"Deeds not words" 62 Nelson Street, Manchester, the birthplace of the Suffragette movement, is now the Pankhurst Centre. Entry is free.
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The Centre houses a small museum and heritage centre that remains as a legacy to the Pankhurst family and the Suffragette movement, and also serves as a women’s community centre. This historically significant building was the home of Emmeline Pankhurst and her family who led the Suffragette campaign for Votes for Women, and is the place where the first meeting of the Women’s Social and Political U
nion was held.The heritage centre has information about the Pankhursts and the Suffragette movement. This is open to the general public on Thursdays from 11am - 4pm. As a women’s community centre it provides and offers space for activities and events run by women, for women. It offers a unique place in which women can learn together, work on projects and socialise. It is a vibrant centre that hosts a number of women’s organisations and projects that support women, thus continuing the struggle that the Suffragettes began, fighting for women’s rights, all those years ago.
Operating as usual
If you’re REALLY lucky, there might be some tickets left to visit us for our Going Green Half Term activities tomorrow , Thursday 1st June! Explore the museum, discover our garden with our special family trail and make a seed bomb necklace to plant a mini wildlife habitat for insects. Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
There are still spaces available on our Going Green half-term days. Make a seedbomb necklace! Explore our garden trail! Play games in our garden! Book now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
Today’s “Going Green” female scientist and campaigner is Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964), marine biologist, conservationist and writer. Rachel discovered that the use of a pesticide called DDT (used to kill insects on crops) was poisoning animals, killing fish and weakening birds’ eggshells. She wrote a famous book about it called ‘Silent Spring’, and even spoke about the dangers of DDT in front of the United States government. Her work led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the banning of DDT in some countries.
Leonora Cohen was a Suffragette who smashed a case of the Crown jewels, was part of Emmeline Pankhurst’s bodyguard, was one of the first female magistrates in the UK, and lived to the age of 105! Find out more about this formidable woman at our talk by Sarah Allen from Leeds Museums & Galleries on Thursday 29th June 2023 from 6.30pm to 8pm. Ticket includes the talk, a glass of bubbly and the chance to explore the Pankhurst Museum, home of the Suffragette movement. Buy your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/suffrage-stories-leonora-cohen-the-tower-suffragette-tickets-637965029577?aff=erelexpmlt
Calling all Green mini-activists! Join us today (Sun 28th May) for our Going Green half term. Create your own seed bomb necklace to rewild a space and explore our lovely garden with our special garden trail. You can also explore the Pankhurst’s home and spoil yourself with all things Suffragette-themed! Book tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
This Half Term we’re “Going Green” at The Pankhurst Museum, so this week on social media, we’ll be highlighting some of the amazing female campaigners and scientists who’ve made a difference to wildlife and the environment.
Today, meet local Manchester Legend Emily Williamson (1855 – 1936) from Didsbury. Horrified at the killing of birds for the extremely popular fashion of feather decorations on ladies’ hats, in 1889 she held a meeting with friends at her home where they signed a pledge not to wear bird feathers. In 1891 Emily co-founded the Society for the Protection of Birds (now the RSPB, the UK’s largest wildlife conservation charity) and campaigned to ban the plumage (bird feather) trade. Emily was Vice President of the RSPB for 45 years! She strongly disagreed with Emmeline Pankhurst, who was a fan of feathers on her hats. In 1921, a law was introduced that banned the importation of exotic feathers and led to many species avoiding extinction. It’s estimated that Emily Williamson and the SPB saved the lives of a million birds! Find out more here: https://www.rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb/about-us/our-history
It’s Thursday and we are open today from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm). Explore our fascinating museum, find out more about the Pankhurst family, enjoy our purple, green & white garden oasis and relax in our tiny tearoom! Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
Calling all mini activists! Next week during Half Term we are GOING GREEN! Join us to make wildflower seed bomb necklaces to sow a mini wildflower garden for urban insects, explore our garden with our special garden trail and buy some of our garden plant seeds from our pop-up shop. We’ll be open Sun 28th May, Thurs 1st June and Sun 4th June, so book your ticket now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
Pop in TODAY (Sunday) to explore the museum with our family trail, find out more about Manchester’s radical Pankhursts, dress up as a Suffragette, enjoy a cuppa in our tiny Tearoom and browse our Feminist-themed pop up shop. We are open from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm), and you can book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
