Map
Finding your way around our galleries.
Ground Floor
Entrance (Oxford Road) – Reception
Entrance (Oxford Road) – The Whitworth Shop
Upper Promenade – The Whitworth Café
Gallery 1 – This gallery is currently closed due to an exhibition changeover, building maintenance, and conservation work.
Gallery 2 – Traces of Displacement – until 7 January 2024
Gallery 3 – This gallery is currently closed due to an exhibition changeover, building maintenance, and conservation work.
Gallery 4 – Traces of Displacement – until 7 January 2024
Gallery 5 – Albrecht Dürer’s material world – until 10 March 2024
Gallery 6 – Economics the Blockbuster – It’s not Business as Usual – until 22 October 2023 – Part of Manchester International Festival 2023 #MIF23
Gallery 7 – Economics the Blockbuster – It’s not Business as Usual – until 22 October 2023 – Part of Manchester International Festival 2023 #MIF23
Gallery 8 – Economics the Blockbuster – It’s not Business as Usual – until 22 October 2023 – Part of Manchester International Festival 2023 #MIF23
Gallery 9 – Albrecht Dürer’s material world – until 10 March 2024
Events Room – Office of Arte Útil – This space includes part of the exhibition: Economics the Blockbuster – It’s not Business as Usual – until 22 October 2023 – Part of Manchester International Festival 2023 #MIF23
Meeting Room – Meeting Room 1
Quiet Space – Please ask a member of the Visitor Team for details
Toilets – Multi-use toilets, please see the map for locations
Lift – Located in Gallery 1 to the left. DOWN: Lower Ground Floor, Toilets and Lockers, UP: First Floor, Grand Hall
Lift – Located in Gallery 4 near stairs. UP: Mezzanine Floor
Lift – Located near Gallery 9, on the Upper Promenade. DOWN: Lower Ground Floor
Lockers – Please ask a member of the Visitor Team for details
Mezzanine Floor
Gallery 10 – (Un)Defining Queer – until 3 December 2023
Gallery 11 – School of Creativity: An experimental, shared workspace for lifelong learning
Gallery 12 – (Un)Defining Queer – until 3 December 2023
Lift – Located in Gallery 10. DOWN: Gallery 4
First Floor
Grand Hall – Events Space
Lift – Located near Grand Hall. DOWN: Ground Floor and Lower Ground Floor
Lower Ground Floor
Entrance (Denmark Road/Art Garden) – Reception
Collections Care Centre – Project and Exhibition Space
Leaning Studio – Clore Garden Studio: Creative Workshop and Events Space
Art Garden – Outdoor Space
Alex Bernstein Garden – Outdoor Space
Toilets – Multi-use toilets, please see the map for locations
Lift – Located on the Lower Ground Floor Promenade, near the stone staircase. UP: Ground Floor, Upper Promenade
Lockers – Please ask a member of the Visitor Team for details
Lower Promenade, Art Garden, and Whitworth Park:
Packed lunches, food, and drink can be consumed in these areas
