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:

Stephenson’s Rocket returns to Manchester for first time in 180 years

Wednesday 23 May 2018 Stephenson’s Rocket is to return to Manchester for the first time in over 180 years this September. The iconic locomotive, which was built to run on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world’s first inter-city passenger railway line, will be on display at the Museum of Science and Industry from 25 September 2018 until 28 April 2019.

Textiles Gallery refresh - artist's impression

New look for Textiles Gallery at the Museum of Science and Industry

Monday 30 April 2018 The historic Textiles Gallery at the Museum of Science and Industry is to receive a facelift ahead of summer—meaning there will be more objects on display and better hands-on activities than ever before.

Image of the exterior of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester

6% rise in visitors to Museum of Science and Industry

Tuesday 24 April 2018 Almost 40,000 more people visited the Museum of Science and Industry last year than the year before.

A dancer on stage with light being projected on them

New dance piece announced for Manchester Science Festival 2018

Tuesday 24 April 2018 We are delighted to announce Contagion, a brand-new dance piece by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, is one of the first events to be added to the Manchester Science Festival 2018 programme.

VIP visit for Trafford schoolboy who designed Tim Peake's mission patch

Tuesday 17 April 2018 A Trafford schoolboy who won a Blue Peter competition to design Tim Peake’s mission badge enjoyed a VIP visit to the Museum of Science and Industry where the astronaut’s Soyuz spacecraft and Sokol space suit are currently on display.

What’s on this May at the Museum of Science and Industry

Tuesday 17 April 2018 This May, make sure you catch Tim Peake’s spacecraft before it blasts off on tour and get hands-on with MakeFest, the museum’s family-friendly celebration of making, tinkering and engineering. Plus, we have half term fun activities including pinhole cameras and printing workshops.

People in lab coats at a Pi event at MSI

Hear, hear! We're celebrating ears with a hands-on event at the Museum of Science and Industry

Thursday 05 April 2018 Get up close to what’s inside your ears, shout louder than anyone else, use a wobble board to find out how important your ears are for balance and invent gadgets to help people hear at the next Pi: Platform for Investigation – Powered by Siemens event at the Museum of Science and Industry.

Get involved in Manchester Science Festival 2018

Tuesday 27 March 2018 Applications are now open for people and organisations interested in taking part in this year’s Manchester Science Festival.

Tekja artist duo stood in front a wall of computer code

Data sparks new Manchester Science Festival art commission

Tuesday 27 March 2018 Data visualisation experts Tekja have been announced as the winners of the commission to create a brand-new artwork for the Manchester Science Festival headline exhibition Electricity: The Spark of Life.

Tim Peake's spacesuit goes on display for the first time as competition winner announced

Friday 09 March 2018 Science Museum Group Director Ian Blatchford today announced Peterborough Cathedral as the winner of a national competition to host British astronaut Tim Peake's spacecraft. The announcement came at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, where the Sokol space suit worn by Peake during his Principia mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is to be unveiled to the public for the first time.