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Join our amazing Explainer team to make your own slime this Winter Holiday ➡️ http://bit.ly/2PBTH5x
Looking for Christmas activity/ Gift inspiration - look no further than the Science and Industry Museum Manchester- who doesn’t like slime ?!
#wetalkmakaton The Makaton Charity
📣PLANNING INFO📣 We are closed 24, 25 and 26 December! We hope all our visitors have a lovely break and see you back here for some more Winter Holiday Fun from 27 December 👍 http://bit.ly/2PBTH5x
This winter holiday we're wishing the periodic table a very happy 150th birthday with a look at everything from pasta to planets.
Our Associate Curator, Lewis Pollard spoke to That's TV Manchester about The Sun ☀️ Book your tickets here: https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/the-sun
From ancient myths to health and wellbeing, solar power and more, The Sun exhibition at the Science and Industry museum takes a closer look at our ever-changing relationship with our closest star.
With a host of interesting and unique objects on display, the exhibition gives visitors the chance to learn more about the impact the sun has on our lives.
and now, it's stay in Manchester has been extended so we went to find out more.
2019 marked the Periodic Table's 150th Birthday 🎉
Chemistryworld have filmed this new version of the Elements Song in celebration and you might just spot a gang of our brilliant Explainers somewhere 😉
If you want more elemental madness, at our Winter Holiday Fun running 21 December - 5 January you can create your own element, find out how chemistry keeps the sun shining and mix up some slippery slime plus maybe even meet the stars of the video too ➡️ http://bit.ly/2PBTH5x
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDYl-qfq7M
Join Helen Arney, the Waterbeach Brass Band and chemists from around the world in an updated version of Tom Lehrer's Elements Song, from Chemistry World
Looking for ways to keep your toddlers entertained? Our last Experitots of 2019 is coming up this Friday and there are still a few tickets available! Don't miss out: http://bit.ly/343oqhb
Join us for Experitots, our monthly creative activity session designed to help children under 4 years old get the most out of Experiment, our hands-on science gallery.
🚨Important planning🚨 If you're visiting us on Wednesday 11 December or Thursday 12 December both the 1830 Station and the 1830 Warehouse will be closed for a private event. Apologies for any inconvenience.
On Saturday 7 December Pi: Platform for Investigation - powered by Siemens UK News takes a look at Industrial Revolution 4.0 💻. Find out how the digital revolution could transform our lives with a host of hands-on activities. Colour code a robot, use VR to explore Mars and have a go at driving a tram! Find out more: http://bit.ly/2OUIVHf
We're happy to announce that work on our Special Exhibitions Gallery has kicked into high gear🎉 Situated in the basement of New Warehouse, it'll reveal a space never before seen by the public and allow us to develop and host even more of the world’s best science exhibitions here in Manchester.
The gallery will open in October 2020 and the first exhibition in the new space will be Top Secret, currently on at the Science Museum in London.
The building work means that there are a few changes to how you get around the museum. Check our We Are Changing page for details on this and other work or ask a member of staff when you visit 👍 https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/about-us/we-are-changing
Over the next few years, we will be carrying out some crucial conservation and restoration work to our Grade I and II listed buildings, to ensure a successful and sustainable future for the museum. Find out more about the restoration of the Power Hall, the creation of the new Special Exhibition Gall...
Wednesday's Sun: Late has SOLD OUT☀️☀️☀️ There will be some tickets on the door, on a first come, first serve basis so get here early to avoid disappointment👍 https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sun-late
Walk on sunshine at our adults-only after hours Late, bursting with solar science inspired by our latest exhibition.
To celebrate the National Lottery reaching the big 25 and as a thank you to all the players who help support heritage and culture, if you pop into our cafe this week with your ticket you can get a free cuppa ☕️ #ThanksToYou
📢NEW BLOG, NEW BLOG📢 How do you make a model of the sun? And what do horses and wrecking balls have to do with it? Find out this and a whole lot more in our new blog ☀️☀️☀️ http://bit.ly/3490mua
Resident 'Curator of Sunshine', Lewis Pollard, takes us on a journey around The Sun to find out how humans have always tried to show how our Solar System works…
Saturday 16 November
Pi: Platform for Investigation - powered by Siemens UK News takes a look at some very Nifty Nanomaterials🔬
Step into a world one thousand times smaller than a fly’s eye with The University of Manchester. You can do a cell culture lab experiment, play a card game, take part in nanomaterial demonstrations and chat to scientists to find out more about medicine on the nanoscale http://bit.ly/2O5do5d
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It's the last weekend of half-term 😭 but we've still got solar lamp workshops 🌼, another to design a snazzy lampshade💡, and a special tour of textiles for under 4s 👶 Plus you'll always find the Sun, whatever the weather, in our current exhibition AND kids go free ☀️ Check out everything here: http://bit.ly/2MACCbS
From the centre of the solar system to the middle of the dance floor, the Science and Industry Museum is the place to be this October half term.