We are excited to announce that we’ll be hosting one of our special Suffrage Stories events at the Pankhurst Centre on Thursday 29th June 2023. Join Sarah Allen from Leeds Museums and Galleries as she shares the story of the Tower Suffragette, Leonora Cohen. Part of Emmeline Pankhurst’s bodyguard team, Leonora was famously arrested for attacking the Crown jewels in the Tower of London with a crowbar! Tickets are £10 and include an exclusive evening explore of the museum, a glass of bubbly and Sarah’s talk about this amazing Suffragette. Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/suffrage-stories-leonora-cohen-the-tower-suffragette-tickets-637965029577?aff=erelexpmlt
May’s Object of the Month is this dark wood dresser in our parlour. The dresser was bought by Herbert Goulden, Emmeline’s brother, from Emmeline’s shop Emerson and Company in King Street, Manchester. Herbert lived at 62 Nelson Street so the dresser may well have been in place in the house too. The dresser was donated to the Pankhurst Centre by Michael Goulden (whose grandfather was Emmeline’s brother Robert) in 2016, who inherited it from his mother. Pop in on our open days (Thursdays or Sundays) to see it for yourself! Book tickets at www.pankhurstmuseum.com
It’s Thursday and on Thursdays we are OPEN for visitors! Explore the parlour where the Pankhurst family and friends set up the Women’s Social and Political Union in 1903, try our Tiny Tearoom and indulge your senses in our wonderful garden! Visit us from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm) . Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
It's not often that something so ordinary causes so much excitement in the Pankhurst Museum office! This week Emma, our Heritage Manager, was DELIGHTED to receive this tin in the post, from a lovely visitor from Leeds. WSPU members used mustard tins as a home made incendiary device to damage government property. These days it's hard to find a vintage mustard tin, so we are thrilled to have this to use in our learning sessions with students and groups. A huge thankyou to our lovely visitor for sending it to us!
COMING SOON! In half term week on Sun 28th May, Thurs 1st June and Sun 4th June, our Fabulous Family Activities are Going Green! Mini activists can indulge in some environmental activism by making a seed bomb necklace (using British Wildflower seeds) to rewild a space, and explore our lovely green garden with our special trail. Visit us from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm). Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
Visit us today (Sunday 14th May 2023) and spoil yourself with all things Suffragette-themed! Tour the Pankhurst home where the Suffragette movement began, explore with our family trail, enjoy our tiny tea room and browse our lovely pop up shop for fabulous Feminist themed gifts.
It’s Thursday and we are open today from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm). Find out more about Radical Feminists the Pankhurst Family, enjoy our blooming garden oasis and relax in our tiny tea room! Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
KS1 & KS2 TEACHERS! Studying significant local people or local history? Did you know we run workshops for schools groups here at the Pankhurst family home? Find out about the Pankhurst family and the Suffragettes through hands-on activities, object handling and a special mini activist activity. Workshops run on Friday mornings. Find out more at www.pankhurst.museum/learn
Ever wondered why we love a bit of purple, white and green here at The Pankhurst? These are the colours used by the Women's Social and Political Union (Suffragette movement) as "brand" colours, so that you could easily show your support for the cause.. Purple meant Dignity, white for Purity and green for Hope (for women one day getting the vote). They were chosen by Emmeline Pethwick-Lawrence (yes, another Emmeline who was part of the WSPU!).
It’s Coronation Sunday but we are open as usual! Pop in to explore the museum with our family trail, take a suffragette selfie, enjoy a cuppa in our tiny Tearoom and have a royally good time. We are open from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm), and you can book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
in 1882, Sylvia Pankhurst - Suffragette, Artist, Socialist and Equality Campaigner - was born in Old Trafford, Manchester.
After you’ve voted in the local elections today, why not come and explore the home where in our parlour in 1903, the Pankhurst family set up the Women’s Social and Political Union to help gain women the vote? Visit us from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm) . Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
Don’t forget to vote this week in your local elections on Thursday 4th May 2023! ✔️ (and take your Voter ID!) We are proud at The Pankhurst Trust to be the home of the Suffragette fight for women to gain the vote over 100 years ago.
Hurrah for the bank holiday weekend, when you can visit us today (Sun 30th April) from 11am and immerse yourself in all things Suffragette and Pankhurst! Tour the Pankhurst home where the Suffragette movement started, explore with our family trail, enjoy our tiny tea room and browse our lovely pop up shop. Plus the garden is starting to bloom too - come explore! Get your tickets here, last entrance 3pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
29 April 1909, at a Women's Social and Political Union meeting at the Royal Albert Hall in London, members who had been to prison were awarded a distinctive "Holloway Brooch" (similar to the replica in the photo) and a certificate designed by Sylvia Pankhurst. The badge was designed to represent the portcullis of the House of Commons with the arrow worn by prisoners, with added Suffragette colours. You can buy a replica in our pop up shop on Thursdays and Sundays!
