Your Visit
We look forward to welcoming you to the Pankhurst Centre, where our Museum has been transformed by the exhibition At Home with the Pankhurst Family, which showcases the life and work of radical history maker Emmeline Pankhurst and her family.
Entrance porch at the Pankhurst Centre
© Janie Airey/ Art Fund 2022.
Opening Hours: The Pankhurst Centre museum, tearoom and shop are open every Thursday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm (last entry is 3pm). People can also visit the garden throughout the week, when the garden gates are open. We love offering a beautiful green space for people to enjoy.
Last entry: 3pm.
Booking Tickets: Please book a ticket and timed entry slot for every person in your group (maximum of six). There are 10 places available per timed entry slot, so we limit tickets to six per booking. For groups of more than 6 people please contact us. Tel: 0161 273 5673 Email: hello@pankhursttrust.org
Can I just turn up on the day? We are happy to take ‘on the door’ bookings if there are sufficient places available. It may be possible to wait in our garden or tearoom whilst space becomes available in the Museum. However, if we are booked up we may on occasions have to turn people away.
Entrance Fee: Tickets on our open days remain FREE but donations really do help to keep our (unfunded) museum open. Please consider making a £5 donation when booking your ticket(s). You can also make a donation inside the museum,
Guided tours: We offer exclusive guided tours on Fridays. Please contact us for information and prices. Tel: 0161 273 5673 Email: hello@pankhursttrust.org
School visits: Please visit our ‘Learn’ page for information about prices and how to book your school trip.
Our Covid-prevention measures: We control the flow of people through the museum by limiting tickets available in each time slot and operate a one-way system through our spaces where possible. Hand sanitiser is available in the museum entrance and in other places throughout the Pankhurst Centre. All frequently touched surfaces are cleaned regularly by our volunteers.
Tearoom at the Pankhurst Centre © Janie Airey/ Art Fund 2022.
Tearoom: We have a tiny tearoom where you can purchase light refreshments (teas, coffee, snacks). You can also enjoy your refreshments outside in our lovely garden (weather permitting).
Shop: Our Suffragette Shop has a range of books, gifts, and souvenirs for children and adults. There are regular special offers or new items available, depending on the time of year. Prices range from 60p for our exclusive postcards and £1 for our exclusive Be A Rebel wristband, up to £25 for a signed hardback copy of Helen Pankhurst’s book Deeds Not Words, which was launched here at the Pankhurst Centre in 2018 to celebrate the centenary of some women getting the vote.
Our suffragette garden at the Pankhurst Centre
Click the button to find out more about our beautiful suffragette garden at the Pankhurst Centre
Find Us
We are located at 60-62 Nelson Street, Manchester, M13 9WP.
The Pankhurst Centre is located within the Manchester University NHS Foundation Hospital Trust site. Our building is opposite MRI Hospital’s Accident & Emergency and Outpatients Departments.
You can visit on foot, by bike or bus or use the nearby NCP car park. We recommend you visit Transport for Manchester’s website to plan your journey at Transport for Greater Manchester
Click here for a map of nearby accessible NHS car parks. The Pankhurst Centre is shown on the map, just off Grafton Street.
The nearest train stop is Oxford Road: 20 minutes on foot or 9 minutes by bus. The nearest tram stop is St. Peter’s Square: 28 minutes on foot or 14 minutes by bus.
The Pankhurst Centre is just a 5 minute walk from Whitworth Art Gallery and less than 10 minutes walk from Manchester Museum and Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. Why not make your visit to the Pankhurst Centre part of a wider cultural exploration of this fascinating area?
For more information on access, family facilities & what’s nearby to plan your day, click the button below
Wordcloud: what our visitors say about their trip to the Pankhurst Centre
Please tell us about your visit
Have you been to visit us? We’d love to know about your experience of visiting the Pankhurst Centre. The feedback we get from our visitors helps us to make sure we’re offering the best possible experience to ALL the people who visit us
We’d be very grateful if you could take a minute to fill in our survey. All the info and comments we collect are confidential and used only to help us find out what our visitors need from us, so that we can give you a happy, safe and memorable experience when you visit.
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Find out the answers to our FAQs
When Are You Open?
We’re open every Thursday and Sunday from 11am -4pm (last entry 3pm) for most of the year. We close for Christmas bank holidays and throughout January, for museum maintenance and volunteer training, so that we can continue to improve our visitor experience.
Why Are You Not Open More Often?
We are an unfunded museum, and rely on visitor donations and a wonderful team of volunteers to open to the public. If you’d like to volunteer with us, check out more details here
Do we hold information on your suffragette ancestors?
Unfortunately not. The National Archives are a great place to start your search. We can give you more ideas for places to search if you contact us at hello@pankhursttrust.org
Do we need to book to visit?
We would advise you to book your tickets in advance, as we are a small museum with limited capacity. We are happy to accept ‘on the door’ bookings if places are available and it may be possible to grab a cuppa in our tearoom or wait in our garden until space becomes available. However, regretfully, on occasions we may have to turn people away. You can book your tickets by clicking the buttons on this page.
Do we have to pay to visit the museum?
Tickets are free, but as an unfunded museum, we rely on donations to keep the museum running. We’d encourage therefore, making a donation if you can afford to do so, when you book your ticket. You can also give a donation in cash, by card or by using our QR code once inside the museum or via our website
Do you run tours?
Yes! We run exclusive guided tours on Fridays (and occasionally at other times), with a number of fun options depending on the needs or wishes of your group. To make enquiries please email us at hello@pankhursttrust.org or call us on 0161 273 5673.
Where are you?
We’re not far from the city centre, the universities and the hospital. We’re located on Nelson Street, within the Manchester University NHS Foundation Hospital Trust site. Our building is opposite MRI Hospital’s Accident & Emergency and Outpatients Departments. You can reach us by bus along Oxford Road. There’s also a bike rack onsite, and a multi-storey car park next door. We don’t have any public parking onsite. You can see more information on how to find us, above.
Do you have information available in other languages?
Yes. Our Pankhurst Centre Fact File is available in Mandarin (官话), Italian (IT), Spanish (ES), and German (DE). You can download each translation here.