Schools programme

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.

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.

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.

From big ideas to small inventions, explore Manchester’s amazing legacy of ideas that changed the work and helped shape life as we know it.