Our April Objects of the Month are these splendid tiny Toby Jugs depicting Emmeline Pankhurst (one yellow, one green) wearing a Votes for Women Suffragette Sash. Yellow was reputedly Emmeline’s favourite colour. These limited edition jugs (only 100 were made) were manufactured by Bairstow Manor Collectables in 2018 to commemorate 100 years of some women gaining the right to vote.
On this day in 1759, Mary Wollstonecraft was born. The philosopher wrote early feminist text A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792.
Find out if Mary is ‘your radical’ in PHM’s Which Radical are you quiz: https://phm.org.uk/radicals-quiz/
Image: Mary Wollstonecraft by Stewy
It’s Sunday, so we are open as usual! Pop in to explore the museum with our family trail, take a suffragette selfie, chalk the pavements and take tea in our tiny Tearoom. We are open from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm), and you can book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
We’re open today from 11am to 4pm (last entry at 3)! Discover the story of the Pankhurst family, browse our pop-up shop for fabulous feminist gifts, and tuck into a tasty snack in our Tiny Tea Room. Visit us from 11am to 4pm (last entry 3pm) .
Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
On This Day in History, 18th April 1913, two Suffragettes, Gertrude Shaw and Ethel Spark, “captured” the Monument (which commemorates the Great Fire of London) in the City of London. Barricading themselves in with a Suffragette flag and tying a “ Death or Victory” banner to the railings, they showered the crowds below with leaflets demanding the vote. They were released without charge.
Photo shows onlookers awaiting the women once arrested . (c) Museum of London
It's the last day of the Easter holidays, the chocolate eggs are all eaten, but don't worry, you can get your Easter Egg fix here at The Pankhurst Centre TODAY , Sunday, with our Suffrage-Egg Trail and Easter Emmeline Egg decorating craft activity! Join us for some family fun from 11am to 4pm today (last entry 3pm).
📝Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
Final Call for Family Easter Fun at The Pankhurst tomorrow Sunday 16th April! Join us to explore our tiny museum, take the Suffrage-Egg Trail. chalk graffiti in our garden, decorate an Emmeline Pankhurst egg and generally have a lovely time together! Book tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
On This Day in History, 14th April 1868, The Manchester National Society for Women's Suffrage held their first public meeting at the Manchester Free Trade Hall (which in 1905 Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney were thrown out of and arrested for protesting at!) . Speakers included Lydia Becker, who inspired Emmeline Pankhurst to action as a teenager!
Today we are OPEN, so join us for some family fun from 11am to 4pm. Take a Suffragette selfie, design and decorate an Emmeline Pankhurst Egg to take home, take the Suffrage-Egg Trail and find out all about the Suffragette Movement which started here in our tiny house! Make sure you don't miss out as tickets are limited, book here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
There's still Easter holiday family fun to be had at The Pankhurst this week . Decorate an Emmeline Easter Egg, take our Suffrage-Egg Trail, take a Suffragette selfie, explore the house and graffiti your protests on the pavements in our gorgeous spring garden! We open on Thursdays and Sundays, 11am to 4pm. Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
It's Easter Sunday and you can hunt for Suffragettes on our Suffrage-Egg Trail at The Pankhurst Centre as we are OPEN TODAY from 11am to 4pm. You can also decorate an Easter egg, find out more about the radical Pankhurst family, take a suffragette selfie have a cuppa and browse our splendid pop up shop! Please book your tickets here; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-the-pankhurst-centre-tickets-165140709307
60-62 Nelson Street
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Emmeline Pankhurst, born in Moss Side on this day in 1858: activist, suffragette, Mancunian. #OTD #suffragette #Emmeline
☀️Phew! We’re in for a scorcher this weekend. Join us on SUNDAY and enjoy the shade of the cherry trees in our beautiful suffragette garden. We’ll be commemorating Emmeline’s birthday 🎉 Open 11am-4pm. See link in bio for tickets 🎟 #heatwave2022
As promised, here's a reading by the author Sufiya Ahmed from her fantastic new book Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, a key but overlooked figure in the suffragette movement 💚 And you can now now get a copy in our bookshop! Open tomorrow 11am - 4pm
✨ Exciting news! ✨ Coming to our book shop very soon is the wonderful Sufiya Ahmed’s new book - Princess Sophia Duleep Singh - the story about a key but overlooked figure in the Suffragette movement. Keep your eyes peeled for a reading by the author on our channel, along with news about a competition where you can win one of five copies! Scholastic UK #PrincessSophiaDuleepSingh #womenshistorymonth #suffragettehistories
A reminder to all our lovely visitors that the museum is now closed until the New Year ❄️ We’ll look forward to giving you a warm welcome back on 13 Jan 👋 #SeeYouIn2022. (Design by Rebecca Heselton👇)
#OTD in 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst invited a group of women to her house at 62 Nelson Street (right here at the Pankhurst Centre) for a meeting which would become the birth of the suffragette movement. ✊ And #OTD in 1987 the Pankhurst Centre first opened. Happy birthday to us! 🎉
You have still got 24hrs to register to vote More info about registering is available: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
To celebrate the release of the #StrongMcrWomen podcasts today, we've put together a little video from the talks that some of the women gave here! Forgive the cheesy music - it's called 'Action' and we thought it was most appropriate to these women of action! An enormous thank you to everyone who came to give talks to our visitors - you all inspired, educated and made us think and laugh, as well as wearing your considerably achievements lightly. Everyone should listen to the podcast! (Also we're missing a picture of the Jackie Driver! Has anyone that came to her talk got a picture? We'd love to have one! Sorry Jackie!)
