Press office

The Museum of Science and Industry’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 Museum of Science and Industry.

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@msimanchester.org.uk or call 0161 606 0176 or 0161 606 0213 to make an enquiry.

Press releases

Browse our press release archive below:

Family visitors take part in a creative workshop at the National Science and Media Museum

Stuck on repeat? Family event investigates earworms

Wednesday 10 April 2019 Earworms—we've all had them. Those irritating snatches of music that get stuck in your head for no reason whatsoever. But what causes them?

Two young girls posing in front of a dark mirror

Spring Holiday: Fashion Fun at the Science and Industry Museum

Monday 01 April 2019 Between 6–22 April, the Science and Industry Museum is inviting visitors to step into 2019's latest trends and take a fun-filled look at how fashion and science make the perfect designer duo.

Culture Cure: Late event at the Science and Industry Museum

Tuesday 12 February 2019 Inflatable sculptures, gynaecological comedy and the healing power of laughter are just some of the activities on offer at the Science and Industry Museum's Culture Cure: Late event on Wednesday 6 March 2019.

Get a move on! February half term family fun at Science and Industry Museum

Tuesday 12 February 2019 We have an amazing journey in store for families this February half term. So, get a move on for fun, thrills and laughs!

Museum marks 200th birthday of scientist and engineer James Joule

Thursday 22 November 2018 The 200th birthday of one of the most famous scientists in the world, James Joule, will be celebrated next month, and the Science and Industry Museum will have a range of events for all ages to mark the anniversary.

Multiple reflections of Professor Alice Roberts' head

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures to be screened live for the first time in Manchester

Tuesday 13 November 2018 This year, for the first time, the Royal Institution has teamed up with venues outside London to stream their Christmas Lectures live as they happen.

Cyborgs and biohackers to headline Manchester Science Festival

Friday 21 September 2018 You Have Been Upgraded event added to immersive black hole and Electricity: The spark of life exhibition for Manchester Science Festival 2018.

A black and whit picture of a model wearing electrical sensors on its head

Manchester pioneers celebrated in electric new exhibition

Tuesday 07 August 2018 The super-charged history of Manchester’s place in the electric revolution is to be explored in a new exhibition opening in October.

Family event celebrates the amazing history of computers

Tuesday 05 June 2018 The world would be a very different place without computers, so this June, the Museum of Science and Industry is inviting visitors to learn about the computer that helped make the world we live in today a reality: the Small Scale Experimental Machine, or 'Baby'.

Special celebrations for the 70th anniversary of modern computing

Tuesday 05 June 2018 This month, the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society invite visitors to revisit the beginnings of the computer age.