Stockport Museum — Attraction in Stockport

Stockport Museum – The story of Stockport through the ages.

What is the Stockport Museum?

Stockport Museum is a museum that is located in the heart of Stockport where you will go on a fascinating and interesting journey through time starting from the Victorian times up to present day Stockport. The museum also puts on a number of exhibitions for visitors to enjoy.

Exhibitions Visited

The Stockport Collection Photographic Exhibition

This Exhibition consists of a beautiful collection of Heidi Alexander works. They show Stockport Market from 1976 to 1977.

She donated the photos to the museum.

It was a great exhibition as it gave you a real insight of how Stockport was popular for its market. Each photograph was of a different stall. It included the person that was selling and the items itself such as clothes and flowers.

For instance it only costed 19p for a pair of socks at that time. Wow.

The details on each photo was brilliant and the descriptions were to the point. Each one would describe the stall, the items that they were selling and the period or the date in which it was taken.

The other Galleries

Stockport Museum also has other Galleries.

This includes:

The History Gallery

The Family Gallery

Strawberry Studios

1940s and 50s living room and kitchen

Football

World War and Transport

The History Gallery

In this Gallery there were rocks. There was a great variety of pottery and cutlery that were used by the people of Mellor in the olden times. Salt was important in those times as it was used to preserve meat.

This small Gallery gives you an insight of the beliefs that people had in the old times and the cutlery that they used. It was great that the objects on display were varied and they were beautifully presented.

The Family Gallery

The Family Gallery is a great interactive space for young ones that features animals and objects relating to Egypt. It provides a space for them that is both fun and educational for them to enjoy.

Strawberry Studios

In this part of the museum there are posters about some of the famous bands that recorded in this studio including Joy Division. There were some great objects too.

Unknown Pleasures the album by Joy Division was recorded at Strawberry in April 1979. It was a majestic album as it changed the face of music.

The 1950s Kitchen

The kitchen was made by a company called CSA Industries which are based in Warwick. It was lovely to look at a kitchen from that era in which black and white was common as the colours at that time. It was also interesting to see all the common pieces of equipment that people had during those times. This included a Hotpoint Washing Machine and the Kenwood Food Mixer.

Fashion and Home Furniture

Fashion and home furniture began to change. Drap designs were replaced by innovative designs, high colours and patterns. There was a good and diverse range of fashion on display including a dress and swim wear from 1989.

Football

Stockport is famous for football as they have its onw football team called Stockport County. It was enjoyable to see all the trophies and medals that were won over many years.

The last Gallery that we visited looked at the importance of the World War. I liked looking at the uniform and the range of objects that were relating to the war.

Stockport was also famous for having numerous sites for entertainment and leisure. They had a choice of 2 theatres. Museums and libraries were also encourages as it would indicate high class. Stockport’s first park was called Vernon Park which was opened in 1858 where people could enjoy walks around beautiful landscapes. It was interesting learning about Stockport culture over the years.

Entry

Stockport Museum is free to enter however you will need to book in advance online to secure a timed slot to guarantee entry.

Facilities

Stockport Museum does not have its own café however there are a number of cafes that are nearby.

There are toilets...

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My daughter Cait & I were on our way back from a Mum & Daughter weekend in Staffordshire & decided to stop off & explore Stockport Museum before catching our train home to Sheffield on Sunday 8th April. The lady at Stockport Museum looked after our cases for us so we didn't have to wheel them round with us, the staff were so friendly & went out of their way,so a big thank you to them. Stockport Museum is a little gem,lots of local history,I LOVED Strawberry Studios, brought back so many great memories of artists & bands I grew up with,Cait loved it too.. Lots of child friendly activities & it's all FREE.... Hope to be...