Links
In this section you can find links to organisations we partner with, work with and those who are institutional members of our organisation.
Our Partner Organisations
Museum Development North West
Museum Development North West is an Arts Council England funded development programme. The programme aims to offer developmental support to drive sustainability, resilience and innovation within England’s accredited museums. The programme also works towards helping museums fulfil the five strategic goals set out in Great Art and Culture for Everyone.
National Museums Liverpool (NML)
NML, previously known as National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, comprises several museums and art galleries in and around Liverpool, England.
Other organisations we work with
Association of Independent Museums (AIM)
The AIM was established in 1976 to improve standards in independent museums, to represent their interests and contribute to national policy making.
Group for Education in Museums (GEM)
GEM is committed to advancing learning through heritage. It supports museums, galleries and other cultural organisations, and education practitioners in developing and sharing best practice in heritage learning.
International Council of Museums (ICOM)
ICOM is the international organisation of museums and museum professionals which is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world’s natural and cultural heritage.
Institute of Conservation (ICON)
Icon is the lead voice for the conservation of cultural heritage in the UK and is committed to public benefit through promoting public understanding of and access to all the diverse elements of cultural heritage.
Museums Association
The Museums Association is a membership organisation which represents the people and institutions constituting Britain’s museums and galleries.
The Collections Trust
The Collections Trust – formerly the Museums Documentation Association (MDA) – delivers programmes which help people connect to culture, and which enable practitioners to improve the quality of their services.
Our Member Organisations
Tameside Museums and Galleries
Tameside Museums and Galleries are part of the Greater Manchester Museums Group and provide visitors with the chance to learn about Tameside’s fascinating history and industrial heritage. Their sites include the Portland Basin Museum, the Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, and the Central Art Gallery.
Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections
MMU’s special collections are central to the artistic culture and teaching of the faculty and have been since its foundation as the Manchester School of Art in 1853. The collection holds a great range of unique source material held at the Sir Kenneth Green Library, including: the Children’s Book Collection; the Manchester School of Art Collection; the Manchester Society of Architects’ Library; the Mary Butcher Collection of Baxter Prints; the Poster Collection; the Schmoller Collection of Decorated Papers; and Victorian Ephemera. The North West Film Archive preserves the history of the region in moving pictures.
Manx National Heritage
Manx National Heritage is the trading name of the Manx Museum and National Trust. They take the lead in protecting, conserving, making available and celebrating the Island’s natural and cultural heritage for current and future generations, whilst contributing to the Island’s prosperity and quality of life.
National Football Museum
The National Football Museum looks after football’s past, present and future. It explains how and why football has become ‘the people’s game’, a key part of England’s heritage and way of life. It also aims to explain why England is the home of football, the birthplace of the world’s most popular sport.
Macclesfield Silk Heritage Trust
The Macclesfield Silk Heritage Trust is an independent charity established in 1987 to champion the incredible history of Macclesfield and the surrounding area through its collections and museums, which include The Silk Museum, Paradise Mill, West Park Museum, and The Old Sunday School. Their mission is to celebrate and share the extraordinary story of Macclesfield; a story of creativity, industry and enterprise.
Warrington Museum and Art Gallery
Warrington Museum and Art Gallery is one of the oldest museums in the country and provides an award-winning programme of events, temporary exhibitions, and regular free family-friendly craft activities throughout the year. It is now managed by Culture Warrington which was formed in 2012, and delivers the ever-popular Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival.
Norton Priory Museum and Gardens
Norton Priory is the most excavated monastic site in Europe. Boasting the ruins of an Abbey, 12th century undercroft, and an 18th century Walled Garden, it is located within an oasis of tranquil woodland and wildflower meadows. The new museum displays thousands of artefacts from Norton’s 900 year history including the internationally significant 14th century statue of St Christopher.
Mellor Archaeological Trust
The Trust was formed in 2000 following the discovery in 1998 of an Iron Age ditch in the garden of The Old Vicarage next to Mellor Church. Excavations continued to 2009 and have been described as the largest excavation for a generation of a hillfort in North West England “with results as important as those at Beeston Castle”.