If you like gardening and you like breakfast then our Wednesday gardening club will be perfect for you! 8 – 9.30 am, Wednesday mornings, tidying up the Pankhurst garden, and as a thank you we will provide some treats! Please pop along if you’re interested!
A HUGE thank you to all of our supporters and everyone who has worked with us throughout the Centenary Year of Votes for Women 2018. We hope you are excited to see what we have coming in 2019! 💜💚
The inspirational Julie Hesmondhalg speaking before the Annie Kenney Statue unveiling Oldham
We need change! We need to abolish the stigma around homelessness and work together to make change happen today! #Haveheart4thehomeless #RiseVoiceVote #takeover
Live from the Manchester Culture Awards!
Spontaneous singalong to ‘The March of the Women’ performed by Rachel Swanick & Vic Kayee-Mead yesterday. What a treat to hear this iconic music in Emmeline Pankhurst’s former home! And what a way to celebrate Emily Wilding Davison’s birthday, and Wednesday’s 115th anniversary of the first meeting of the WSPU, which took place right here! Thanks to all who came along.
We're loving the pictures and videos that are going up on our #CentenaryCities map! Thanks to everyone who's contributed so far. Keep your pictures and videos coming: www.historypin.org/en/somewomen-centenary-city #vote100 #womanchester #feminist
And they're off! www.justgiving.com/pankhurst
The Friends of The Pankhurst Centre are visiting Sylvia Pankhurst’s paintings of working women @mcrartgallery #pankhurst100
2 months to go until 100 women will run shoulder to shoulder in the Simply Health Great Manchester Run 10K to celebrate the centenary year! Still a few places left... contact [email protected]
And here is the live unveiling of our new Emmeline sculpture!
And Dr Helen Pankhurst talks about the amazing paintings executed by her grandmother! Very moving and a must see! #decadeofthewomen #2018
Dr Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, urges you to support the #PankhurstGarden in the final days of the campaign www.crowdfunder.co.uk/plant-a-seed-for-gender-equality
Emmeline Pankhurst... Wife... Mother... Suffragette. You changed this world forever, and this world will not forget. It's your turn to make her-story. Www.crowdfunder.co.uk/plant-a-seed-for-gender-equality #PankhurstGarden
Alexandra Park, Manchester. Where thousands of suffragettes marched as part of the Great Demonstration in 1908 to campaign for women's rights. So much heritage here.
A BIG thank you to everyone who has donated to our #PankhurstGarden crowdfunding campaign so far! Keep those pledges coming!
Promoting #PankhurstGarden at the best cafe in Wales with the legend that is Helen Preston and talking to an ex teacher of Emily Wilding Davisons great granddaughter #EmilyMatters
60-62 Nelson Street, Manchester was the birthplace of the suffragette movement, and now houses a small museum, heritage centre and women’s service. 62 Nelson Street was the home of Emmeline Pankhurst and her family; it was in the parlour of this house that the Women’s Social and Political Union - the campaign for Votes for Women that became known as the suffragettes - began. The museum and heritage centre is open to the public on Thursdays from 10am-4pm, and on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 1-4pm. We think everyone should have access to this important place, so work hard to ensure entry remains free.
The Pankhurst Centre is the headquarters of Manchester Women’s Aid, which provides advice and support to those experiencing domestic violence and abuse. The Centre also provides space for other services, activities and events run by women; we host a number of women’s organisations and projects that support women, and continue to fight for women’s rights today, as the suffragettes did all those years ago.
