Mon 15 Jul – Wed 4 Sept 2019 10am – 5pm FREE The museum is free to enter with a suggested donation of £5 PHM will be home to Hope, a life sized suffragette made of LEGO for the summer holidays! Hope will pose for selfies in Manchester suffragette Hannah Mitchell’s kitchen in the museum’s … Continued
Mon 12 Aug, 1pm – 4pm Free, drop in Suitable for all ages Come down to Central Library and take part in a free creative protest art workshop for all the family. All the arms created by people across Greater Manchester and beyond, as part of the Peterloo 2019 commemorations, will be added to the … Continued
Tue 30 Jul, 7.15pm Free, booking required BBC Radio 4 commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. Be in the audience to hear the outgoing Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy as she is joined by some of the most engaging poets and performers of our time, to offer 21st-century responses to the Peterloo massacre – exploring the resonance … Continued
Sun 18 Aug, 1pm Free event “Rise, like Lions after slumber….. Assembly points – learn more The Peterloo Massacre has been called one of the defining moments of its age. It should of course be remembered for the brutal attack it was on a peaceful crowd of around 60-80,000 working class people by the forces … Continued
Fri 14 Jun, 12 – 1pm Free, booking required Meet at Manchester Central Library outside steps This tour will involve gentle walking around the area that was St Peter’s Field. It will involve crossing over traffic areas, but will mainly be walking on paved streets which are on a gentle slope. It is appropriate for … Continued
Fri 14 Jun & Wed 17 Jul, 12 – 1pm Free, booking required Meet at Manchester Central Library outside steps This tour will involve gentle walking around the area that was St Peter’s Field. It will involve crossing over traffic areas, but will mainly be walking on paved streets which are on a gentle slope. … Continued
Thu 15 Aug, 6pm – 7pm Free, booking required Historians Jacqueline Riding and John Belchem explore the events and characters behind Mike Leigh’s epic feature film ‘Peterloo’ and the process of transferring history from books and archives to the big screen. Jacqueline Riding was the production historian and head of research on Mike Leigh’s ‘Peterloo’ … Continued
Fri 16 Aug, 11am – 3pm Pay what you feel, no booking required What happened at Peterloo? On the 200th anniversary of the Manchester massacre, delve into PHM’s incredible archive collection of original 1819 newspapers and uncover the stories of the day. The archive collection also includes newspapers from 1820 covering the trial of Henry … Continued
Thu 11 Jul, 7.30pm Fri 12 Jul, 3pm Sat 13 Jul, 3pm Tickets: £12 /£6 / Booking required Manchester, Summer 1819. There’s a new landlord in The Dog and Duck on Mosley Street and the regulars are showing him the ropes. There’s talk of a big meeting planned on St Peter’s Fields and there’s a rumour that … Continued
Thu 25 Jul – Sat 10 Aug 2019, 2.30pm & 2.30pm Tickets: £7 – £25, booking required ‘Remember, we have given you Both time and Warning and if you pay no attention you Must abide by the Consequence’ The Industrial Revolution was the original Northern Powerhouse, but not everyone bought into the future it promised. … Continued
