Exhibitions
The Game: 30 Years Through The Lens Of Stuart Roy Clarke
Stuart Roy Clarke has been documenting the ever-changing face of football for three decades. The renowned photographer returns to the National Football Museum with a personal selection of his favourite images.
Level 3, National Football Museum, Manchester 23 March 2018 - 17 March 2019
Football and the Fine Arts
Thanks to a Collecting Cultures grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the National Football Museum have been able to collect some fantastic football inspired artworks which are now on display. Many of these were exhibited in the 1953 Football and the Fine Arts exhibition, click here to find out more about these significant pieces.
Score Gallery, National Football Museum, Manchester 4 April 2019 - 27 October 2019
The Greater Game
Football and The First World War - The forgotten stories of players and fans during World War One.
National Football Museum 19 December 2014 - 13 September 2015
The British Home Championship
Celebrating the world's oldest and longest running international football tournament.
Online
Ferenc Puskás: The World’s Greatest Goalscorer
In collaboration with the Puskás Institute, the National Football Museum presents Football's Top Scorer of the 20th century, captain of Hungary's Golden Team and Real Madrid's European Cup record breaker, Ferenc Puskás.
National Football Museum 2 September 2015 - 18 January 2016
1966 World Cup Exhibition: The Boys of 66
Celebrate England's golden summer of '66 with a visit to our unique new exhibition.
Level 3, National Football Museum, Manchester 25 June 2016 - 23 April 2017
Pelé: Art Life Football
Working in partnership with Halcyon Gallery, Pelé: Art, Life, Football honours the Brazilian icon's life; from Santos to New York via 4 World Cups, through the eyes of acclaimed artists and photographers from around the world.
Level 3, National Football Museum, Manchester 18 May 2017 - 4 March 2018
1966 World Cup Exhibition: The Day of the Final
50 years on from England's iconic World Cup, the National Football Museum worked with The FA to bring the glorious summer of '66 back to life. In this online exhibition we look at the day of the final: 30 July 1966.
Level 3, National Football Museum, Manchester 25 June 2016 - 23 April 2017
Flashback: Group B: 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup
As part of the National Football Museum's project to unlock the hidden history of women's football we have been cataloguing and digitising the personal photography of collector, Chris Unger. These snap shots come from two of England's Group B matches from their debut at the second official FIFA Women's World Cup, hosted by Sweden between 5th and 18th June 1995. This online exhibition has been put together by Thomas Mallinson, a volunteer at National Football Museum, as part of his work placement module that forms part of his MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies at Manchester University.
Online
Protected: Goal Click: The Global Story of Women’s Football in 2019
Global photography project Goal Click shares stories from the world of the beautiful game. Their mission is simple, they give people all over the world a chance to show what football means to them by sending disposable cameras to people around the globe so they can capture the game as they see it.
Pitch Gallery, National Football Museum, Manchester 24 January 2020 - 15 May 2020
