The museum can be reached via Route 1. The nearest stop is on Lower Byrom Street, just outside of the museum.
Visit the Transport for Greater Manchester website for more information about the free bus service.
Our nearest Metrolink stop is Deansgate–Castlefield, which is serviced by all trams except for the Bury to Piccadilly line.
Deansgate–Castlefield tram stop is 10 minutes' walk away.
Visit the Transport for Greater Manchester website for information about tickets and passes and to plan your journey.
If you're visiting on a weekend, try the Metrolink weekend family travelcard. For just £9.50, this travelcard gives unlimited travel across all Metrolink zones from 18.00 on Friday evening until the last tram on Sunday night. Valid for 1–3 children (aged under 16) accompanied by 1 or 2 adults.
You can lock up your bicycle on Lower Byrom Street just outside our main entrance.
Visit the Transport for Greater Manchester website for more information about city centre cycle routes.
The nearest railway station to the museum is Deansgate, which is 10 minutes' walk away.
We are 15 minutes' walk away from Manchester Oxford Road station, 25 minutes' walk away from Manchester Victoria station, and 30 minutes' walk away from Manchester Piccadilly station.
You can travel from Manchester Piccadilly station to the museum using the free city centre bus (Route 1). You can also travel across the city centre between railway stations using Metrolink services.
Visit the Transport for Greater Manchester website for more information about travelling by train to Manchester.
Please check Transport for Greater Manchester's live traffic updates for more information about roads and routes into Manchester city centre.
Unfortunately we do not have parking facilities on site. There are 3 blue badge parking spaces in front of the museum on Lower Byrom Street, and there are limited council-run pay and display on-street parking spaces on Liverpool Road.
