Editing Greater Manchester (section)

===Galleries, museums and exhibitions===
[[File:ImperialWarMuseumNorth02.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The [[Imperial War Museum North]], in Trafford Park, was designed by [[Daniel Libeskind]], and is one of the Imperial War Museum's five branches.]]
The Greater Manchester Museums Group (GMMG) is a partnership of eight of the ten Museum Services in Greater Manchester.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmmg.org.uk/ |title=Greater Manchester Museums Group |access-date=9 April 2014 |publisher=gmmg.org.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140835/http://www.gmmg.org.uk/ |archive-date=13 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Its exhibition centres include: [[Gallery Oldham]], which has in the past featured work by [[Pablo Picasso]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Exhibits at Gallery Oldham |url=http://www.galleryoldham.org.uk/exhibitions/past-exhibitions.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703163622/http://www.galleryoldham.org.uk/exhibitions/past-exhibitions.htm |archive-date=3 July 2008 |publisher=galleryoldham.org.uk |access-date=9 January 2008}}</ref> [[Salford Museum and Art Gallery]], a local museum with a recreated Victorian street;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/leisure/museums/sh-learningservices/study-larkhill.htm |title=Lark Hill Place Shops |publisher=Salford City Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070804114629/http://www.salford.gov.uk/leisure/museums/sh-learningservices/study-larkhill.htm |archive-date=4 August 2007 |access-date=2 May 2008}}</ref> and [[Bolton Museum]], which houses material from private collectors, including geological specimens from the estate of [[Caroline Birley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Caroline Birley |url=http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/geology/collectorscollections/caroline-francis-birley/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208082547/http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/collections/geology/collectorscollections/caroline-francis-birley/ |archive-date=8 February 2012 |publisher=Bolton Museum |access-date=23 January 2012 |date=7 June 2007}}</ref> Separate from the GMMG is [[The Lowry]] at Salford Quays, which has a changing display of [[L. S. Lowry]]'s work alongside travelling exhibitions. [[Manchester Art Gallery]] is a major provincial art gallery noted for its collection of [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|Pre-Raphaelite]] art and housed in a Grade&nbsp;I listed building by [[Charles Barry]].<ref>{{NHLE|desc=City Art Gallery|num=1282980 |access-date=14 December 2007}}<br />•{{cite web |title=Manchester Art Gallery: About Us |url=http://www.manchestergalleries.org/about-us/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112015055/http://www.manchestergalleries.org/about-us/ |archive-date=12 January 2008 |publisher=manchestergalleries.org |access-date=9 January 2008}}</ref>

Greater Manchester's museums showcase the county's industrial and social heritage. The [[Hat Works]] in Stockport is the UK's only museum dedicated to the hatting industry; the museum moved in 2000 to a Grade&nbsp;II listed Victorian mill, previously a hat factory.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Stockport Hat Works |url=http://www.hatworks.org.uk/about_us.asp |publisher=hatworks.org.uk |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-date=21 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921212159/http://www.hatworks.org.uk/about_us.asp |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester]], amongst other displays, charts the rise of science and industry and especially the part Manchester played in its development; the [[Museums, Libraries and Archives Council]] described the displays as "pre-eminent collections of national and international importance".<ref>{{cite web |title=Museum of Science & Industry |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/nw000070 |publisher=24hourmuseum.org.uk |work=The National Virtual Museum |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030041148/https://www.culture24.org.uk/nw000070 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Urbis]] began its life as a museum of the modern city, which attempted to explain the effects and experiences of life in the city. It was then transformed into an exhibition centre, which had its most successful year in 2006. Urbis entered its third phase since opening in 2012 as the [[National Football Museum]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Urbis visitors increase by 550% |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3619813.stm |work=BBC Online |date=12 April 2004 |access-date=5 January 2010 |archive-date=10 May 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040510060110/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3619813.stm |url-status=live}}<br />•{{cite web |title=Visitors flock to Urbis as revamp pays off |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/230/230097_visitors_flock_to_urbis_as_revamp_pays_off.html |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |date=6 December 2006 |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220000153/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/visitors-flock-to-urbis-as-revamp-pays-1050751 |url-status=live}}</ref> Stockport Air Raid Shelters uses a mile of tunnels, built to accommodate 6,500 people, to illustrate life in the [[Second World War]]'s air raid shelters.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Stockport air raid shelters |url=http://www.airraidshelters.org.uk/about_shelters.asp |publisher=airraidshelters.org.uk |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-date=18 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118062949/http://www.airraidshelters.org.uk/about_shelters.asp |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Imperial War Museum North]] in Trafford Park is one of the Imperial War Museum's five branches. Alongside exhibitions of war machinery are displays describing how people's lives are affected by war.<ref>{{cite web |title=Imperial War Museum North |url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-north |publisher=north.iwm.org.uk |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-date=1 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301015442/http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-north |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Museum of Transport in Manchester]], which opened in 1979, has one of the largest collections of vehicles in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Introduction to the Museum of Transport |url=http://www.gmts.co.uk/museum/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121093008/http://www.gmts.co.uk/museum/index.html |archive-date=21 January 2008 |publisher=gmts.co.uk |access-date=10 January 2008}}</ref> The [[People's History Museum]] is "the national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in Britain". The Pankhurst Museum is based in the early feminist [[Emmeline Pankhurst]]'s former home and includes a parlour laid out in contemporary style.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/am25570 |title=The Pankhurst Centre |publisher=24 Hour Museum |work=The National Virtual Museum |access-date=8 July 2008 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629111423/http://www.culture24.org.uk/am25570 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Manchester United, Manchester City, and Lancashire CCC all have dedicated museums illustrating their histories. [[Wigan Pier]], best known from [[George Orwell]]'s book ''[[The Road to Wigan Pier]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=On the road again |author=Vallely, Paul |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/on-the-road-again-596066.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511061934/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/on-the-road-again-596066.html |archive-date=11 May 2008 |date=30 April 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 January 2008}}</ref> was the name of a wharf on the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] in Wigan. It will re-open as a visitor attraction in 2023, after years of closure.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wigantoday.net/business/wigan-pier-revamp-set-to-take-another-year-to-complete-3732587 |title=Wigan Pier revamp set to take another year to complete |date=16 June 2023 |author=Charles Graham |work=[[Wigan Today]] |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003221528/https://www.wigantoday.net/business/wigan-pier-revamp-set-to-take-another-year-to-complete-3732587 |url-status=live}}</ref> The town is also home to the [[Museum of Wigan Life]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Museums-archives/Museum-of-Wigan-Life/visiting-the-museum.aspx |title=Visiting the Museum of Wigan Life |work=[[Wigan Council]] |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003221527/https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Museums-archives/Museum-of-Wigan-Life/visiting-the-museum.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>