Winter holidays Category: Free holiday programme 14 December 2024 – 5 January 2025 Brighten up your winter holidays and discover the secrets of light and colour with immersive experiences, illuminating experiments and daily science shows for all ages. Book now
Power Up Category: 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. Book now
Light Lab Category: Free holiday programme 14 December 2024 – 4 January 2025 Get hands on with light, colour and sound in our Light Lab with free activities, illuminating experiments and immersive experiences for all ages.
CHRISTMAS LECTURE live screening: The truth about food Category: 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. Book now
Early Years Activities Category: 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.
Home Educators Day Category: Special event Wednesday 8 January 2025 Take part in educational activities and shows in this exclusive day for home-educated families.
Manchester's Rolls-Royce Category: Free permanent display Open daily Find out more about Manchester's Rolls-Royce as part of our Revolution Manchester gallery.
Planting Stories Category: Free permanent display Open daily Uncover stories of our historic site while exploring our beautiful 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.
Early years construction packs Category: Free activity Subject to availability Especially for Baby Builders and Mini Engineers, our Construction Packs contain everything you need to ‘work’ around the museum.
Mini movers Category: Free activity Saturdays and Sundays (term time only) Calling all Mini Movers! Join us as we roll, clank, whirr and clack our way round the Textiles Gallery.
Early Years Story Time Category: 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.