There could be no more appropriate location for the National Football Museum than Preston North End's Deepdale stadium, which is the oldest Football League ground in the world.*

The only museum of its kind in the country, it collects, preserves and interprets England's pioneering role in the development of modern football. The history of football as the world's most popular sport is displayed as a unique heritage for the public benefit. The Museum has a long-term mission, a responsibility to both the present and future generations and a key role to play in social inclusion, widening the audiences for museums and their services.

The National Football Museum holds the world's finest collections of historic football artefacts and archives, including the FIFA Museum Collection. It opened to the public in February 2001 with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) providing £9.3 million of the total initial funding of £15 million required to create the Museum.

Visiting the National Football Museum is FREE. It receives more than 100,000 visitors per year. Appropriately a visit to the National Football Museum is 'a game of two halves'.

On the ground floor the 'First Half' gallery traces the history of the game. On the first and second floors the 'Second Half' gallery is full of exciting hands-on interactives. It also includes the Museum's temporary exhibition space, a gallery dedicated to the history of Preston North End with a viewing platform into the historic ground, and the ever-popular Goalstriker game.

Please click here to visit the National Football Museum website.

*The Museum is run entirely independently from the Football Club.