| Name
|
Image
|
Town/City
|
Region
|
Type
|
Summary
|
| Astley Green Colliery Museum |
 |
Astley |
Wigan |
Mining |
Former coal mine with headgear, engine house, and collection of colliery locomotives
|
| Bolton Museum |
 |
Bolton |
Bolton |
Multiple |
Local history, natural history, archaeology, art, aquarium, Ancient Egypt
|
| Bolton Steam Museum |
 |
Bolton |
Bolton |
Technology |
Preserved steam engines
|
| Bury Transport Museum |
|
Bury |
Bury |
Transportation |
website, located in the former goods warehouse for the East Lancashire Railway, development of transport in the North West, railway cars and equipment, historic road vehicles and buses, steam rollers
|
| Dunham Massey Hall |
|
Dunham Massey |
Trafford |
Historic house |
Operated by the National Trust, Georgian house, deer park, gardens
|
| Ellenroad Steam Museum |
|
Newhey |
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale |
Technology |
website, fully-working 3000 horse-power cotton mill engine with its original steam plant, other steam engines
|
| Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum |
|
Rochdale |
Rochdale |
Firefighting |
website, full-size fire appliances, equipment, uniforms, models, photographs, medals and insignia, memorabilia
|
| Greater Manchester Police Museum |
|
Manchester |
Manchester |
Law enforcement |
website, Victorian police station and cells, magistrate's court, historic police equipment and uniforms, vehicles, forgery and forensic science
|
| Heaton Hall |
|
Prestwich |
Manchester |
Historic house |
18th century period country house, located in Heaton Park and operated by Manchester Art Gallery. Park used for some vehicle rallies
|
| Heaton Park Tramway |
|
Prestwich |
Manchester |
Railway |
Restored trams, located in Heaton Park
|
| Horwich Heritage Centre |
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Horwich |
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton |
Local |
website, local history, culture, industry, transportation
|
| Imperial War Museum North |
|
Trafford Park |
Trafford |
Military |
20th and 21st century conflicts involving British and Commonwealth citizens
|
| Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre |
|
Mossley |
Tameside |
Industry |
Local cotton industry, houses in a former cotton-spinning mill
|
| Museum of Science and Industry |
|
Manchester |
Manchester |
Multiple |
Science, technology, industry, transportation and the city's contributions
|
| Museum of Transport |
|
Cheetham Hill |
Manchester |
Transportation |
Buses and public transportation history
|
| Museum of Wigan Life |
|
Wigan |
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan |
Local |
Formerly the History Shop and Wigan Public Library. Includes exhibits on local history, culture, archaeology and industry.
|
| Park Bridge Heritage Centre |
|
Park Bridge |
Tameside |
Local |
website, local history, ironworks, natural history
|
| Portland Basin Museum |
|
Ashton-under-Lyne |
Tameside |
Local |
Local history, industry, trades, 1920s street with shops, period rooms, historic machines
|
| Setantii Museum |
|
Ashton-under-Lyne |
Tameside |
Local |
website, local history, archaeology, culture, design and construction of the Longdendale reservoirs in the Waterworks gallery
|
| Stockport Story Museum |
|
Stockport |
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport |
Local |
website, local history, archaeology, industry, transportation, culture
|
| Trencherfield Mill Steam Engine |
|
Wigan |
Wigan |
Technology |
Massive 2,500 horse power working steam engine for the textile mill, open on Sundays
|
| Urbis |
|
Manchester |
Manchester |
Sports |
Exhibition centre that will house the relocated National Football Museum in 2011
|
| Vernon Park Museum |
|
Offerton |
Stockport |
Local |
website, local history, archaeology, costume and textiles, fine art, transport, science and technology and social history
|
