National Football Museum, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

4.5 (3.844 reviews) Sunday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #20 in Greater Manchester Speciality Museums

Family trip

The world's biggest and best football museum is open seven days a week in Manchester city centre. Here, you will discover how football became the game of our lives, following the stories through fascinating objects and exhibitions. Unearth the game's origins, relive the FA Cup fairytales and explore the different aspects and issues that make the game such an integral part of our culture and society. Chart the fortunes of our national teams in our new display, England on the World Stage, and see the country's footballing crown jewels: the ball from the 1966 World Cup Final, Geoff Hurst's iconic shirt and the Jules Rimet Trophy, still gleaming in its new case! Get in the game with a host of fun interactive challenges, from penalty-taking and shot-stopping to match commentary, and check out the latest changing exhibitions on the ground floor and in our Score Gallery.
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Address

Cathedral Gardens Urbis Building, Manchester M4 3BG England

Mobile

0161 605 8200

Website

http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Sunday, May 12, 2024, 3:03

User Ratings

4.5 based on (3.844 reviews)

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33%

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Reviews

4Lucy Y 5:00 PM Jul 29, 2022
Family trip
We enjoyed about 3 hours here. We did spend about 45 mins queuing for the penalty shoot out (£2 for 3 goes). Luckily the play area part for u5s were next to this queue. My daughter age 4 enjoyed the colouring and a little bounce about on small soft play. The first floor is mostly things to look at but some interactive parts. Second floor was good with lots of things to do, so a bit more fun for the kids. Staff/ volunteers were friendly and chatty, always coming over to talk or show you things. We got blue light discount so it made it slightly cheaper- worth doing if you can. I think the tickets last a year so if we were in Manchester we may come again for the interactive parts / games. It was quite hot in there and by time I got to the top floor I was ready to leave. No lift working so don’t know if that was a one off or something that’s regularly happening so lots of stairs to climb.
4Sahloff79 5:00 PM Nov 17, 2022
They think it’s all over…. It is now!
Had a fantastic couple of hours looking around the 4 floors of The National Football Museum. The undoubted highlight for any England fan is the Jules Rimet trophy and Sir Geoff Hurst’s 66 shirt and hat trick ball. Other incredible objects were an England shirt (more of a jumper!) from the very first international match, the laws of the game 1863 book and Shinji Okazaki’s Leicester 15/16 shirt (I’m a foxes ? fan!!!) Most of the objects are on level 1. Level 2 is the ‘play gallery’. I paid an extra 2 quid to do the penalty shootout - well worth it! Unbelievably scored all three against the virtual keeper Stevie Wonder! Other games are included in the price and generally involve hitting targets. Great for kids. Tip: take the inclinator lift between levels (or at least once) as Motty does the announcements and apparently it’s the biggest indoor funicular in Europe!