Little Sun
What's inside a Little Sun lamp? This week up until Sunday you have the chance to screw open the Little Sun lamp and find out what's inside at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. It's a hands on workshop teaching people of all ages how to be innovative geniuses by showing just how simple it can be to create impactful designs 💡☀️
Give your half-term hump day boredom the boot with the last day of our People Powered Party🚴♂️ and Big Build play brick workshops🏗️ Plus an atomic juggling show🤹♂️, drawing robots🤖, solar lamp investigating☀️, a Makaton tour for little ones👶 and the chance to question real-life engineers👷♀️ http://bit.ly/2MACCbS
From the centre of the solar system to the middle of the dance floor, the Science and Industry Museum is the place to be this October half term.
🚨New show klaxon🚨 Award-winning juggling duo, Ben and Fred, are here for five days of journeying to the atomic world through juggling tricks and workshops 🤹♂️🤹♀️ To see everything on today and the rest of half term, click here: http://bit.ly/2MACCbS
From the centre of the solar system to the middle of the dance floor, the Science and Industry Museum is the place to be this October half term.
Spring forward, fall back 🕛 What are you gonna do with that extra hour tomorrow? Bring the kids to The Sun for free and you can encounter sunrises and sets from around the world plus set the time on a sundial and save the world from sun spots http://bit.ly/2GtBEe7 #clocksgoback
Our half-term family fun is in high gear this weekend with everything from juggling with the atomic world🤹 and building brick pools🏗️ to a peddle powered disco 🚴 and some very powerful poo💩 Click here for all the details: http://bit.ly/2MACCbS #halftermfun #thingstodo
From the centre of the solar system to the middle of the dance floor, the Science and Industry Museum is the place to be this October half term.
🚨Friday afternoon procrastination alert🚨 We have not one but three new blogs up and ready for your eyes👀
💩 Explainer Patch takes you behind the scenes on a show that involves muscle power and exploding poo
🤹♀️🤹♂️ Before their workshops and shows start this Sunday,
juggling duo, Ben and Fred tell us how they got into explaining atomic theory through throwing balls around
👋 And our whole Explainer team talk Makaton and how signing helps our youngest visitors enjoy a tour of the Textiles gallery at Mini Movers
Take a look at them all here: https://blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/
By Lauren Hamilton25 October 2019 Let’s talk Makaton! Explainer Team Leader Lauren Hamilton gives us an introduction to Makaton, and tells us more about plans to incorporate it into future learning programmes.
#halfterm kicks into high gear from tomorrow...
🚴 Have a dance at our pedal-powered party
🏗️ Try a building brick challenge
⚡ Electricity North West are here with DIY light-up circuits for you to build
⚗️ Waters Corporation bring their Wacky Lab for some science busking fun
🤹♀️ Journey to the atomic world with award-winning jugglers, Ben and Fred
👩🔬 Five more PI: Platform for Investigation - powered by Siemens UK News on everything from DNA medicines to the future of travel in Manchester
🤖 Create a masterpiece with drawing robots
Plus loads more from shows involving exploding poo to Makaton tours for under 4s... Phew 🤩
Find out everything that's on here: http://bit.ly/2MACCbS
#thingstodowiththekids #thingstodo
From the centre of the solar system to the middle of the dance floor, the Science and Industry Museum is the place to be this October half term.
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🎶Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us!🎶 #onthisday 50 years ago, the North Western Museum of Science and Industry opened its doors🏛️ Head to our website for three stories of how the museum has changed lives over the last half a century: http://bit.ly/32kEUS1 🥳
In October 2019, the Science and Industry Museum will be celebrating 50 years since its foundation. To mark the occasion, we want to gather our visitors' stories of how the museum has changed their lives.
Get up close to everything from the stars to healthier hearts at Pi: Platform for Investigation – Powered by Siemens UK News this half term 19 - 27 October http://bit.ly/310ZW6s
Keep your toddlers entertained at Experitots this Friday! There are only a few tickets left, so book now while you still can. http://bit.ly/30SfLwy
Join us for Experitots, our monthly creative activity session designed to help children under 4 years old get the most out of Experiment, our hands-on science gallery.
