Changing Places, Creating Spaces Category: Temporary exhibition Open 10.00–17.00 daily In this exhibition, as we gear up for further improvements to the museum site, staff reflect on its original condition and the fantastic transformations already made.
Revolutionary Railroad Category: Permanent gallery Open 10.00–17.00 daily World-shaping, record-breaking, life-changing. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the world’s first intercity line that started a transport revolution.
Meet Baby Category: Demonstration Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays Watch volunteers run our replica Baby and see how far computing has come since 1948.
Research Centre study area Category: Activity Tuesdays and Wednesdays Delve into our treasure trove of books, photographs, documents and films.
Revolution Manchester Category: Permanent gallery Open 10.00–17.00 daily Thread your way through Manchester’s rich legacy of industrial innovations, scientific discoveries and ideas that changed the world.
Textiles Gallery Category: Permanent gallery Open 10.00–17.00 daily 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.
Connecting Manchester Category: Permanent gallery Open 10.00–17.00 daily From the printing press to modern computing, discover how technological advancements have made it possible for us to communicate further and faster.
Experiment Category: Permanent gallery Open 10.00–17.00 daily Stare into the mirror of infinity, create a tornado, and watch your own skeleton ride a bicycle. Play with 25 hands-on exhibits and see science in action.
Air and Space Hall Category: Permanent gallery Temporarily closed for maintenance By road or by air, this city’s inventors and engineers made a big impact on the way we travel today. See the cars, bikes and aeroplanes that got industrial Manchester moving.
Destination Stations Category: Temporary exhibition Open 10.00–17.00 daily Destination Stations offers a snapshot of the expansion of railway stations, focused on Manchester and London.
Textiles demonstration Category: Family show Daily shows Go back in time to the working mills of 150 years ago, experience the deafening sounds of the machinery and find out what life was like for thousands of mill workers.
The Revolution Manchester Show Category: Family show Daily shows This lively show tells the story of how science and industry came together in Manchester, shaping our lives today.
Stephenson’s Rocket returns Category: Temporary exhibition 25 September 2018 – 8 September 2019 A once-in-a lifetime opportunity to see Stephenson's Rocket return to the site of the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway.
Culture Cure: Late Category: Lates Wednesday 6 March 2019 Let culture be your cure at our next adults-only Late, where we'll be exploring the connections between arts and health. Book now
Power Hall Category: Permanent gallery Open 10.00–17.00 daily Experience the sights, sounds and smells of real working steam engines that powered mills all over the North West and helped to shape our world.
Engine demonstration Category: Family show Daily shows Find out how a mill engine works and discover its role in the Industrial Revolution.