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 606 0160 or 0161 606 0213 to make an enquiry.

Press releases

Browse our press release archive below:

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.

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.