What's on

Join us for an evening of fun and games, experiments, shows, talks and more at our next adults-only after hours Late.

Stare into the mirror of infinity, create a tornado, and watch your own skeleton ride a bicycle. Play with 25 hands-on exhibits and see science in action.

From the printing press to modern computing, discover how technological advancements have made it possible for us to communicate further and faster.

Thread your way through Manchester’s rich legacy of industrial innovations, scientific discoveries and ideas that changed the world.

Find out how George Stephenson designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway against the odds, and see how it changed Manchester and the world.

By road or by air, this city’s inventors and engineers made a big impact on the way we travel today. See the cars, bikes and aeroplanes that got industrial Manchester moving.

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.

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.

Who will you support? Player 1 or Player 2? Take control of this live science show as different experiments battle it out to be crowned your winner.

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

Join us for Experitots, our monthly creative activity session designed to help children under 4 years old get the most out of Experiment, our hands-on science gallery.

Pi: Platform for Investigation – Powered by Siemens is a monthly event where families can discover cutting-edge research that’s happening right now in and around Manchester and the North West.

Take to the skies and experience life in the cockpit of a Red Arrows aircraft in our flight simulator.

Have you ever wanted to fly your own jet? Then take the controls on Fly 360, our hands-on flight simulator.