What's on

Join us for an adults-only after-hours evening inspired by Amazônia, Sebastião Salgado's breathtaking photography exhibition.

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 in its new home as part of our Revolution Manchester gallery.

Celebrate 100 years of the BBC in Manchester with a new display that showcases Manchester as a centre of innovation in broadcasting, from 1922 to the present, and looking to the future.

Explore the whimsical world of marvellous machinery with our new temporary display, A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley.

Our expert Explainers are on hand to unravel some science secrets at Curiosity Stops throughout the museum.

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

Calling all Mini Movers! Join us as we roll, clank, whirr and clack our way round the Textiles Gallery.

Explore this newly installed playful train track graphic in our Lower Yard.

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

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