Missing the sun on this rainy day? Never fear, it's always sunny here 🌞 Find out what it's like to be a volunteer in our major exhibition, The Sun, with this new blog from one of our amazing volunteers: http://bit.ly/2o4iyp6
As autumn sets in and the days get shorter, there’s still one place you can find The Sun. Volunteer, Sarah Brimblecombe, tells us what she finds special about our current major exhibition…
It's the most wonderful time of the year...
That's right, the Royal Institution of Great Britain #xmaslectures live-streaming is returning to this December🎉 and we're the only venue showing the last lecture 😱
So if you want to see Hannah Fry whisk you through the magic of maths, grab your tickets now: http://bit.ly/2LIooFp
(we can neither confirm nor deny the possibility of mince pies at this time)
What weighs the same as 500 elephants and would reach from here to National Railway Museum and back again? Answer: All of the scaffolding that's going to help us restore the Power Hall by 2021 ⚙️ Take a look at our blog to see more on the latest stage of this £6 million project here: http://bit.ly/2lSiYhd
If you're visiting us this weekend or over the next few months, you're going to notice a few changes on site because of the Power Hall restoration ⚙️ Even if you're a regular visitor, keep an eye out for new signage and always check the website ⚙️
In need of some sunshine to get you through the rainy days? Come and see The Sun, our special exhibition about how our closest star affects our lives in so many ways. There are gorgeous objects to see and fun interactive games to play! Find out more: http://bit.ly/2neu2FF
With artist @nikhilchopra74 about to finish his nine day performance piece @metmuseum, here is a #throwbackthursday to his two day residency based around our magnificent 1911 built Pakistan Railways no. 3157 locomotive 🚂
To find out more about the engine and how it influenced Nikhil Chopra just search his name on the blog 🚂
#performanceart #artinmuseums #contemporaryart #partition #railwayhistory #loco
Calling all teachers, teaching assistants and other education professionals! Pick up some brilliant resources while enjoying a free drink in the the Teacher Zone at the Chemistry: Late on Wed 2 October. Book your free ticket now. http://bit.ly/2lQzmOQ
Join us in the Teacher Zone, an exclusive-to-teachers addition to the Museum's late events.
Go on an adventure with Nelly the Neutron at our next Pi: Platform for Investigation on Sat 21 September.
Navigate the neutron maze, take the ping pong ball mining challenge, help build a giant fuel assembly model and more!
All activities are free and drop in. Powered by Siemens UK News. Find out more http://bit.ly/2lJE68N
There are still changes around the museum as we prepare Rocket to move over to the National Railway Museum in York. Our shop and cafe are closed today, as well as the changes to the entrance. Full details are on our website: https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/what-was-on/stephensons-rocket#rocket-is-on-the-move
Coming to the museum today or tomorrow? We're saying goodbye to Rocket so there are a few changes to our entrances and what you can see 👀 Click on the link to find out more: https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/stephensons-rocket#rocket-is-on-the-move
Looking for ways to keep your toddlers entertained? Experitots is the event you for! Tickets for our next session on Fri 20 Sept are going fast, so book now while you still can. http://bit.ly/2k5e4fG
Coming to the museum today or tomorrow? We're saying goodbye to Rocket so there are a few changes to our entrances and what you can see 👀 Click on the link to find out more: https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/stephensons-rocket#rocket-is-on-the-move
A once-in-a lifetime opportunity to see Stephenson's Rocket return to the site of the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway.
😱Last chance alert😱This week we say goodbye to Stephenson's Rocket 🚂 It officially goes off display on Sunday 8 September so catch it before then 🚂 If you miss it, it's next stop is over at our friends National Railway Museum from 26 September 🚂 http://bit.ly/2La95VT
A once-in-a lifetime opportunity to see Stephenson's Rocket return to the site of the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway.
It's the last weekend of the summer holidays ☹️
It's the last weekend of the summer holidays 😃
However you feel about back to school, it's also your last chance to go retro gaming at Power Up 🎮 and plant a mystery seed at our workshops 🌱 Click the link for more details: http://bit.ly/30KVNUV
We're turning up the fun at the Science and Industry Museum this summer, with daily family shows, activities and events, whatever the weather.
