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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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Manchester, cotton and transatlantic slavery (opening 2027)

Free exhibition

Opening in 2027

A landmark free exhibition and public engagement project that will reveal how transatlantic slavery shaped Manchester's growth.

Early Years Activities

Free activity

Various dates and times

From story time and imaginative play to Makaton-friendly adventures and curious moments, there's lots to inspire and entertain little learners on a visit to the Science and Industry Museum.

A young girl wearing a yellow hard hat and an orange high-vis jacket playing with toy construction tools

Early years construction packs

Free activity

Subject to availability

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

A toddler looking at a painting on a wall

Early Years Story Time

Free activity

Saturdays and Sundays (term time only)

Join a quest to return a bear left at Liverpool Road Station to its home in this brand-new sensory story time.

What’s on

Power Up

Manchester, cotton and transatlantic slavery (opening 2027)

Early Years Activities

Early years construction packs

Early Years Story Time

Part of the Science Museum Group