MIF25

An Inheritance

4 Jul - 2 Nov 2025

Free to attend – no booking required

Date: 4 Jul - 2 Nov 2025
Venue: Gallery Space 2, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosely Street, Manchester, M2 3JL
Tickets

Manchester Art Gallery is open 10am to 5pm from Tuesday to Sunday.

Please check Manchester Art Gallery's website for the latest opening times.

Free to attend – no booking required

Accessibility features available for this event: Captioning Audio Description Wheelchair Access

What would you leave behind for children 100 years from now? Join young people from across Greater Manchester preparing a historic gift from one generation to another

What is it like in 2125? Is it full of people? Does it get busy? I was asking because right now it is chaos. Do you still have lizards? Do you want my favourite recipe to make for dinner? I can show you. Here.

Showing at Manchester Art Gallery in 2025 and again in 2125, An Inheritance brings together a sprawling collection of knowledge, advice, jokes, memories and objects curated by local primary school children. Explore the inheritance – and contribute some knowledge or advice of your own – before it’s locked away for 100 years.

The collection has been assembled by over 500 primary school children from across every borough of Greater Manchester. Working with artists Andy Field, Beckie Darlington and Rosabel Tan, these young people have been thinking about Manchester 100 years from now and what they can leave behind for its children – from a jar of honey (in case there are no bees in 2125) to advice on how to make friends, and everything in between.

To make sure the inheritance is passed down, key representatives from the city will attend a special ceremony where they will sign an oath written by the children promising to safeguard the collection for the next 100 years. At the end of Summer 2025, the inheritance will be carefully stored away until it’s ready to be unearthed again and given to the future children of Manchester.

Both a gift and a tribute to some of the city’s youngest inhabitants, An Inheritance is an invitation to think about the world we live in now, the legacy we leave behind and what it means to be a good ancestor.

Credits

Andy Field, Beckie Darlington and Rosabel Tan.

Commissioned and produced by Factory International. Developed with year 5 pupils from schools across Greater Manchester.

Image: Greta van der Star

Access information

The full location of the venue is Manchester Art Gallery, Mosely Street, Manchester, M2 3JL and the what3words is method.certified.canny.

Manchester Art Gallery can be approached by Princess Street, Mosely Street or St Peter’s Square.

There is a wheelchair lift and stairs at the entrance on Princess Street. This entrance has an automatic revolving door.

If you need any assistance when arriving, please contact the Visitor Team on 0161 235 8888 who are happy to help.

Two glass lifts in the main atrium provide access to the galleries on the first and second floors.

There are accessible toilets on the ground floor and on the first floor. They do not require a radar key. There are additional gendered toilet facilities throughout the building.

Guide and assistance animals, including assistance dogs in training, are welcome at the gallery.

Water bowls for guide and assistance animals are available at the information desk, just ask and the Visitor Team will be happy to help.

If you would like to visit with an emotional support animal, please contact the Visitor Team at vtcoordinators@manchester.gov.uk prior to your visit to discuss your request, they will not be able to admit emotional support animals without prior approval.

All film elements of the exhibition are captioned.

There will be an audio description guide available at the exhibition.

We will be producing a What To Expect Guide for this event. It will be available from 5 June.

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Travel information

Manchester Art Gallery is approximately 0.4 miles from Oxford Road Station, 0.6 miles from Piccadilly Station, and 0.7 miles from Victoria Station.

Manchester Art Gallery is approximately 0.1 miles from St Peter’s Square Tram Stop, and 0.3 miles from Piccadilly Gardens Tram Stop.

There is bike parking at the corner of George Street and Nicholas Street, and at the corner of Portland Street and Princess Street.

There is a cycle hire bank on Booth Street, just off Mosley Street, 200ft from the entrance. Take a look at Transport for Greater Manchester’s webpage for advice on cycle hire.

Manchester Art Gallery can be approached by Princess Street, Mosely Street or St Peter’s Square.

All footways in the surrounding area are well lit and there are appropriate crossings across all main roads.

Manchester Art Gallery is served by both free bus routes and all city centre bound busses. The gallery is 0.3 miles from Piccadilly Gardens bus station, and 0.3 miles from Chorlton Street Coach Station.

There are three disabled parking spaces on Nicholas Street and George Street.

There is a car park on Falkner Street, approximately 0.1 miles from Manchester Gallery.

Manchester Art Gallery is 0.8 miles from Aviva Studios.

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