The National Football Museum has a feast of activities for footie-mad families this summer.
Spurred by England’s fantastic exploits at Euro 2020, families can follow their love of the game at the museum which now opens five days a week (Wednesday to Sunday).
Take part in interactive challenges and games designed to sharpen your football skills. Test your nerve from 12 yards in the new and improved Penalty Shootout game. Soak up the pressure and score past the virtual goalkeeper.
Use teamwork with family trails to unearth football treasures. Enjoy fantastic exhibitions and have your photo taken with the museum’s Premier League trophy.
Find out more about the beginnings of football, relive FA Cup fairy tales, see footballing crown jewels from the 1966 World Cup Final ball to Diego Maradona’s incredible ‘Hand of God’ Argentina shirt.
Celebrate the impact of the England side at this year's European Championships at the National Football Museum. On Saturday 24 July, the museum will honour the Three Lions with Euro Heroes: a host of activities, storytelling sessions, crafts and more...
There will also be Euros Craft Activities each Thursday during the holiday. Recreate the magic of the tournament that gripped the nation in June and July.
Rewrite the Rules takes place on Fridays. See the original Laws of the Game on gallery and then recreate your own 2021 rules of football.
Enjoy new exhibitions: The English Hall of Fame and Still Gleaming: Euro 96 in Pictures. See a new museum gallery dedicated to football’s first female superstar – Lily Parr (from 29 July).
Tickets are on sale now at www.nationalfootballmuseum.com.
The museum is free to City of Manchester residents.
Euro Heroes: Celebration Day – Saturday 24 July
Celebrate the achievements of the England team at the Euros with a day of activities and challenges. Join the family for a trail focussing on England highlights. Track down objects relating to the Three Lions, the glory of 1966 and the years of near-misses…
Draw inspiration from iconic Manchester artist Stanley Chow’s portraits of England’s 1966 World Cup winning squad, and create your very own amazing portraits of England’s Euro 2020 team
Create your own retro England rosettes, popular with generations of football fans, to celebrate the achievements of Southgate’s squad this summer.
Interactive challenges – all summer
Put your ball skills to the test in the museum’s Play Gallery: take penalties, try your goalkeeping reactions, play table football and recreate your favourite moments of The Beautiful Game.
Hall of Fame exhibition – daily
The National Football Museum’s English Hall of Fame aims to highlight the achievements of those who have made an outstanding contribution to football. Celebrate a selection of those players and managers whose work, talent and dedication have made football the game of our lives.
Get a half hour guided tour of exhibition daily at 2pm (lasts 30 minutes).
Museum Highlights – daily tour at 11am
Euros Craft Activities – Thursdays (11am-1pm)
Family craft activities themed around Euros. Recreate the magic of the tournament that gripped the nation in June and July.
Rewrite the Rules – Fridays (11am-1pm)
See the original Laws of the Game on gallery and then recreate your own 2021 rules of football.
The museum has a new and improved access offer with both a BSL video guide and visual story helping visitors familiarise themselves before their visit.