Museums & Galleries · Cheshire
Salford Museum and Art Gallery
📍 M5 4WU
Photo: David Dixon (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Explore Lark Hill Place, a recreated Victorian street
- View changing exhibition galleries across the museum
- Browse the local history library for maps and family history
- Relax in the café and browse the museum shop
- Try activity sheets, a Nursery Rhyme Trail and sensory bags
Salford Museum and Art Gallery is a museum where you're FREE and welcome all children, and you can explore Lark Hill Place, our atmospheric Victorian street brought to life. There's an ever-changing programme of exhibitions across the museum's exhibition spaces, plus a local history library for maps and photographs of old Salford, and you can relax in our café and browse the museum shop. Families can borrow a Sensory Bag to help explore collections, with step-free access via a ramp and lift and a hearing loop at reception. Located in the Museums & Galleries category in Cheshire, it's just Salford Crescent station 0.2 miles away, with 78 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays.
Practical details
- Booking
- Free entry to the museum and galleries
- Parking
- Pay-and-display car park with 32 spaces, including 3 accessible
- Accessibility
- Step-free access via ramp and lift, hearing loop, large-print maps and tactile exhibits
- Best for
- Families, children and all ages, including deaf and blind/partially sighted visitors
From the attraction's own website on 20 Sep 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Guided Tours
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- Salford Crescent 0.2 miles
- Salford Central 0.7 miles
- Deansgate 1.1 miles
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