What's on

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.

What will you build, sense and discover? Play and explore science in action in Experiment, our free interactive gallery designed for the whole family to enjoy together.

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

Start your journey through Manchester's rich legacy of industrial innovations, scientific discoveries and ideas that changed the world.

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.

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.

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.

Join our expert Explainers for an action-packed show that tells the story of how science met industry right here in Manchester, building our world and shaping our lives today.

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