Thu 27 June, 5pm Running time: 40 minutes Free, booking required. Our Sam follows the story of a teenager, Samantha (a secret poet), who travels around her home Town of Middleton observing and writing of the exclusion and voicelessness of the other young girls she sees. On her travels she learns of Samuel Bamford, the … Continued
Fri 17 May, 7.30pm Free, no booking required. Oliver James Lomax, Peterloo and other poems Oliver is a 35 year old poet from Bolton, who has recently been working with WCML to respond and write poems about the Peterloo Massacre. He will perform these poems alongside new work from his next collection.
Friday 17 May 2019–Sunday 29 September 2019 Free, no booking required. What brings people together, from protest to partying? What is the use of a crowd? Get Together and Get Things Done is part of a city-wide programme in 2019 to commemorate the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre. On 16 August 1819, in a period … Continued
Sat 23 Mar 2019 – Sun 23 Feb 2020, 10am – 5pm Free, no booking required. Part of the national commemorations marking 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester in 1819, this headline exhibition for 2019 tells the story of Peterloo and highlights its relevance today, examining issues within our democracy that people are campaigning … Continued
Sat 27 Jul, 12pm – 4.30pm Free, booking recommended. Help revive the Peterloo liberty cap as a symbol of freedom and democracy by making your own with professional artists Paul Fitzgerald and Eva Schlunke. These will then become part of a sea of raised liberty caps for a mass participation art event during the August … Continued
Wed 29 May 2019, 2 – 4pm Free, booking required. Come along and have a go at creating your own graphic novel style story panels. Re-create a scene from one of the riots and protests that took place in Stockport in the lead up to the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. You can use real quotes … Continued
Sat 6 Apr – Sun 29 Sep 2019, 10.30am – 5pm daily Admission charges apply. No booking required. In this new exhibition, explore the experiences of the hundreds of children who worked at Quarry Bank and discover how children’s rights have changed over time. 2019 marks 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre, a key moment … Continued
Thu 4 Jul – Mon 23 Sep 2019 Free, no booking required. Reading between the lines, from Peterloo to Meskel Square The Portico Library. Free exhibition. Fri 5 July–Mon 23 Sept 2019. Open daily except Sundays/bank holidays. Free public preview evening: Thu 4 July, 6pm-8pm. From June to August 2019, Manchester will hold bicentenary commemorations … Continued
Thu 22 Aug, 11am – 12pm & 2 – 3pm Free, no booking required. Our witness from Peterloo will be in the Museum to chat to. Listen and ask questions. Be amazed at their story…….
Tue 23 Jul, 12- 3pm Free, no booking required. A chance to be the first to see the re-displayed Peterloo 200 items in the Museum collection. See Constable Birch’s breastbone in its new setting and hear all about John Benjamin Smith’s report of the day.
