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Celebrate Pride with us this weekend! Explore the life and legacy of mathematician Alan Turning in our Spotlight Talks ...
28/08/2026

Celebrate Pride with us this weekend!

Explore the life and legacy of mathematician Alan Turning in our Spotlight Talks this Saturday and discover more about Turing’s contribution with newly displayed objects.

Until Monday, put your creative skills to the test and design your own woven paper pattern.

Plus, join us on Saturday for a special Get Curious celebrating LGBTQIA+ STEM professionals.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4xiMBq6

Escape the rain today with a journey round the Solar System ☔🚀
27/08/2026

Escape the rain today with a journey round the Solar System ☔🚀

Apollo 11 only carried male astronauts, but they wouldn't have got to the Moon without the work of female mathematicians...
26/08/2026

Apollo 11 only carried male astronauts, but they wouldn't have got to the Moon without the work of female mathematicians like Katherine Johnson, born 108 years ago today.

She worked on the flight and orbit calculations that took them there and back again. Over her 33 years at NASA, Johnson's skills in mathematics were used in the Apollo 13 rescue and the space shuttle programme.

You can see this Apollo 11 flight plan and discover more about Katherine Johnson in Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos 🚀

Image: NASA

🚀 Last chance to see! 🚀Tomorrow's the final Rocket Wednesday of the holidays, don't miss getting up close to real-life r...
25/08/2026

🚀 Last chance to see! 🚀

Tomorrow's the final Rocket Wednesday of the holidays, don't miss getting up close to real-life rocket, Skybolt 2.

Puppeteer Solar Sister will also be back, bringing space stories to life 👨🏻‍🚀

Find all the fun bit.ly/3USinvO

“When I walk through the streets of Manchester and meet load after load of cotton, I think of those eighty thousand cott...
23/08/2026

“When I walk through the streets of Manchester and meet load after load of cotton, I think of those eighty thousand cotton plantations... and I remember that not one cent of the money ever reached the hands of the labourers.” Sarah Parker Remond, African American anti-slavery campaigner, 1859

Today we mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

Manchester is shaped by cotton. The city's growth was heavily reliant on the exploitation of millions of enslaved African people, forced to grow the cotton that supplied Manchester’s mills.

Visit our Textiles gallery or read our Objects and Stories piece to discover more about Manchester’s links to cotton and transatlantic slavery and our ongoing work in this area, including a major new exhibition next year bit.ly/4gni6YP

🦆 Spot the difference 🚀Pick up the galaxy's greatest evil genius (in duck form) Dr Big Brain now!Find the full Horrible ...
21/08/2026

🦆 Spot the difference 🚀
Pick up the galaxy's greatest evil genius (in duck form) Dr Big Brain now!

Find the full Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos range, from space food to slime, in our shop or online bit.ly/4wXJbsd

It's World Photography Day and we're looking back at our 2022 exhibition, Amazonia.The breathtaking photographs by the l...
19/08/2026

It's World Photography Day and we're looking back at our 2022 exhibition, Amazonia.

The breathtaking photographs by the late Sebastião Salgado brought to life the indigenous peoples and varied landscapes of the Brazilian rainforest.

Here are just some of our favourite images of this beautiful exhibition. Discover more about the images and story behind Amazonia bit.ly/4gBzpXz

18/08/2026

Get ready for Rocket Wednesday!
🚀 Discover Skybolt 2, a real-life rocket
👩‍🚀 Get hands-on to create and launch your own rocket
👽 Follow the Martian trail round the museum
🪐 Experience live science shows and more

All inspired by our out-of-this-world exhibition Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos. Visit our website to plan your trip.

Partial solar eclipse ✅Perseid meteor shower ✅It's been an out-of-this-world week!If your family's been inspired to find...
15/08/2026

Partial solar eclipse ✅
Perseid meteor shower ✅
It's been an out-of-this-world week!

If your family's been inspired to find out more about space, don't miss Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos.

Discover how astronauts live on the International Space Station, what happens when you go through a black hole, and even what the Moon smells like!

Open every day, book now bit.ly/46Bdf2e

12/08/2026

☀️ Today’s the day, the partial solar eclipse is here! 🌖

Join us 10.00-17.00 for science shows, and make an eclipse viewer so you can watch safely at home

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