Manchester

Known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Manchester is one of the most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities in the UK, with a unique character all of its own. Manchester welcomes visitors with its fine traditions of culture, music, sport and top-class events.

From Paleolithic Native Americans to the large mills that produced millions of yards of fabric and the immigrants who labored in the mills, the Millyard Museum brings 1,000 years at Manchester's Amoskeag Falls to life. The cosmopolitan dining scene in Manchester, which includes Nepalese, Brazilian, Franco-Canadian, Hungarian, Greek, and other restaurants, best exemplifies the city's dynamic cultural diversity today. The Currier Museum of Art and the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra are two prominent cultural institutions in Manchester. Harry Houdini and Bob Hope both "played the Palace," Manchester's Palace Theatre from 1915, where the program still includes everything from grand opera to children's theater.

The Currier's collections contain more than 11,000 works, including more contemporary pieces by Picasso, Matisse, and O'Keeffe as well as works by Constable, Monet, Corot, and Tiepolo. The White Mountain School of painters, who portrayed mountain landscapes in the 19th century, is also well represented here.