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In this video you can experience how it feels to walk around the Power Hall among the massive engines that have been cleaned, coated and wrapped in preperation for building work to start. Follow the progress of the Power Hall team on our website and blog: http://bit.ly/3005HBV
Have you been to see our latest exhibition yet? Maya and her family visited on our opening weekend - see what she loved and then book your tickets here: http://bit.ly/33qp49a Remember that kids go free with a paying adult
The sun is shining in here whatever the weather's like out there ☀️☀️☀️ Book tickets now for our new exhibition, The Sun: http://bit.ly/2YCIQuH
We caught up with associate curator Lewis Pollard to share his favourite objects in our latest exhibition, The Sun, which opens today! Save time and book your tickets in advance, here: https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/the-sun
What links cartoons with physics? (Clue: It's not just Wile E. Coyote falling off a cliff) Find out more in this #newblog on the made-up machines you can make at Tinkertastic this weekend or why not try making your own at home? Don't forget to share your creations with us 😀 http://bit.ly/2YZWJnm
For #internationalwomensday we asked one of our fab Explainer team why we need more women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and maths - here's what Hannah said... 👷♀️👩⚕️👩🔧👩🏭👩🔬👩🚀 #iwd19 #womeninSTEM
When Rocket arrived last September, installing it was such a complicated job we had to close the museum for the day - meaning the public didn't have the chance to see our conservators and exhibitions team at work. But in this short film we bring you a very special behind-the-scenes look at the huge job of fitting Rocket's iconic chimney back into place. Plan your visit to see Rocket here: https://bit.ly/2RnqkTi Find out more about Rocket over on our blog, here: https://bit.ly/2CRFMCd
This weekend, 27-28 October 2018, go ‘loco’ and celebrate the return of Stephenson’s Rocket to Manchester for the first time in over 180 years. We've worked with a group of children from Abraham Moss Community Primary School to develop a whole weekend of fun family activities celebrating the steam locomotive that started the railway revolution. Here, the kids interview our researcher, Erin, on why Manchester was home to one of the earliest railways, what it was like to ride on the train back in 1830 and most importantly, how dangerous was it. For more on the weekend, check out the @Manchester Science Festival website here: http://bit.ly/2ApTL1X
Our brand new exhibition Electricity: The spark of life is now open. The exhibition examines how scientists experimented with electricity to understand and control it, and how mass generation and distribution changed our lives. Through iconic objects such as Edison lightbulbs and emerging smart technologies, we uncover how supply companies convinced us of electricity’s importance and explore electricity’s place in a low carbon future. Free, open daily. 10am - 5pm. Until 28 April 2019.
We went behind the scenes with Amanda and Jacopo from Tekja to find out how they created Flow, their brand-new installation for our Electricity exhibition, which was created using real life electricity network data from across the North West, provided by Electricity North West.
This morning we're moving Rocket into position. Installing objects is an incredibly long and complicated process - especially when they're this old! Once Rocket is in place our conservators will get to work re-attaching the chimney, then it exhibitions team will set up the displays, barriers and install the other objects that will be in show ahead of the official opening on Tuesday 🚂😍
Stuck for summer holiday inspiration? 6 weeks is a looooong time. Keep the kids entertained and book tickets for #PowerUP our gaming bonanza featuring over 160 consoles and hundreds of games from the last 40 years. From Fortnite and Sonic to Mario and Pacman, we've got something for everyone (plus a nice place where you can put your feet up and have a coffee) Prices from £7, book now
Booked tickets for Power Up? Expect tons of family fun, epic gaming and a healthy dose of competition 😃 But don't just take our word for it, here's a sneak preview of what you can expect...http://bit.ly/2KDIsVB
Power UP is now open to the public - we had a quick look around this morning before our visitors arrived. Book your tickets online or at the museum.
Power Up is about to open! Here's an amazing video from behind the scenes - book your tickets online or in the museum.
Say Hi to Industrious 🐝🐝🐝 Our Bee in the City MCR bee has arrived and already looks at home in our be(e)autiful Alexandra Froggatt Design bee garden 🐝
Fancy helping an inventor, trying some soldering, building a robot or playing a tune on a banana? That’s right—MakeFest is back! http://bit.ly/2rQAz8T 🤩🤩🤩
Whilst our robots are busy being packed up and shipped off to Science at Life in Newcastle, we look back on all the weird and wonderful things we've discovered about robots over the past six months (spoiler alert, we won't be having cyborg babies anytime soon) http://bit.ly/2EX6fgx 🤖👶
Give Pepper a farwell fistbump and wish her well as the robots leave Manchester this weekend, bound for our friends Science at Life in Newcastle. If you haven't seen the robots yet, book your tickets now for today or tomorrow http://bit.ly/2GVUdtw
Don't miss your last chance to see our Robots exhibition, which closes on Sunday. Come face to face with over 100 creations, from the Terminator T-800 endoskeleton and an animatronic baby to Lucy, a home built computer who uses 50,000 artifical neurons to make sense of the world. Book now http://bit.ly/2uYlXbs
Here we are live from installation of Tim Peake's spacecraft...
