Portland Basin Museum in Tameside in greater Manchester is an exciting family friendly museum which focuses on the area's industrial heritage.<br /><br />Built in the restored nineteenth century Ashton Canal Warehouse in Ashton-under-Lyne, the museum houses an entire street where the sights and sounds of 1920s Tameside are brought to life.<br /><br />Step into the museum and you will be transported back 100 years. Explore what a typical Greater Manchester house would have looked like, sit down for class at school, or take a trip into the site's fish and chip shop and browse the menu.<br /><br />Portland Basin Museum allows you to immerse yourself in history, so take a peak behind the blue door to get a glimpse of the past.
