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Manchester Cotton and Transatlantic Slavery Exhibition Design

Design of a museum exhibition exploring the history of Manchester, cotton, and transatlantic slavery. The project requires the integration of archival content, physical objects, and interactive exhibits to create a sensitive and engaging visitor experience. The scope includes the option for lighting design services to support the narrative of the textile industry's role in industrialisation.

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Awarded value
£61k
As published
Published
6 November 2025
Awarded
20 April 2026
Freehaus
Contract length
11 months
Ends 30 March 2027

What the contract covers

Services contract

Provision of creative exhibition design services for museums, galleries, and cultural institutions, including archival content and interactive exhibit development.

  • Creative exhibition design using vibrant, welcoming, dynamic, and sensitive design to tell the story of Manchester, cotton, and transatlantic slavery.
  • Exhibition design addressing the role that enslaved Africans played in Manchester’s growth and why this story is relevant to people of Manchester today, reshaping the narrative of the textile industry’s role in creating the world’s first industrial city.
  • Exhibition design that carefully works with sensitive subject matter and brings together archival content, objects, a limited number of thoughtful interactive exhibits, and creative commissions to produce an insightful and inspiring visitor experience.
  • Optional lighting design services.
  • Production of an exhibition design that uses vibrant, welcoming, dynamic, and sensitive design to tell the story of Manchester, cotton, and transatlantic slavery.
  • Design bringing together archival content and objects, a limited number of thoughtful interactive exhibits, and creative commissions for an insightful and inspiring visitor experience.

Terms and requirements

Contract type
Services contract
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Open procedure
Initial term
11 months
Contract dates
21 April 2026 to 30 March 2027
Certifications asked for
None stated
Lots
1
Suitable for SMEs
Not stated
Category
Services
CPV codes
22314000, 92521100

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Science Museum Group

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Freehaus

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Cite this contract

Link
https://bidskim.com/tender/333197/manchester-cotton-and-transatlantic-slavery-exhibition-design
Buyer reference
SIM3827M
Open contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05db89
Last checked
5 November 2026

Science Museum Group. Manchester Cotton and Transatlantic Slavery Exhibition Design. Contract award, 6 November 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/333197/manchester-cotton-and-transatlantic-slavery-exhibition-design (accessed 5 November 2026).