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Take gaming to the next level with Power Up at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.

Brighten up your winter holidays at the Science and Industry Museum. Get hands on with illuminating experiments and enjoy free activities for all ages. Make light perform tricks, create colour and play with shadows in the Light Lab.

Can machines really think like humans? Uncover the truth about AI with the first of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution.

Experitots is a regular event specially designed for children aged 0–4. During these playful sessions, toddlers and their adults are encouraged to play, explore and experiment together.

What will you build, sense and discover? Play and explore science in action in Experiment, our free interactive gallery designed for the whole family to enjoy together.

Manchester is built on cotton. Our Textiles Gallery tells the story of the people, products and pioneers that made it and their continuing legacy in our city and our world today.

Join our expert Explainers for an action-packed show that tells the story of how science met industry right here in Manchester, building our world and shaping our lives today.

Explore incredible objects, including some never seen by the public before, from Professor Stephen Hawking’s office in this new, free display.

Follow your curiosity and learn more about the big ideas and innovations that are changing our world today.

Watch volunteers run our replica Baby and see how far computing has come since 1948.

Journey through Manchester's rich legacy of industrial innovations, scientific discoveries and ideas that started life in Manchester and went on to change the world.

Uncover stories of our historic site while exploring our new garden, featuring plants, trees and flowers that have been carefully selected to represent the goods that would have once been transported here on the railway.

Find out more about Manchester's Rolls-Royce as part of our Revolution Manchester gallery.

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

Especially for Baby Builders and Mini Engineers, our Construction Packs contain everything you need to ‘work’ around the museum.