Pankhurst Museum

Over het museum

The Pankhurst Museum is housed in 60–62 Nelson Street, a pair of semi-detached villas built around 1840. In 1898 Emmeline Pankhurst, recently widowed, rented No. 62 as a home for herself and her four surviving children. On 10 October 1903 she invited friends to a meeting in the house, where they agreed to form the Women's Social and Political Union, later known as the suffragettes. The house served as the union's headquarters for its first few years, and in 1905 Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney set out from it to disrupt a political meeting, which led to the first arrests of the campaign. Emmeline moved to London in 1907.

After the Second World War the surrounding houses were demolished to make room for the growing hospital site, but Nos 60 and 62 survived. They were listed as Grade II* in 1974, and a long campaign stopped a plan to demolish them. A trust took a lease on the building in the early 1980s, after the demolition plans were stopped in 1981, and women were trained in the building trades to renovate it. It opened as the Pankhurst Museum and resource centre on 10 October 1987.

Since 2014 the building has been run by the Pankhurst Trust, which also includes Manchester Women's Aid and offers support to survivors of domestic abuse. The museum is the only place where the public can visit a former home of the Pankhurst family, and its galleries, parlour and garden present the story of the women's fight for the vote. The museum is small and run with the help of volunteers.

Hoogtepunten

• Former home of Emmeline Pankhurst and birthplace of the suffragette movement
• Galleries with games and interactive exhibits
• Restored Edwardian parlour
• Garden open on other days of the week
• Tearoom and Suffragette Shop

Vaste collectie

• Galleries 1 and 2 and the Parlour – Displays and interactive exhibits about the Pankhurst family and the women's campaign for the vote, ending in the restored parlour.

Opgericht

1987

Beheerder

Pankhurst Trust

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

An adult yearly pass costs £5 when pre-booked online and is valid for one year from the first visit; repeat visits must still be booked in advance. Tickets on the door cost £6 if places are available. The museum advises booking in advance because capacity is limited.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum is in a listed Georgian-style building. The front door has a low step from the pavement and two steps from the path, without a handrail, but step-free access is possible through the garden door for wheelchair users and pushchairs. The galleries are on the ground floor, but doorways are about 80 cm wide, so some wheelchairs cannot be accommodated, and three steps lead down to the parlour (it may be reached through French doors from the garden, over a slight lip and a gravel path). There are two toilets on the ground floor, one of them accessible, with nappy changing. Registered assistance dogs and assistance dogs in training are welcome; other dogs are not allowed in the museum, shop or garden. The audio-visual display in Gallery Two has flashing images and sound and can be switched off. Grafton Street NCP car park next door has accessible spaces on floor 1 with a lift, and there is a drop-off point at the garden gates.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte

Families are welcome, and the exhibition is aimed at a family audience with games and interactive exhibits that can be touched. Up to four children are free with a paying adult. Nappy changing is in the accessible toilet, and buggies can be stored in a small space on the ground floor. The garden's gravel paths suit buggies, though some visitors find them hard to use. School workshops for primary and secondary pupils on Fridays.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

A bicycle rack is in the garden, and the Oxford Road corridor has cycle lanes.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel

A small tearoom sells tea, coffee and snacks, which can also be enjoyed in the garden in good weather. The Suffragette Shop sells books, gifts and souvenirs for children and adults; there is no online shop.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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