edge buildings

Urbis (www.urbis.org.uk/) is a brilliant example of cutting-edge ‘museums’. It’s a glass-walled centre for urban culture that explores city life, from graffiti to modern architecture. Even more impressive is the Imperial War Museum North (north.iwm.org.uk/). In a building designed by international architect Daniel Libeskind, this waterfront attraction uses innovative interactive displays to show how war can change lives.
The Lowry Gallery

The Quays waterfront

Celebrating Manchester’s new and innovative ideas is the Manchester Art Gallery (www.manchestergalleries.org/). Combining Victorian splendour with 21st-century style, the gallery is packed full of superb collections. Equally, there’ s The Quays – a unique waterfront where you can explore not only the Imperial War Museum North but also The Lowry (www.thelowry.com/), The Lowry Outlet Mall and Manchester United Museum and Tour (www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={3B206E90-CB32-403F-BC82-DEBB730837FE}§ion=museum).

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