People's History Museum

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  • 11:00 - 17:00 (closed 24, 25, 26 Dec; 1 Jan & Good Friday)

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Lonely Planet review

NB: this museum is closed for major renovations, and is due to reopen in late 2009.

This engrossing museum, housed in an old Edwardian pumping station, aims to deliver a fresh, comprehensive look at the social history of the working class over the past two centuries. The well laid-out exhibits include the desk at which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote Rights of Man (1791) and themes such as the Peterloo Massacre and the sufragette movement.