The grand unfolding of Tim Peake's parachute...#SoyuzTour
How do you move a 1.5 tonne spacecraft? With great care and a nifty bit of pallet work... #SoyuzTour
Taking the wrapping off Tim Peake's Spacecraft as the Soyuz capsule lands in Manchester, as part of the national #SoyuzTour. Presented by Samsung and Science Museum Group
We absolutely cannot WAIT for Tim Peake's Spacecraft to land at the museum on Saturday 10 March.👩🚀 Join us to see the Soyuz TMA-19M capsule that brought Tim Peake safely back to Earth in 2016, complete with scorch marks from its re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere. Tim Peake's Spacecraft is part of a national tour presented by Samsung and the Science Museum Group. At the museum until 13 May 2018. #soyuztour http://bit.ly/2thGSpd
#WhatsOn This Saturday (3 March) the kids from St Wilfred's C.E. Primary School are taking over the museum! They're inviting you to a free family fun day celebrating the Year of Engineering and the history of Newton Heath and East Manchester. Follow a trail to discover local stories, design paper machines inspired by the engines in our Power Hall, and get up close to museum objects chosen by the St. Wilfred's kids. http://bit.ly/2GQc6Wt Here they are telling us their favourite things in the museum and giving you an invite for the day...
Say hi to Inkha, one of the sassier robots we've got staying with us at the moment. Inkha's retired now, but for 12 years worked as a receptionist at King's College London. Inkha moves in a lifelike way based on studies of human movement and becomes bored and goes to sleep if there is nothing of interest to "see". Book now to meet Inkha and hundreds of other robots http://bit.ly/2AnEzkj
Pilot a Soyuz capsule back to Earth in the Space Descent VR Experience with Tim Peake, now open at the Museum of Science and Industry. Book now http://bit.ly/2ysxf4y
Friars Primary School take over the museum tomorrow for Kids in Museums #TakeoverDay - click the link to find out more about the day and watch the video to see what their favourite things about the museum are... http://bit.ly/2zHPQ0D
This Saturday, as part of Kids in Museums Takeover Day, The Friars Primary School from Salford are taking over the museum to celebrate all things Salfordian. Families can follow a special Salford trail, design paper aeroplanes, and get up close to objects from our collection chosen by The Friars kids. Share your day with us on Twitter and Instagram using #takeoverday. http://bit.ly/2zVUhWu
Our wibbly wobbly biped walker was built in 1987 by a gang of amateur roboticists, based in a London attic. They wanted to create a robot that could walk by falling forward and catching itself – just like a human. Book your ticket now to see the Shadow Biped and hundreds of other revolutionary robots in action http://bit.ly/2AfTYSr
The robots have arrived. Catch them at the Museum of Science and Industry until 15 April 2018 and discover what it means to be human in a robotic world. http://bit.ly/2xNpWc0
Can't wait until Tim Peake's Soyuz capsule lands in Manchester next March? We've just opened our amazing Space Descent with Tim Peake virtual reality experience, using Samsung UK Gear VR technology. £6 per person, book now http://bit.ly/2ysxf4y
The robots are coming... Get up close and personal with over 100 amazing robots at Museum of Science and Industry and discover when it means to be human in a robotic world. Opens 19 October as part of Manchester Science Festival, book now. http://bit.ly/2wO5kOQ
Get hands on (it's all up for grabs)! We've got fidgety workshops, #PowerUp, #MakeFest and more to keep the kids entertained this summer. Plan your visit now! http://bit.ly/2gZGaa4
Hurrah! It's the summer holidays, 6 weeks of fun and you're already stuck for ideas....head to the museum for #PowerUp and a slice of gaming heaven and fun for all ages. 11- 28 August, tickets from just £5. Book now http://bit.ly/2uZTkdc
It's nearly time to say a fond farewell to our #WonderMaterials exhibition. If you've haven't been yet, what are you waiting for? Closes Sunday 25 June.
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