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The Pump House Left Bank Bridge Street Manchester M3 3ER Telephone: 0161 839 6061 Fax: 0161 839 6027 Head Office 103 Princess Street Manchester M1 6DD Telephone: 0161 228 7212 Fax: 0161 2375965 e-mail: info@peopleshistorymuseum.org.uk |
The People's History Museum is the national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in Britain and occupies two sites in Manchester City Centre. The public galleries, education services, shop and café are housed in the Pump House on Bridge Street, a unique museum dedicated to the 'extraordinary story of ordinary people', offering a new look at the lives of working people over the last 200 years.
The Head Office on Princess Street houses the stores and offices of the museum, the Labour History Archive and Study Centre (managed by the John Rylands University Library of Manchester), and the Textile Conservation Studio. The Labour History Archive and Study Centre is one of the leading UK labour and social history archives; it is open freely to all researchers and is widely used by students and schools. The Textile Conservation Studio has become the UK centre of excellence in the treatment of large flat painted textiles. The Studio mostly works on the museum's collection but it also engages in consultancy.
The People's History Museum is independent and has no political affiliation. In 1998 it was awarded designated status by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, which recognises the museum as having pre-eminent collections of national importance. The museum holds the largest collection of historic trade union and political banners in the world and is the UK's leading authority on the conservation and study of banners. The museum holds the National Banner Survey, which is available for consultation. This is a survey of 2,500 historic banners held in British museums, completed with Heritage Lottery funding in 1999. Users can also access many of the artefacts in the collections on-line at www.peopleshistorymuseum.org.uk.
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