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About

Find out more about how we work and how we care for our collections and archives

Overview

Black and white photograph of the Textile Court at the Arts and Crafts Museum, circa 1900
The Textile Court at the Arts and Crafts Museum, Manchester School of Art, c. 1900

The Special Collections Museum supports teaching, learning and research at Manchester Metropolitan University, and our wider communities, by enabling hands-on access to our collections and archives.

Our Reading Room, Learning Space and Gallery are all dedicated to the study and use of the collections and archives, continuing the tradition of object-based learning established over 160 years ago at the Manchester School of Art.

How we Work and Conservation

  • Detail from a heavily collaged Victorian Valentines card

    How we work

    Information about loans, donations and image use

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    Conservation at Manchester Met

    How we care for our collections and archives

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