
Festival of Libraries 2025
4 June 2025 - 8 June 2025
12:00pm - 8:00pm
Many of the city’s top attractions make it onto the ‘free things to do in Manchester’ list. So if you’re looking for places to go that won’t cost the earth, you’re in luck.
There’s plenty to pick from. Choose from free museums, like the Science and Industry Museum and the People’s History Museum. Check out free art galleries like the Manchester Art Gallery. There are also free attractions like Central Library and Heaton Park too.
With year-round activities and exhibitions, Manchester’s many free attractions are packed with enough history, science and art, to keep everyone busy whatever the weather.
4 June 2025 - 8 June 2025
12:00pm - 8:00pm
Band on the Wall, City Centre Ancoats
12 June 2025
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Z-arts, Hulme
14 June 2025
12:00pm - 4:00pm
People’s History Museum, City Centre
14 June 2025 - 31 August 2025
10:00am - 5:00pm
Manchester Art Gallery, City Centre
4 July 2025 - 2 November 2025
10:00am - 5:00pm
Heaton Park, Blackley
29 June 2025
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield
8 June 2025
11:00am - 3:00pm
Cathedral Gardens
20 June 2025 - 22 June 2025
12:00pm - 11:00pm
The University of Manchester, Oxford Road
14 June 2025
11:00am - 4:30pm
Z-arts, Hulme
7 August 2025
11:00am - 2:00pm
16 June 2024 - 21 July 2025
10:00pm - 6:00pm
The Museum is open every day from 10.00–17.00 during school holidays.
Free Plan your visit!One of Manchester’s greatest landmarks, Central Library is a building of architectural beauty and a place for knowledge and learning.
Free. Plan your visit!Opening hours until August 2024
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