We want to support educators to make the very most of a museum visit.
The museum is free to visit and you are very welcome to bring your family or group any day (Tuesday to Sunday). If you’re visiting with more than 6 children, please just let us know you’re coming for a learning visit by completing a Group Booking enquiry.
instAcademy® is a FREE app that you can use in the museum to help connect the learning opportunities you encounter in the museum with curriculum concepts, from the Early Years Development Framework, through KS1- KS4. This was developed by researchers at the University of Manchester.
With instAcademy®, you can:
Download the trail here or you can pick up your free trail to use at the museum from the Front Desk, just ask a member of the Visitor Team for the instAcademy® museum trail. To find out how to use the app and the trail at Manchester Museum, we’ve made a short film:
Our Museum Saturday Club offers engaging activities in the museum for 13-16 year olds. Find out more here: https://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/learn/young-people-13-18/
As one of the UK’s largest university museums, we care for over 4.5 million objects, with an internationally-important collection spanning from Archaeology to Zoology, and nearly everything in between. We work with communities, support university students and schools in Manchester and beyond and we are a free, inclusive museum for all. But we need your help. Every object we care for, exhibition, school visit and community event comes at a cost, and you can help make the museum as ambitious and impactful as possible.