Join British astronaut Tim Peake on an out-of-this-world virtual reality mission.

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.

In this exhibition, as we gear up for further improvements to the museum site, staff reflect on its original condition and the fantastic transformations already made.

World-shaping, record-breaking, life-changing. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the world’s first intercity line that started a transport revolution.

Experience the sights, sounds and smells of real working steam engines that powered mills all over the North West and helped to shape our world.

Find out how a mill engine works and discover its role in the Industrial Revolution.

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.

Can you use your curious brain to help us understand how a steam locomotive works? Our Explainers have a manual, but it’s more fun to work it out!

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.

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

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

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.

These monthly creative activity sessions help children under 4 years old get the most out of Experiment, our hands-on science gallery.