The Whitworth has been part of the cultural landscape of Manchester since 1889, when it was created as the first English gallery in a park as the Whitworth Institute. The Gallery would, as its founding mission set out:
‘Secure a source of perpetual gratification to the people of Manchester & and cultivate taste and knowledge of the Fine Arts of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.’
Early reports of the Gallery committee make much of the fact that the pleasure gardens were ‘used by visitors and children of all social classes’ to counteract the imagined and actual malaises of inner city industrial life. We still think this is a crucial part of our mission, and providing perpetual gratification for the people of Manchester seems no bad aim today.
A £15 million development has transformed the gallery, doubling it in size and creating new spaces that embrace the park it calls home.
Access
The gallery is fully accessible, with new and improved facilities for all of our visitors.
There is level access from Denmark Road to the new park entrance, with shallow gradient ramps to the gallery entrance on Oxford Road.
Main doors open automatically, with lifts to each floor.
The light levels in our exhibitions galleries are generally low. Guide dogs are welcome.
Accessible parking for disabled visitors and a coach drop off point are both located on Denmark Road.
Facilities at the Whitworth include accessible toilets with baby changing, lifts, seating inside and outside the gallery, free portable stools and a café.
Do you have any questions about your visit to the gallery?
Please call us on 0161 275 7450 or email the Visitor Team.
A new £14m museum opened in 2000. It houses the Pilkington glass collection and the St Helens MBC Social and Industrial History Collection.
There are traditional displays, state-of-the-art audio visual presentations and live demonstrations by the resident team of glassblowers
You can see live glassblowing demonstrations
Or why not try your hand at blowing a glass bauble on one of our glassblowing courses
Experience amazing special effects film show. It will blow you away!
And for history buffs, we have two great galleries.
Accessibility
The World of Glass has been designed to include everyone and has easy wheelchair access to all galleries, lifts to all floors, low-mounted video displays and adapted toilet facilities.
Whilst the Cone Building Tunnels are accessible with care, an alternative ‘video tour’ of the tunnels is provided.
Most galleries also have a hearing loop.
An organisation rather than just a venue. Ludus promotes fun, fitness, education, recreation and personal development through dance. They work with all age groups and actively develop work with disabled people.
Ludus use workshops and performances to communicate issues around dance and disability.
Most of the work of Ludus takes place at other locations by invitation.
The Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, two distinct theatres in different parts of the city, work hand-in-hand to produce a wide-ranging programme of acclaimed and adventurous theatre.
We work continuously with writers and other artists to develop new talent and to bring you new stories and new experiences.
For over 10 years we have been driven by our passion for our art-form, our love of our city and our unswerving belief that theatre at its best can enhance lives. While our two performances bases could hardly be more different, they are united by our commitment to brilliant, humane, forward-thinking theatre that responds to its time and place.
ACCESS & FACILITIES
Making the theatre accessible is an ongoing process and we are looking at ways we can improve all the time.
Contact the venue directly or visit their access pages for access enquiries http://www.everymanplayhouse.com/Content/Home/YourVisit/BookingInformation/Access.aspx
Discover treasures from around the world, explore outer space and meet live creatures!
To promote the public enjoyment and understanding of art, history and science.
Collections include archaeology, ethnology and the natural and physical sciences.
Special attractions include the award winning Natural History Centre and the Planetarium.
World Museum was rated the third most accessible tourist destination in the UK, in the Vitalise Accessible UK Tourism Report 2014.
For any access enquiries visit their comprehensive access information page http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/visit/access.aspx
Explore Lancaster’s golden age and rich maritime and natural history.
Overlooking the river Lune, and the fabulous Georgian architecture of St George’s Quay sits Lancaster Maritime Museum. The museum is housed in the Port of Lancaster Custom House and warehouse buildings which date from the second half of the 18th century. The buildings along the quayside developed around this time as a result of the success of overseas trade. Alongside of the museum are buildings which belonged to prosperous Quaker slave trader Dodshon Foster.
This now peaceful stretch of the river would once have bustled with ship building activity and the loading and unloading of goods. There is now an ever changing view across the river with the ebb and flow of the tide and the presence of the bird life which lives along its banks.
Facilities
Baby changing facilities
Gift shop
Disabled toilets
Guide dogs welcome
Contact the venue with access enquiries – they are currently doing building work.
The Lady Lever Art Gallery houses one of the UK’s finest collections of fine and decorative art. It has the best collection of Wedgwood jasperware anywhere in the world and its collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings is internationally renowned.
The gallery was founded by William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925) and is dedicated to the memory of his wife Elizabeth. Lever wanted to share his collections with the public. At first he used the library for small displays, but he needed a bigger building for his collections. Lever personally selected works of art from his huge collection for the gallery. The gallery still contains the best of his personal art collection.
Lady Lever Art Gallery was rated the fifth most accessible tourist destination in the UK, in the Vitalise Accessible UK Tourism Report 2014.
Find out more by visiting their access information pages
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/visit/access.aspx
Situated in the heart of this historic city in an elegant Georgian building. Discover more about Lancasters past from the Romans to the present day.
Situated in the heart of this historic cultural city of Lancaster in an elegant Georgian building.
• Discover more about Lancasters past from the Romans to the present day
• Trace the pedigree of Lancaster’s regiment from 1680 onwards at the King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum
• See the wonderful collection of portraits and landscapes on display
• Regularly changing exhibitions, events and activities for families
Facilities
Gift shop
Guide dogs welcome
Full disabled access
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics comprises research activities in astronomy and astrophysics at The University of Manchester, the world leading facilities of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, the e-MERLIN/VLBI National Facility and the Project Development Office of the Square Kilometre Array. The Jodrell Bank Observatory site also welcomes visitors to the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre.
The Science Centre, Planetarium and Arboretum is located near to the world famous 76 metre Lovell radio telescope. There are eight exhibition areas devoted to astronomy with many interactive exhibits.
The Planetarium seats 152 and has regular shows throughout the day.
The extensive Arboretum has hard pathways and there are trails through the natural woodland areas.
Access
- Fully accessible car park and buildings.
- Drop-off points for minibuses and coaches.
- Accessible toilet facilities on site.
- Two wheelchairs on site for visitor use. These can be booked in advance or collected on the day.
- Exhibition areas and interactive displays cater for all wheelchair users.
For more accessibility information please visit their comprehensive access pages
A changing programme of visual arts exhibitions by regional, national and international artists.
The gallery plays a full part in major regional arts festivals and has a strong commitment to working with local communities on the development of exhibitions through outreach and educational activities.
Contact the venue directly with any access questions.
