Manchester Museum

Manchester Museum

Established	1867
Location	University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, England
Type	University museum of archaeology, natural history and anthropology
Director	Esme Ward[1]
Website	museum.manchester.ac.uk
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Manchester Museum Extensions
Designated	2 October 1974
Reference no.	1246283

Manchester Museum is a museum displaying works of archaeology, anthropology and natural history and is owned by the University of Manchester, in England. Sited on Oxford Road (A34) at the heart of the university's group of neo-Gothic buildings, it provides access to about 4.5 million items from every continent. It is the UK's largest university museum and serves both as a major visitor attraction and as a resource for academic research and teaching. It has around 430,000 visitors each year.^[2]