What's on

This winter holiday we're wishing the periodic table a very happy 150th birthday with a look at everything from pasta to planets.

Where are our flying cars and household robots? How long will it be until we can all say, ‘Beam me up, Scotty’? It might be sooner than you think…

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

This lively show tells the story of how science and industry came together in Manchester, shaping our lives today.

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.

Delve into our treasure trove of books, photographs, documents and films.