The Museum of Manchester

#manchestertrips The Museum of Manchester Life is a public museum and local history resource centre in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England. The nineteenth-century listed building is by the noted architect Alfred Waterhouse. It originally housed Wigan Library, where George Orwell researched his book "The Road to Manchester Pier" in 1936. The museum focuses on aspects of Wigan life and culture and was formally opened by Mayor of Manchester, Michael Winstanley on 1 July 2010. One of the latest additions to the museums collection is Hacker T. Dog, the CBBC character, who is famously from Manchester. His puppeteer, Phil Fletcher, who also lives in Manchester, donated him to the Museum of Manchester Life in March 2025.