What's on | Exhibition| Free special event| Free temporary display| Special event

Three doctors dressed in scrubs, hugging and smiling for the camera

Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You

14 February 2025 – 4 January 2026

Get ready for a brand-new adventure of super-sized science and brilliant biology. Plunge headfirst into the incredible world of our senses with Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You.

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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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CHRISTMAS LECTURE live screening: The truth about food

Special event

Tuesday 10 December 2024

Delve deep into digestion with Dr Chris van Tulleken and the first of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution.

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Star object: The NHS George Cross medal

Free temporary display

9 February 2024 – January 2025

See the George Cross medal awarded to the NHS by Queen Elizabeth II, on display until 2025.

A man and three young girls playing with an interactive museum display

Home Educators Day

Special event

Wednesday 8 January 2025

Take part in educational activities and shows in this exclusive day for home-educated families.

A man and a boy looking at Stephen Hawking's blackboard in a museum

Stephen Hawking at Work

Free temporary display

25 May 2023 – September 2025

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

What’s on

Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You

Power Up

CHRISTMAS LECTURE live screening: The truth about food

Star object: The NHS George Cross medal

Home Educators Day

Stephen Hawking at Work

Part of the Science Museum Group