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:

Two children playing on a museum interactive display

Free science fun this summer at the Science and Industry Museum

Thursday 15 July 2021 Codebreaking, puzzle challenges, interactive experiments, BBC children's favourites and a special Manchester Science Festival Family Weekender—summer at the Science and Industry Museum is back with a bang.

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Science and Industry Museum to vacate lease on Air and Space Hall

Wednesday 14 July 2021 The Science and Industry Museum and Manchester City Council announce today that the museum will no longer lease the historic Lower Campfield Market Hall building, which houses the Air and Space Hall.

New exhibition, Use Hearing Protection: the early years of Factory Records, to open at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester from 19 June

Tuesday 01 June 2021 A new exhibition at the Science and Industry Museum will reveal the lesser-known stories of one of Manchester’s most influential record labels and celebrate its place at the heart of the city and the UK’s music and creative industries.

Science and Industry Museum gives first look inside Top Secret exhibition and reveals it is set to open on 19 May 2021

Friday 30 April 2021 The Science and Industry Museum has announced today that it will reopen on Wednesday 19 May, giving a first look inside a major new exhibition that will unveil a world of secret communication and inspire security sleuths of the future in the North.

Science and Industry Museum awarded £4.3 million for visionary decarbonisation project

Wednesday 14 April 2021 The Science and Industry Museum has been awarded £4.3 million by the Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to transform the museum’s environmental sustainability and place zero-carbon technology at the heart of the visitor experience.

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New Special Exhibitions Gallery at the Science and Industry Museum revealed

Wednesday 10 March 2021 A spectacular new 725 square metre flexible gallery is now complete and ready to originate and host some of the world's best science exhibitions and experiences in the North, thanks to a generous £3.8 million grant from the DCMS and additional support from other funders.

Science and Industry Museum gears up to explore ideas for a better world as Manchester Science Festival line up is announced

Thursday 14 January 2021 The Science and Industry Museum is preparing for 10 days of online scientific celebration as Manchester Science Festival goes digital between 12–21 February 2021.

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Funding awarded to support STEM inspiration activity across Greater Manchester through STEM Reboot programme

Monday 21 December 2020 GREATER Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has awarded £50k funding to a programme designed to help young people continue to be inspired by STEM subjects during the ongoing pandemic.

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Manchester Science Festival returns to explore our changing climate and ideas for a better world

Thursday 17 September 2020 Manchester Science Festival, a highlight of the city's cultural calendar and one of the most popular science festivals in the UK, is returning in 2021 with a jam-packed programme.

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Bookings now open to visit the Science and Industry Museum

Friday 31 July 2020 Tickets for the Science and Industry Museum, one of Manchester's top attractions, are available from today (31 July), two weeks ahead of its reopening on Friday 14 August and in time for the summer holidays.