What’s On at the Pankhurst
The pankhurst Centre is open every thursday and sunday
Pankhurst Centre, with banner showing Emmeline Pankhurst
We’re open to the public on Thursdays and Sundays.
Occasionally we may be closed due to pre-booked group visits.
Please see below for changes to opening times on certain dates .
Entrance is by ticket, bookable here. We may allow walk-ins on the day but please book to guarantee entry.
We are open 11am - 4pm, with last entry at 3pm.
Tickets are free, but we’d love it if you made a donation to help us keep the museum running.
Pankhurst Centre Launch Party for 2018 Centenary celebrations: 100 years of Votes for Women
Events at The pankhurst Centre
WhAT’s On at THe PankHURST?
From special evening events to International Women’s Day celebrations and school holiday activities, we have lots of fabulous feminist fun at the Pankhurst Centre.
Upcoming events
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Christmas Craftivism
Thursday 5th December
6-8pm
£20 per ticketExplore the Victorian obsession with colours with meaning, then use your newfound knowledge to make 2 pairs of colourful earrings to take away with you. There's a chance to explore the museum from 6pm to 6.30pm, and we'll be serving mulled wine and mince pies whilst you craft (from 6.30pm to 8pm). All resources supplied.
Family fun at the Pankhurst centre
We always have fun family activities on our open days during school holidays - from pavement chalking to museum trails to suffragette dressing-up - so join us during the school hols with your little radicals!
Our museum is designed to be a hands-on and immersive experience for ALL ages, with games, dressing-up and our beautiful garden to explore. Whenever you visit us there’ll be plenty for younger visitors to enjoy.
CHECK OUT OUR PREVIOUS EVENTS
Suffragette photo booth at Emmeline's Birthday Party 2019
Book Launch: Helen Pankhurst, 2018
Family crafts: Heritage Open Days, 2019
Pavement chalking: Emmeline's Birthday Party, 2019
Family crafts: Heritage Open Days, 2018
Remembering Resistance: Greenham Common, 2019
Heritage Open Days, 2017
Draw-along with children's author Kate Pankhurst, 2018
Centenary City exhibition, 2018
Fantastically Great author Kate Pankhurst, 2018
Strong Manchester Women talk: Jackie Driver, 2019
Family fun: making paper doll suffragettes, 2019
American suffragettes: talk, 2019
Easter egg hunt and trail, 2019
International Women's Day: film screening, 2018
Book signing: First In The Fight, 2020
Face painting: Emmeline's Birthday Party, 2019
Family fun: making clay models of inspirational women, 2017
Centenary City exhibition launch party, 2018
Family fun: mini placard-making, 2022
Meet the authors: book launch, 2020
Queuing round the block for our 2018 Centenary launch event
Family fun: dressing-up as Boudicca with author Kate Pankhurst, 2018
International Women's Day line-up, 2020
Anniversary event: parlour recital of March of the Women, 2018
Family fun: feminist storytelling in our suffragette garden, 2019
Family fun: rosette-making, 2018
Family fun: making cards for our inspirational women, 2019
Suffragette garden launch with actor Sally Lindsay, 2018
Family fun: flag-making, 2020
Suffragette garden party: our new garden, 2018
Singing suffragette protest songs, 2018
Actor Julie Hesmondhalgh giving a speech at our centenary launch event, 2018
Family fun: suffragette dressing-up, 2019
Family fun: flag-making workshop, 2020
Family fun: suffragette school, 2019
Strong Manchester Women talk: poet Nasima Begum, 2019
International Women's Day, 2020
Music in the suffragette garden, 2019
Strong Manchester Women Talk: Chloe Cousins, 2019
Centenary City exhibition launch, 2018
Suffragette selfies at our centenary celebrations, 2018
Family fun: pavement chalking in the suffragette garden, 2022
Suffragette sketching event, 2019
Talk: Helen Pankhurst, 2019
Members of the Pankhust Centre restoration team, 1980s
Pankhurst Projects
We’ve run a wide range of projects at the Pankhurst Centre, from generating a whole archive of Manchester women’s writing, to inspiring youth activism and uncovering the hidden ‘herstory’ of the 62 Nelson Street in our own archives!
Find out more about our fascinating projects, past and presents, in the Pankhurst Projects site.