Re/Assemble archive exploration and guided tour

Join us during LGBT+ History Month 2026 for a special archive exploration and queer history tour led by the team at Manchester-based arts organisation IAP:MCR who have created the exhibition, Re/Assemble (17 January 2026 to 3 January 2027 at PHM).

Choose from a morning or afternoon session to delve into material linked to the protest against Section 28 and LGBTQIA+ activism. This will feature the museum's archive, galleries and Re/Assemble exhibition.

Morning session 10.15am – 12.45pm

10.15am – 11.00am:
Join Manchester LGBT+ historian Joshua Val Martin on a tour and talk of the city’s queer history, with a particular focus on the theme of ‘protest’. Josh will use the Re/Assemble exhibition materials to illuminate the various, often unexpected, ways in which Manchester’s people have fought to liberate LGBT+ lives.

11.00am – 12.45pm:
Join PHM’s Archive team and the curator of Re/Assemble, Jez Dolan, as they investigate materials specially selected from the museum’s LGBTQIA+ collections including papers of Hugh Fell - former secretary of the North West Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Equality (NWCLGE), the North West Campaign for Gay and Lesbian Rights from the late 1980s, and Gay News from early 1970s.

Jez Dolan is a queer visual artist, whose work explores queerness and identity through the codification of language. Often interdisciplinary and research driven, Jez draws from archival source materials to create new works.

Afternoon session 1.15pm - 3.45pm

1.15pm –3.00pm:
Join PHM’s Archive team and the curator of Re/Assemble, Jez Dolan, as they investigate materials specially selected from the museum’s LGBTQIA+ collections, including papers of Hugh Fell - former secretary of the North West Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Equality (NWCLGE) , the North West Campaign for Gay and Lesbian Rights from the late 1980s, and Gay News from early 1970s.

Jez Dolan is a queer visual artist, whose work explores queerness and identity through the codification of language. Often interdisciplinary and research driven, Jez draws from archival source materials to create new works.

3.00pm - 3.45pm:
Join Manchester LGBT+ historian Joshua Val Martin on a tour and talk of the city’s queer history, with a particular focus on the theme of ‘protest’. Josh will use the Re/Assemble exhibition materials to illuminate the various, often unexpected, ways in which Manchester’s people have fought to liberate LGBT+ lives.

Suitable for 12+ (under 16s must have an accompanying adult)

• We are able to offer a limited number of free places to people in economic difficulty – please help us to continue to offer this by only taking it if you need it.