What's on

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

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 the scientists who made the Bank of England's shortlist to be the face of the new £50 note, and discover why Alan Turing was a worthy winner.

Find out more about Manchester's Rolls-Royce in its new home as part of our Revolution Manchester gallery.

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

In a world first for human spaceflight, the ESA announced earlier this year that its first call for new astronauts in more than a decade will be open to candidates with a physical disability.

COP26 is the most important climate talk this year, and the most important climate conference since the Paris Agreement in 2015. But what happens after the negotiations have closed in Glasgow in November?