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- Area:
- Oxford Road & Around
- Category:
- Best museum revamps
- Phone:
- 0161 275 2634
- Address:
- Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Oxford Road
M13 9PL
- Open Times:
- Open 11am-4pm Mon, Sun, bank hols; 10am-5pm Tue-Sat.
- Travel:
- Metrolink St Peter’s Square/Bus 11, 16, 41, 42, 47, 147, 190, 191/Oxford Road rail
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Manchester Museum
University of Manchester, Oxford Road
Formerly a rather dusty example of a museum in the old-school mould, this building (designed in 1890 by Alfred Waterhouse, the architect of London’s Natural History Museum) received a refit and general sprucing up in 2003, allowing some much needed daylight to reach its murky corners – although its corridor layout would still confound a tomb raider. Persevere, though, for highlights that include a notable collection of Egyptian mummies and artefacts and a striking skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus (named Stan), posed in full hunting mode.
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