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:

The Science and Industry Museum announces world first exhibition, Turn It Up: The power of music

Tuesday 26 July 2022 Turn It Up: the power of music is a major new interactive exhibition premiering at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, 21 October 2022 – May 2023 before a national tour

Young people enjoying a Lates event at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford

Science and Industry Museum needs your musical playback devices to feature in Turn It Up: The power of music

Monday 18 July 2022 The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester is calling for the public to donate their old musical playback devices and accompanying memories to help create part of its world premiere exhibition, Turn It Up: The Power of Music.

A mother and daughter doing arts and crafts with the help of a museum explainer

Explore ideas that changed the world, get hands on with fabric-themed family fun or get to grips with gaming this summer at the Science and Industry Museum

Friday 01 July 2022 Join one of the city's best-loved museums for a hands-on summer of making, creating and playing to explore the skills and ideas that have made the Manchester of today.

An old building surrounded by scaffolding

Revolution in progress: New drone footage and film reveal the immense scale and ambition of the restoration at the Science and Industry Museum’s globally significant heritage site

Wednesday 22 June 2022 The Science and Industry Museum has revealed new footage to showcase the scale and ambition of its seven-acre restoration programme, being delivered while the museum remains open to visitors.

Manchester Science Festival returns with world premiere exhibition and experiences

Friday 10 June 2022 A highlight of Manchester's cultural calendar and one of the most popular science festivals in the UK is returning to host a programme of live, interactive events and world premieres for the first time since 2018.

External shot of the Power Hall at the Science and Industry Museum

Science and Industry Museum receives multi-million-pound donation from The Law Family Charitable Foundation to aid regeneration of iconic Power Hall

Tuesday 31 May 2022 The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester has received a £3 million donation from The Law Family Charitable Foundation to fund the future of its iconic Power Hall gallery.

Science and Industry Museum puts the wheels in motion for a fun-filled, transport-themed half term

Thursday 26 May 2022 It's full steam ahead this half term as one of Manchester's best-loved museums puts the wheels in motion for a science-filled week of discovery and play, exploring Manchester's incredible contributions to the past and future of transport.

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Game On: Interactive gaming extravaganza Power Up returns to the Science and Industry Museum

Tuesday 24 May 2022 Popular gaming experience Power Up is returning to the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester for the first time in three years.

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.