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.
The Grobbelaar Curse of Anfield Road
Our Pitch Gallery has been taken over by an awful curse this half-term but unbelievably so once was the home ground of England’s most successful club – Liverpool FC.
Football’s Most Haunted Stadiums
By day, full of life and joy: by night, things get a little more paranormal. These are our top three most haunted stadiums in England…
Harry Kane’s Ballon d’Or Journey
Celebrating the first English winner in a quarter of a century with five key objects on our galleries, charting Harry Kane’s rise to the top.
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.