Press office

The Science and Industry Museum's press office helps journalists and broadcasters access our collection, information on our extensive programme of events and exhibitions, and the insight offered by our experts.

Browse our press release archive below, or discover more about the Science and Industry Museum.

Contact the press team

The museum receives many requests from broadcasters and TV production companies wanting to film the museum, or objects within it, every week. We look at each of these requests on a case-by-case basis.

All filming requests need to give clear deadlines, and details on how they will be mentioning the museum in the footage or programme.

Please email press@scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk or call 0161 696 7785 or 0161 606 0160 to make an enquiry.

Press releases

Browse our press release archive below:

Special Exhibitions Gallery at the Science and Industry Museum wins RIBA North West Award

Thursday 28 April 2022 The museum’s spectacular new 725 square metre flexible gallery, designed by architects Carmody Groarke opened in May 2021 and has been named one of the best new buildings in the North West.

Sepia photo of two men and three women singing and playing musical instruments

Celebrate a century of the BBC in Manchester at the Science and Industry Museum

Wednesday 13 April 2022 The Science and Industry Museum has introduced a new display marking 100 years of the BBC in Manchester, showcasing the city as a centre of innovation in broadcasting from the early radio experiments in the 1920s, right up to the revolutionary ideas of today.

Free tickets now available for critically acclaimed Sebastião Salgado photography exhibition, Amazônia, at the Science and Industry Museum

Tuesday 05 April 2022 From 13 May visitors to the Science and Industry Museum can see the latest blockbuster exhibition for free from celebrated photographer, Sebastião Salgado, that explores the rich diversity of the Amazon.

A young girl wearing a yellow hard hat and an orange high-vis jacket playing with toy construction tools

Get creative and celebrate Manchester firsts at the Science and Industry Museum this spring holiday

Friday 18 March 2022 This spring, the whole family can get creative at the Science and Industry Museum—discovering inspiring innovations, creating clever contraptions and getting stuck into construction-themed activities.

Science and Industry Museum acquires Alan Turing Pardon Campaign objects for the Science Museum Group Collection

Wednesday 02 March 2022 The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester has added objects to the Science Museum Group Collection from the 2012 campaign to posthumously pardon mathematician, Alan Turing, in order to save them for the nation.

Mother and son looking at a display in an exhibition

Last chance to discover world-first Cancer Revolution exhibition at the Science and Industry Museum

Friday 25 February 2022 There's only one month left to discover the critically acclaimed world-first free exhibition exploring the revolution in science that is transforming cancer care at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, before it closes on 27 March.

Deborah James awarded prestigious Science Museum Group Fellowship Award

Friday 04 February 2022 Sun columnist, ‘Bowelbabe’ blogger, podcaster, campaigner and fundraiser for a range of cancer charities, Deborah James, has been awarded the prestigious Science Museum Group fellowship for all the cancer related work she has undertaken since her diagnosis with terminal bowel cancer in 2016.

Two boys looking at a display case in a museum exhibition

February half term fun at the Science and Industry Museum

Thursday 27 January 2022 From a journey around the body, to the birth of computing to lifting a Mini, there’s a great day out at the Science and Industry Museum this February half term.

Caring for collections and preparing historic objects ahead of their move

Monday 17 January 2022 The Science and Industry Museum has been working with specialists to prepare to move the historic collection of objects, including aircraft, from the Air and Space Hall.

What’s on at the Science And Industry Museum in 2022

Tuesday 11 January 2022 The new year is set to be an exciting one for the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, with a jam-packed schedule of major new exhibitions, festivals, updates to the galleries and activities.