Schools programme

As part of your visit itinerary, you can reserve a 30-minute slot in our indoor picnic space to eat your packed lunches.

Combine a visit to the Science and Industry Museum with a visit to the National Trust's Castlefield Viaduct Garden.

Discover some of the most surprising scientific discoveries to come out of Manchester in this interactive, skills-building workshop.

This high-energy, mischievous schools show inspires curiosity, drawing out questions about real-life figures and basic engineering concepts.

Lively, upbeat and humorous with lots of surprises, this show uses audience participation to communicate the key principles of electricity.

Full of surprise and funny moments, this show is designed to stimulate all the senses and get children excited about what forces mean in the real world.

We need your curious minds! Join the Museum Mystery Solvers and help us discover which material powered one of our explosive engines.

This surprising science show for schools conveys the principles of light through audience participation and experimentation.

Why aren't umbrellas made from sponge? Or mugs from wax? This fun, cross-curricular creative workshop explores product development.

Help your class discover the story of where science met industry and the modern world began, from steam power and the cotton industry, to computing and cutting-edge scientific research.

Go back in time to the working mills of 150 years ago, experience the deafening sounds of the machinery and find out what life was like for thousands of mill workers.

160 consoles. Five decades of gaming. Game on. Recommended for year 5 upwards (ages 9 and older).

Enjoy a riotous, hands-on experience with our new major exhibition exploring the science of music's mysterious hold over us and how it drives us to create, perform, feel and share.

Take an unforgettable journey through the digestive system with the Science and Industry Museum's upcoming world premiere blockbuster exhibition based on CBBC's award-winning show, Operation Ouch!

Explore science in action in Experiment, our free interactive gallery.

Manchester is built on cotton. Learn how the city got its nickname 'Cottonopolis' as you discover the machines, people and stories that made Manchester the first industrial city and changed the world we all live in today.