What's on | Activity| Free demonstration| Free holiday programme| Free talk| Special event| Adults| Families (under-5s)

Two young boys playing a drumming computer game

Power Up

Special event

Saturdays and Sundays during term time, daily during school holidays

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

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A woman and baby playing with building blocks

Experitots

Activity

Various dates

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.

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Two museum volunteers stood in front of a replica of the Baby computer

Meet Baby

Free demonstration

Dates and times vary

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

A man holding his arms up, stood in front of Victorian machinery

Textiles demonstration

Free demonstration

Daily shows (when possible)

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.

A woman stood in front of a board with pictures on it, talking to a crowd off camera.

Spotlight Talks

Free talk

Dates and times vary

Join our Highlights volunteers for a free talk about the Science and Industry Museum.

What’s on

Power Up

Experitots

Meet Baby

Textiles demonstration

Spotlight Talks

Part of the Science Museum Group