Manchester Art Gallery Mosley Street · City Centre
Fine and decorative art from the 17th century to today, including celebrated Pre-Raphaelite paintings, in Charles Barry's neoclassical building and its extension.
Mila-wall® – MBA regional – Manchester and surrounding area
Modular
museum walls
in Manchester
Mila-wall offers museums, galleries and exhibitors in Manchester and the surrounding area modular museum walls and exhibition walls that return in a new floor plan after every temporary exhibition – almost tool-free and TÜV GS certified.
Modular museum walls and temporary walls for museums in Manchester
Mila-wall: modular wall system for Manchester
Built in minutes. Rebuilt for the next exhibition.
Developed and manufactured by MBA, Mila-wall uses a patented, almost tool-free connector that joins complete wall modules into finished spatial structures – and separates them just as quickly. Surfaces remain virtually seamless, the technology stays hidden, and the system is TÜV GS certified.
A modular wall system for venues in Manchester whose spaces are reimagined season after season. Because every component is reusable, the same stock returns in a completely new layout for the next exhibition instead of ending up as waste. Sustainable and endlessly reconfigurable – a long-term asset for the institution rather than a one-off expense.
Wall systems for museums and exhibitions in Manchester
Temporary, mobile or permanent: Mila-wall adapts to your exhibition.
Temporary walls for museums
Temporary walls for museums in Manchester often have to look as permanent as the architecture around them for the weeks of an exhibition. Freestanding exhibition walls and partition walls go up in minutes and disappear cleanly after the programme; height-adjustable feet compensate for uneven historic floors.Mobile wall systems for museums
Mobile wall systems for museums in Manchester need to be as mobile as the loans and touring exhibitions themselves. The aluminium-framed panels withstand repeated transport and are light enough for in-house teams – in historic galleries as well as new buildings.Museum wall systems
Museum wall systems in Manchester have to handle very different curatorial approaches: Series 100 with an aluminium edge for flagship venues, Series 160 for long freestanding runs and heavy hangs, Series 840 with a wooden edge for tighter budgets, and SCENARIO as a plug-in system for pop-ups.Modular exhibition walls
Modular exhibition walls in Manchester serve museums, galleries, design studios and universities from a single stock: build heights of up to six metres, corners and angles without custom construction, and the same connection logic for every project.Temporary exhibition wall systems
Temporary exhibition wall systems in Manchester combine speed and a clean finish with Mila-wall: invisible connections, no visible technology – and 176 surfaces that are low-reflection, rich in colour and scratch-resistant, either permanently adhesive or removable without residue.Modular walls for exhibitions
Modular walls for exhibitions in Manchester must switch between Old Masters, history, design and contemporary art – and a single platform can carry this whole range. The lightweight honeycomb core in an aluminium frame remains repairable, and a stock typically pays for itself by around its fourth use.
In detail
Museums in Manchester: 10 museums that show what museum walls need to deliver
From Mosley Street and Castlefield to Oxford Road and Salford Quays, Manchester turned its industrial past into one of the most varied museum landscapes in the UK. Manchester Art Gallery and the John Rylands Library occupy listed 19th-century buildings, the Science and Industry Museum occupies the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station, and on Salford Quays Daniel Libeskind's IWM North and The Lowry stand for bold contemporary architecture. The demands on museum walls could hardly be more varied: historic halls with uneven floors on one side, open exhibition spaces without fixed walls on the other. Mila-wall is made for exactly this range.
Whether art museum, national museum or exhibition hall: museums across Europe and worldwide already work with Mila-wall museum walls.
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The Whitworth Whitworth Park · Oxford Road
University of Manchester gallery known for works on paper, textiles and wallpapers, with a glass-walled extension opening onto the park.
Manchester Museum Oxford Road · University Quarter
Natural history, archaeology and anthropology, with the South Asia Gallery, the Chinese Culture Gallery and a vivarium.
Science and Industry Museum Liverpool Road · Castlefield
Science, technology and industry on the site of the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station, with steam engines in the historic Power Hall.
People's History Museum Left Bank · Spinningfields
The national museum of democracy, telling the story of protest and political rights in Britain in a former Edwardian pumping station.
National Football Museum Cathedral Gardens · Urbis
The world's largest football museum, with changing exhibitions in the angular glass Urbis building.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library Deansgate · City Centre
Neo-Gothic library with exhibition galleries showing rare treasures such as Shakespeare's First Folio.
HOME Tony Wilson Place · First Street
Centre for contemporary art, theatre and film, with a large gallery for changing international exhibitions.
IWM North Trafford Wharf · Salford Quays
Imperial War Museum in Daniel Libeskind's building, conceived as a shattered globe, with a main exhibition space without fixed walls.
The Lowry Pier 8 · Salford Quays
Arts centre with theatres and galleries, home to the largest public collection of works by L. S. Lowry.
Planning an exhibition?
Whether in your region, across England or worldwide – museum, gallery or trade fair: we support every exhibitor. Get in touch.
- Our team will get back to you within 24 hours.
- A sample box of small original walls by post, plus advice in a video call.
- Planning from the first sketch to handover.
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MBA is your point of contact for modular museum walls and exhibition walls – for museums, galleries and exhibitors across England.
Your MBA partner for museum walls in Manchester and the surrounding area
Modular museum walls, mobile wall systems and exhibition walls from MBA – for museums, galleries and exhibitors in Manchester and the surrounding area: Salford, Stockport, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Wigan, Trafford, Altrincham, Warrington and other towns.