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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.

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

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

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.