The National Football Museum is home to the world’s largest public collection of football objects and archives.
We house over 40,000 items in total, at the museum in Manchester and at our Research Centre in Preston. You can explore some of that collection below in our dedicated collection content hub.
Our Research Centre
The National Football Museum Research Centre is located at the Deepdale Stadium in Preston.
Whilst around 2,500 objects are on display at the museum in Manchester at any one time, the remaining collection can be viewed by appointment, and we welcome both academic and non-academic visitors to our Preston site.
Book your research visit by emailing us at collections@nationalfootballmuseum.com.
A tale of two armbands
The story of two England captain’s armbands, the purpose behind their creation and the controversial responses from football’s governing bodies…
Our Premier League trophy
Is our Premier League trophy the genuine article? The answer is complicated…
When football came home: the 60th anniversary of 1966
Sixty years on, the National Football Museum tells the story of our 1966 World Cup triumph via three remarkable objects from the final.
Our YouTube Channel
Quite Unsuitable for Females Podcast
The museum and MIC Media has worked with four community producers – Rosy Akalawu-Ellman, Meg Wilson, Uma Ghelani and Debola Adebanjo – to surface some of the secrets of the women’s game.
This five-part series looks at the game’s early pioneers, representation of women in football and parallels with the modern game.
Get in touch
Do you have a collection-related enquiry, or are you looking to visit our Research Centre?
Fill in our contact form below and a member of our team will follow up with you shortly.
If you have any images you’d like to send to us, to help with your enquiry, please email them to collections@nationalfootballmuseum.com
Our response times to emails and enquiries is currently 4 weeks.