National Football Museum

How can a “national football museum” charge ten pounds to enter unless you live in Manchester and it is free. Maybe they should rename it the Manchester football museum outsiders allowed to visit at a charge.

Absolutely disgraceful should be free to all as this morally wrong

Very disappointing visit today. Visited a few years ago when it was free to all and there were loads of exhibits and lots of things to do. Visited today and despite having a Manchester postcode had to pay £12.50 each for myself and four teenagers aged 16 plus and £7 for a child.

Very few exhibits, loads of open spaces with nothing in them - had done all floors in just over an hour - really poor value for money and as a National Museum it is galling that visitors from outside the city (even when in my case you live in Manchester) have to pay when Manchester residents (supposedly) are allowed in for free. Some of the exhibits were closed and the activities in need of repair. The staff were friendly but the lad serving us seemed to think his banter was worth nearly £70, trust me it wasn't!

Visited the Imperial War Museum later that day, - free entrance and lots more to see and do. Would recommend that any day. Wished we'd just gone there today as we had an excellent experience there.

My advice when they ask, give them a Manchester postcode and house number.

Not impressed atll!

I visited the museum in August 2020 and spent 3 hours in here. I'm not a massive fan of modern football these days but I love football nostalgia and the games history.

There is a brilliant collection of footballing memorabilia including a excellent gallery on the 1966 world cup win. Also there is a vast display of retro football shirts which I personally found very interesting.

Some great exhibits include Geoff Hurst's 1966 world cup final shirt, the 1966 world cup final match ball, Stanley Matthews 1953 FA Cup Final winners medal, An England shirt worn by Busby babe Duncan Edwards and Maradona's 1986 'Hand of God' shirt and many more items.

There is interactive games too such as penalty shootout games, table football etc

I really recommend this museum.

We enjoyed about 3 hours here. We did spend about 45 mins queuing for the penalty shoot out (£2 for 3 goes). Luckily the play area part for u5s were next to this queue. My daughter age 4 enjoyed the colouring and a little bounce about on small soft play. The first floor is mostly things to look at but some interactive parts. Second floor was good with lots of things to do, so a bit more fun for the kids. Staff/ volunteers were friendly and chatty, always coming over to talk or show you things. We got blue light discount so it made it slightly cheaper- worth doing if you can. I think the tickets last a year so if we were in Manchester we may come again for the interactive parts / games. It was quite hot in there and by time I got to the top floor I was ready to leave. No lift working so don’t know if that was a one off or something that’s regularly happening so lots of stairs to climb.

I was really looking forward to doing this attraction while at Manchester and, despite my train time home making it a slightly rushed visit, I still found it enjoyable and informative. Its location was convenient, its exhibitions were clearly labelled and the layout easy to get through. The shop had a range of items including some football programmes, of which I picked up a few, at decent prices for a museum gift shop.
Overall, I enjoyed my visit and would return in the future to do a more relaxed visit.

Excellent experience for all the family. From our tour around The History of Football with a really informative guide to the interactive games, we really enjoyed our visit. The only downside was that the cafe was closed otherwise we would have spent more than 3 hours there.

Very helpful staff, Alan was a font of knowledge and told us some great tales. Lots to see and, we loved the interactive penalty shoot out.
Only downside was the cafe that didn’t have much of a selection and was quite pricey

Went her whilst visiting Manchester for one night. It was definitely worth a visit and at £11 per person was value for money however I had hoped to see a little more there with it being the National museum. They have a few really notable pieces but not as many as I would of thought. Staff were lovely though, we didn't have much to do with them but I saw them often taking the time to explain things to people and seemed very knowledgeable. All in all it is definitely worth a visit and its great that once you have bought a ticket you get free entry for 12 months and if we lived closer we would probably take a another visit but as we live in Nottingham it wouldn't be worth the drive just for this.

Easy access and value for money. Over three floors. The first floor is the main area with the whole history of English football, too many things to mention. Second floor is primarily games and challenges which was really enjoyable. The third floor is a bit of an after thought with pictures and details on specific players. Well managed numbers so it never feels busy or rushed. Only thing is I think the mai floor could be spread onto the 3rd floor to enable les congestion of all the great things to see

Brilliant day out with my 3 year old plenty to keep minds both young & old engaged. Lots of interactive quiz/trivia games, memorabilia and artwork. 2nd floor full of challenging football games and penalty shootout was brilliant, £2 a go but good fun. Entry fee was £13 but lasts a year, cracking value would highly recommend