Free events in Manchester, England in December 2026

16 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Busiest venues: Manchester Art Gallery, People's History Museum, Manchester Museum.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Dec 31

Out of the Crate

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 31

Trading Station: How Hot Drinks Shape Our Lives

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

What is Manchester Art Gallery?

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Room to Breathe

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Rethinking the Grand Tour

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

What’s New? Collecting for Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 30

Anindilyakwa Arts: Stories from our Country

Manchester Museum · Oxford Road
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 30

Things of the Least: lively exhibition-making with children under-3

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Splendours of the Sikh Raj: Arms and Armour

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 3

2026 Banner Exhibition

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Re/Assemble

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 28

Won’t Sit Still

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 13

WORN: the life within clothes

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Collection Spotlight case: Remembering Peterloo

People's History Museum · Spinningfields
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 31

The Warp / The Weft / The Wake: Speaking Back

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Sep 30

Escapes

Manchester Art Gallery · City Centre
- Visual arts
Free

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