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Find your first-date idea in Manchester.

Start with a coffee or a gallery visit, then decide whether you want more time together. Compare Manchester Art Gallery in the centre, the Whitworth on Oxford Road and coffee at HOME on First Street. Choose your date, time and budget to see which published visit details fit; a film or performance needs its own dated ticket listing.

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Columned entrance of Manchester Art Gallery on Mosley Street
Manchester Art Gallery on Mosley Street, photographed in 2012. Photo: It's No Game, CC BY 2.0. Exhibition banners are historical. Resized proportionately to fit1280px and encoded WebP84 using native WordPress image editor; no subject/content alteration.

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Columned entrance of Manchester Art Gallery on Mosley Street

Manchester Art Gallery

General gallery admission is free. The published regular hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm. Building repairs can affect individual galleries; check the official visit page for changes.

Manchester Art Gallery on Mosley Street, photographed in 2012. Photo: It's No Game, CC BY 2.0. Exhibition banners are historical. Resized proportionately to fit1280px and encoded WebP84 using native WordPress image editor; no subject/content alteration.
Red-brick Oxford Road exterior and entrance of the Whitworth in Manchester

The Whitworth

A gallery meeting on Oxford Road, with general entry free. The Oxford Road entrance remains the entrance to use after the Parkside entrance closes during Thursday lates; check current access updates.

The Whitworth on Oxford Road, photographed in 2020. Photo: citysuitesimages / City Suites, CC BY 2.0. Exhibition banners are historical. Resized proportionately to fit1280px and encoded WebP84 using native WordPress image editor; no subject/content alteration.

Coffee at HOME

Use the ground-floor bar for a coffee meeting at 2 Tony Wilson Place. The published coffee-and-cake offer is £7 each. Cinema, gallery and restaurant visits have different details and are not included in that offer.

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