IWM North, Quayside
Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, M17 1TZ -
Up to
700 guests
Offers
catering
Internal Catering
allowed
Centrally located in Manchester and boasting a variety of unparalleled event spaces, the Imperial War Museum is available to hire for daytime and evening. The venue is perfect for events such as, executive meetings, conferences, and product launches to birthday parties, award ceremonies, Christmas parties, summer parties and wedding receptions.
IWM North’s extraordinary spaces offer exceptional possibilities for entertaining and our award-winning approach to event-creation has positioned the museum as one of the leading venues in the city-region.
Unique to IWM North is the Big Picture Show, an immersive cinematic experience that presents film, imagery and sound from our collections. Working with our technical team you can create your own big picture show. These bespoke digital wallpapers are digitally mastered and developed around any theme you choose and provide a spectacular backdrop to any event.
Income generated from venue hire helps us deliver our learning programmes, displays and exhibitions.
The venue has recently won two National Venue Awards including Most Historic Venue and Most Unusual/Unique Venue.
Exceptionally elegant waterfront location offering dynamic views of Manchester's Quays. It is a superb venue for Summer parties, graduation balls, birthday parties, gala dinner, corporate celebrations, conferences, exhibitions, wedding ceremonies, summer parties and receptions.
Quayside
90% would book it againCapacity & layout
Standing
up to 700
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Cloakroom
Disabled access
Natural light
Outdoor / Garden / Beach
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Reviews
Julian Dale
November 2024It was our 1st time visiting IWM North. The staff were friendly and very informative about the exhibits they had on show. I fully enjoyed the whole experience. Highly recommended , plus it's also free. There is boxes placed around the site for voluntary donations. There is no pressure to donate, but it does help the museum The cafe is also very reasonably priced.
PANKAJ SOOD
February 2025Well maintained museum, you can see world war related things here. Tanker, missiles, planes, old war related videos. Very near to tram station, also connected via bridge to media City UK.
jezzaftw
January 2025As someone whos visited all other iwm sites prior to this one i was slightly underwhelmed. The contents is very similar to iwm London but not as dense or well themed and without special exhibits and significantly fewer large museum pieces. The big picture show was really good. This museum is defo worth visiting for someone who hasnt visited an iwm site before but i wouldnt recommend going out of your way just to see this site as London is equally accessible and better in most aspects. Kind and helpful staff
Quayside
90% would book it again