Museum of Wigan Life
Discover the people and places of Wigan Borough both past and present at the Museum of Wigan Life. Holding over 30,000 objects relating to life in Wigan Borough, past and present, the museum’s collections include fine art, archaeology, social history, natural history, coins, decorative art and industrial history.
www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Museums-archives/Museum-of-Wigan-Life/index.aspx
Rochdale Pioneers Museum
The Rochdale Pioneers Museum exists to preserve the original store of the Rochdale Pioneers and to generate an understanding of the ideals and principles of the co-operative movement.
National Waterways Museum
The National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port unlocks the wonders of our waterways. With its delightful waterside setting, flotillas of historic boats and fascinating displays housed in fine Victorian buildings, the museum is a great day out whatever the weather.
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/museums-and-attractions/national-waterways-museum
Wordsworth Trust
The Wordsworth Trust brings art and literature alive for tens of thousands of people every year. As well as Dove Cottage and its neighbouring historic buildings, the Trust looks after an important collection of works by Wordsworth and other writers and artists of the period. At the heart of their collection are manuscripts that Wordsworth’s descendants gave to the Trust in 1935.
Knowsley Galleries and Prescot Museum
Knowsley has two contemporary art galleries which are housed within libraries in Huyton and Kirkby, in addition to Prescot Museum which focuses on the local history of the area including the important clock and watch making industry.
The Atkinson Arts Centre
The Atkinson is Southport’s beautiful new home for music, theatre, art, poetry, literature and history, right in the middle of Lord Street in Southport town centre. It offers an exciting and varied destination for families, cultural tourists and arts enthusiasts alike, with a full day and night time offer.
Lancashire County Council Museums Services
Lancashire County Council’s Museums Services’ venues examine Lancashire life, its history and heritage. Their venues include Clitheroe Castle Museum, Gawthorpe Hall, Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Judges’ Lodgings, Lancaster Castle, the Museum of Lancashire, Queens Street Mill Textile Museum, and Lancashire Conservation Studios.
Ribchester Roman Museum
The idea of a museum in Ribchester was conceived by Margaret Greenall, originally from Warrington and a member of the famous brewing family, in the early years of the 20th century. Her objective was to stem the flow of artefacts out of the village that had occurred ever since Ribchester was first recognised as a site of special historic interest. Ribchester Museum of Roman Antiquities was thus opened under Miss Greenall’s direction in 1915.
Greater Manchester Police Museum
The Museum was founded in 1981. Funded by Greater Manchester Police, it not only collects and preserves archive material and objects relating to the history of policing in the Greater Manchester area, but acts as an important resource for community engagement, where visitors can talk to staff and volunteers about policing.
Manchester Museum and Art Galleries Group
The Manchester Museum and Art Galleries group – incorporating Manchester Art Gallery, Platt Hall, the conservation studios at Queens Park, the Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Museum – is an innovative and uniquely Mancunian partnership. All part of the University of Manchester, all organisations share funding, staff and expertise, and through collaboration, make something greater than its individual parts.
Salford Museums and Galleries
Salford has a proud cultural and creative heritage. The city’s range of museums and galleries combine the old with the new to provide opportunities for visitors, local people and families to take part.
Towneley Hall
From the Priest’s Hole to the attic Towneley Hall is fascinating with period rooms covering several centuries of life at the hall. The hall was the family home of the Towneley’s for nearly five centuries, today their stories are brought to life by our company of re-enactors who uncover their dramas, triumphs and tragedies.
Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Chorley
Astley Hall is a museum and art gallery housed within a Grade I listed historic house. The Hall is set within the beautiful surroundings of Astley Park which include historic woodland, a lake, a fully renovated Victorian walled garden alongside clean and modern facilities for visitors to enjoy.
Bolton Museums
Ranging from Egyptian mummies to local history and wildlife, Bolton’s collection has something for everyone. The Bolton Museum group represents the Central Library and all branch libraries, Bolton Museum and Archives, the Aquarium, Smithills Hall and the Hall i’ th’ Wood Museum.
People’s History Museum
The People’s History Museum in Manchester is the national museum of democracy. It aims to engage, inspire and inform diverse audiences by showing that ‘there have always been ideas worth fighting for’.
Museum of Science and Industry
The Museum of Science and Industry is devoted to inspiring visitors through ideas that change the world, from the Industrial Revolution, to today, and beyond.
Imperial War Museum North
IWM is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. We seek to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and ‘wartime experience’.