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The National Football Museum welcomes visits from schools and groups. We offer a range of workshops to ensure you make the most of your time in Manchester.

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Educational Visits: Guided workshops

We also offer a range of guided workshops that can be booked for your class. We offer a range of different topics to engage your class, from local history to team building, all which link with national curriculum outcomes.

All workshops are one hour long and are suitable for a class of 35 children maximum. If you have more than this in your group, please book two workshops.

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Guided Visit Ticket TypePrice
(per person)
Guided session (up to and
including 18 years old in education)		£6.60
Guided session (18+)£9.40
City of Manchester school: Guided£5.60
One free adult per ten children / studentsFree
Additional adult£9.80
Minimum Charge for Facilitation£85

Educational Visits: Self-guided

Bring your group for a self-guided visit to the museum, with three floors of excitement to discover!

See our object-laden Match Gallery, our interactive Play Gallery and our special exhibition Score Gallery spaces, exploring the unique history of the beautiful game. You can bring even more insight and structure to your visit by downloading one of our digital trails!

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Self-guided Visit Ticket TypePrice
(per person)
Child self-guided
(up to and
including 18 years old in education)		£5.60
Student self-guided (18+)£8.40
City of Manchester school: Self-guidedFree
One free adult per ten children / studentsFree
Additional adult£9.80

Early Years, Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2 Sessions

Early Years: PE / PSHE

Early Years Active (available from January 2025)

This session gets your class up and moving, using their
bodies to jump, hop, kick, and try out other football skills, before completing our I-spy trail on the galleries.

Early Years

Pickles Storytelling

Hear how Pickles the dog saved the World Cup in 1966 through this interactive storytelling session, hosted in our Discovery Zone.

KS1: History

Lily Parr: Then and Now

Find out about Lily
Parr and the Dick, Kerr Ladies team, and discover what life was like for women during WW1 via our objects.

KS1: PE / PSHE

Key Stage 1 Active (available from January 2025)

This session gets your class up and moving, using their
bodies to jump, hop, kick, and try out other football skills, before completing our I-spy trail on the galleries.

KS2: History

Football and Your City

What it was like to be a football fan in the past? Find out more about how teams such as Manchester City and Manchester United were formed, and how the city’s football and industrial histories are intertwined.

KS2: Design & Tech / Science

Designer Balls

Your class will need to be resourceful, using recycled materials and craft items from the museum to create their own footballs, with each ball judged on their bounce, look and feel.

KS2: Science

Football and the Human Body (available from January 2025)

This new session, developed in collaboration with KIT Theatre, explores what makes a footballer, and how everyone can look after their bodies, whether they are an athlete or not!

Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 Sessions

KS3: GCSE PE

Football in the Modern World

Football isn’t just about the 90 minutes on the pitch. This session explores the social and cultural impact of football, and what affects participation in football in our current world.

KS3: GCSE PE

Early History of Football

Learn about football’s origins, from mob football to the original FA laws and the beginning of club competitions in this fascinating talk, perfect for GCSE level PE groups.

KS3: Design & Tech / Science

Designer Balls

Your class will need to be resourceful, using recycled materials and craft items from the museum to create their own footballs, with each ball judged on their bounce, look and feel.

KS3: A Level PE

Football in the Modern World

Football isn’t just about the 90 minutes on the pitch. This session explores the social and cultural impact of football, and what affects participation in football in our current world.

KS4: A Level PE

Early History of Football

Learn about football’s origins, from mob football to the original FA laws and the beginning of club competitions in this fascinating talk, perfect for GCSE level PE groups.

KS4: Design & Tech / Science

Designer Balls

Your class will need to be resourceful, using recycled materials and craft items from the museum to create their own footballs, with each ball judged on their bounce, look and feel.

Book your session

Interested in booking a session for your school, college or education group?

Book self-guided visits or guided workshops with one of our learning team by getting in touch with us at groups@nationalfootballmuseum.com.