 The People's History Museum | |
  The location of the museum within Manchester | |
Former name | National Museum of Labour History |
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| Location | Left Bank, Manchester, M3 3ER, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°28′53″N 2°15′12″W / 53.48134°N 2.2533°W |
| Type | History museum |
| Architect | Henry Price |
| Website | phm.org.uk |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Former Hydraulic Power Station in grounds of City College |
| Designated | 22 July 1992 |
| Reference no. | 1254724 |
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The People's History Museum (the National Museum of Labour History until 2001) in Manchester, England, is the United Kingdom's national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in the UK. It is located in a Grade II listed, former hydraulic pumping station on the corner of Bridge Street and Water Street designed by Manchester Corporation city architect, Henry Price.[1][2][3]
The museum tells the history of workers' rights and democracy in Great Britain and about people's lives at home, work and leisure over the last 200 years. The collection contains printed material, physical objects and photographs of people at work, rest and play. Some of the topics covered include popular radicalism, the Peterloo Massacre, 19th century trade unionism, the women's suffrage movement, dockers, the cooperative movement, the 1945 general election, and football. It also includes material relating to friendly societies, the welfare movement and advances in the lives of working people.
- ^ Former Hydraulic Power Station in Grounds of City College, Heritage Gateway, retrieved 28 February 2010
- ^ Field, Corinne (16 August 2004), Pump Up The Volume – Manchester Hydraulic Heritage, Culture 24, retrieved 28 February 2010
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