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National Football Museum

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City Centre
Events
Family Friendly
Free Wifi

Whether you’re a football fanatic, planning family day out or visiting the great city of Manchester, the National Football Museum is the place to share stories about everybody’s favourite game.

With four galleries to explore, six interactive games, plus an exciting programme of Football Creates exhibitions, guided tours and workshops, there’s something for everybody to enjoy.

Grab a photo with iconic league cups and trophies in the Pitch Gallery, see the original ‘laws of the game’ in the Match Gallery and test your skills with our interactive Football+ games in the Play Gallery.

Discover our seasonal programme of special exhibitions in the Score Gallery – and remember, if you buy your ticket direct from the National Football Museum you can enjoy unlimited visits for a year!

VENUE ACCESS Football is for all, and so is the National Football Museum. The building is fully wheelchair accessible, and we offer a range of access services and resources.

Parties of 10 or move save 20% on standard admission when booked in advance and direct from the National Football Museum. Discount is applied at the online checkout.

Buy tickets direct from our home page and benefit from unlimited visits to the National Football Museum for a year!

Museum admission
Entry into special exhibitions
Guided tours
Workshops
Interactive games *

* excluding Penalty Shootout (£2 for three shots)

We encourage all visitors to book online in advance of their visit to avoid disappointment.

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Opening Hours

Monday: 10:00 - 17:00

Tuesday: 10:00 - 17:00

Wednesday: 10:00 - 17:00

Closed

Thursday: 10:00 - 17:00

Friday: 10:00 - 17:00

Saturday: 10:00 - 17:00

Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00

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National Football Museum

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Luke Mccarter

a month ago

WOW, that’s all I have to say about this experience. This is for true football fans. You will find (like I did) how little you truly know about football. Fantastic interactive activities and the gift shop at the end is brilliant wide variety of memorabilia. The ticket you purchase allows you access for the entire year so if you wished to return you can.

Jonathan Whitney

3 months ago

Definitely worth an hour or two for the dedicated fan, especially if you have kiddos who can play all of the interactive challenges like the penalty shootout or the passing accuracy- there’s even a VR section where you can immerse yourself with the professionals! And your ticket is good for a year so you can come back again if you don’t get to everything the first time through. The gift shop has a nice selection of items to include some retro jerseys as well! I should’ve bought the Beckham England jsy for £100…

Sergey Semenov

3 weeks ago

Excellent museum is located almost in the center of Manchester. You can get there by tram from Piccadilly Railway Station. Admission for adults is £17. On the first floor, there is a very interesting exhibition about the history of football. On the second floor, children can play interactive games and also get closer to football history. If you want to play table football, make sure to bring a £1 coin.

Fielliep Amkreutz

a month ago

A lot of interesting football history, about Englands leagues for both men and women, their national teams and worldcups. Mind that you'll need at most 1 to 2 hours to see eveything so to be frank the content was a bit underwhelming as the internet claimed it would be 3-4 hours. 1st floor is where you can easily spend an hour, covering English football history and world cups. 2nd floor is mostly a diverse selection of interactive games like penalty kicks with a leaderbord you can get your high score on, and skill and passing games. Mind that the penalty challenge costs 3 quid for 3 kicks. 3nd floor is entirely dedicated to black heritage. While I fully support the black cause and acknowledge the hard times and racism in football, frankly it's a bit too much for a full floor. Mind that although most likely unpopular, this is my personal opinion. It's not what I came for and while it was quite a busy saturday hardly anyone was on this floor, and anyone coming in while I was there quickly left. I know we're living in the woke decade and a venue like this would not risk reserving too few squate feet for this topic but it's simply too much. So to summarize my experience: Floor 1: Great value, full history of English football. Floor 2: Interactive games, if you have kids you can definately keep them occupied for an hour on this floor. Floor 3: You'll need 10 minutes tops.

Jack Clement

2 months ago

We had high expectations about this place but we're disappointed at the end. The 1st floor was the best part of this museum and the other 2 floors were waste of space. They could have added more details about the leagues and teams etc. Worth visiting if you are a hard core fan of football.