Whitworth Art Gallery
(3 Miles)*
The Gallery is home to an impressive range of watercolours, prints, drawings, modern art and sculpture, as well as the largest collections of textiles and wallpapers outside London.
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Labour History Archive and Study Centre
(4 Miles)*
The Archive and Study Centre at the National Museum of Labour History offers a unique opportunity to explore the political and social lives of working people during the last 150 years.
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Manchester Art Gallery
(4 Miles)*
The gallery's amazing collection of art is displayed in an innovative and imaginative way. An undoubted highlight is the outstanding collection of 19th century Pre-Raphaelite paintings.
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People's History Museum
(4 Miles)*
The Peoples History Museum houses the galleries of the National Museum of Labour History. It is dedicated to the ordinary people of Britain and the story of how they organised together to change society.
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Portland Basin Museum
(4 Miles)*
Portland Basin Museum is the centrepiece of the recently rebuilt Ashton Canal Warehouse, now looking much as it did in 1834 when it was first built.
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Ordsall Hall
(5 Miles)*
Ordsall Hall, once home to the wealthy Radclyffe family, is one of the finest examples of Tudor architecture in North West England.
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Salford Museum & Art Gallery
(5 Miles)*
Museum of Salford's local history and art.
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Anson Engine Museum
(6 Miles)*
This museum has one of the largest collections of engines in Europe - varying in size from desktop to 100 tons!
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Imperial War Museum North
(7 Miles)*
The Imperial War Museum North tells the story of how war has shaped people's lives from 1900 to the present day. With the story still unfolding, the Museum will continue to develop and change over time.
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Heaton Hall
(8 Miles)*
A magnificent neo-classical country house with beautifully restored 18th century interiors, set in 650 acres of rolling parkland.
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Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery
(10 Miles)*
Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery is full of intriguing objects from the past and tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth's landscape and character
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Tatton Park
(11 Miles)*
A day at Tatton Park has much to offer. Its two historic houses are set in 1000 acres of beautiful rolling parkland with lakes, tree-lined avenues and herds of red and fallow deer.
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West Park Museum
(11 Miles)*
West Park Museum opened in 1898, a gift from Marianne Brocklehurst for the people of Macclesfield. The Museum is located in one of the earliest public parks which opened in 1854 and was funded by voluntary subscription.
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Macclesfield Silk Museum
(12 Miles)*
The Story of Silk is fascinating. It links Macclesfield with China and the Far East and shaped the development of the town.
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Capesthorne Hall
(12 Miles)*
Capesthorne Hall has been the home of the Bromley-Davenport family and their ancestors since Domesday times.
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