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Permanent Galleries

Manchester's museums and galleries

To make the most of your visit as a group, why not take one of our popular guided tours?

Free Introduction and Orientation

A short 20 minute introduction to the building and the collection, providing all the practical information you will need.

Themed tours (all 1 hour)

Highlights tour
A one hour tour introducing the gallery and the gems of the art collection.

Manchester Tour
Explore artists, art works and decorative objects related to the history of Manchester, from the 18th century to today.

New from Autumn 08 Custom-made tours for community groups
We can tailor your visit to Manchester Art Gallery to suit your needs and interests. Discover the ideas and stories behind the artworks and talk about them with a friendly member of staff from our learning team. This is your gallery and you don’t need to know anything about art or have any special artistic skill to enjoy a visit. This tour is specially designed for groups that have never visited the gallery before. We can provide this tour free of charge for some Manchester based community groups. 

Inspired by… tour
Are you an art group? Are you interested in entering the Inspired by… art competition for adults? Take a tour with an artist and get your ideas going for creating art works inspired by the collections at Manchester Art Gallery. The tour will include some practical art activities in the gallery.
We can provide this tour free of charge for some Manchester based art groups.

Costs

Entry to the gallery is free

20 minute introduction  FREE, booking necessary

1 hour tour only  £3 per person, £40 minimum charge

1 hour tour with refreshments  £6 per person (minimum charge applies) Refreshments include tea, coffee with a scone or biscuits.

Booking

All group visits must be booked in advance.
Please contact us or telephone Meg Parnell on 0161 235 8855.

Confirmation of numbers are needed two weeks prior to the visit. For security reasons and for your maximum enjoyment, we recommend that you limit your group to 20 people. Larger groups can be accommodated, but may need to be split into two.

"It was the best guided art tour I had been on! I enjoyed Nirvana's tour as she didn't take it too seriously, made us laugh, and explained the paintings in ways we could understand."

"The talk set the scene and context of the art works in an inclusive and user-friendly way. Our group’s pleasure was much enhanced! "