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Experitots is back! Discover science at work with your little one this Friday.
Play with light, build the tallest tower and lots more! Our friendly Explainers will also be on hand to support young explorers ✨
Friday 8 December, find out more and book now 👉 bit.ly/3uLPmoI
It's International Volunteer Day and we're celebrating our amazing team 🥳
From operating 'Baby' to sharing the museum's stories, helping with holiday activities to keeping our planters beautiful. We want to say thank you to everyone who gives up their time to help.
Keep an eye out for future opportunities 👉 bit.ly/4156oKB
Looking for a perfect family present?
Give a gloriously gross experience with tickets to Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You 💩
Packed full of interactive activities, super-size science and fascinating facts, there's something for everyone.
Tickets available up to 9 June 👉 bit.ly/3N8xzhG
❄️Only 2 weeks until the Winter Holidays start ❄️
Brighten up the holidays and get ready to discover the secrets of light!
🌟 Our Light Lab is back! Get hands-on with illuminating experiments
📚 Relax in the Recharge Retreat and explore how colour affects our mood
🌌 Experience the wonder of the Northern Lights in our Light Fantastic Show
16 December - 7 January, book now bit.ly/3T6COCC
Climate Talks and Open Talk are back for 2024! Learn more about the science issues of our time in these free online talks.
Explore the challenges posed by global warming in 3 new Climate Talks, from how climate change impacts worldwide food security, to the environmental opportunities and challenges of India’s green transition, to how we can solve the UK’s power grid problem.
Open Talk returns – Discover how video games could boost mental health, in one of 3 new Open Talk events - discussions exploring themes around race, identity and inequality in science. Other topics include what needs to be done to fix racial bias in genetic databases, and the historic stories of LGBTQ+ railway workers.
Join us for these urgent conversations – all tickets are free
🌍 Climate Talks bit.ly/3SXnbxb
💬 Open Talk bit.ly/47wvKU8
December is nearly here and that can only mean one thing... the Christmas Lecture from the Royal Institution of Great Britain is back!
Join us on Tuesday 12 December for a live screening of the lecture and discover if machines can really think like humans.
Our 'Baby' volunteers will be on hand to share stories about the birth of modern computing and there'll be plenty of family activities and festive challenges 🎄🤖
Book your tickets now bit.ly/3N4hI3L
Have you started your festive shopping yet?
It's nearly and we're giving you 10% off our online shop all weekend!
Just use code 'SHOPSUN23'. Check out everything on offer https://tinyurl.com/3p79bhjz
🥳We won! 🥳
Last night we picked up Most Loved Family Experience I Love MCR awards!
Congratulations to all the other amazing nominees and to everyone who voted for us. We couldn't have done it without you!
Here's to lots more museum family fun 🤩
It's and we've been channel hopping to find our top TV themed collections.
🧥 The creators of The Simpsons gifted this jacket to Professor Stephen Hawking after one of his four appearances on the long-running animation.
🔴This giant G was once part of the iconic Granada sign. Granada TV was first beamed into living rooms across the North over 67 years ago.
💩 Last but not least is Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You! This exhibition gives you the chance to step inside your TV and see the hit show brought to life! Get ready for some giggle-worthy grossness as you go an a journey through digestion.
Today is Kids in Museums Takeover Day! This year it’s all about being playful, and where better to do this than in our most playful experience ever, Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You!
🦠 Beat the Whac-a-Bac
🥎 Throw the nutrients
💩 Put on a poo hat
🚽 Experience the giant flush
Open every day for an unforgettable journey through digestion bit.ly/47i59K6
🎮Do you love gaming and want to share your skills with the world?
🕹️Want to work with over 100 consoles, from retro favourites to virtual reality?
👾We're looking for Power Up volunteers!
Join our enthusiastic team and get to grips with gaming history.
Find out more and apply bit.ly/3G1NtGW
This Sunday we're hosting a Relaxed Session in Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You 💩
Experience super-sized science at your own pace with these specially designed sessions.
Enjoy sensory activities with our friendly Explainers along with reduced capacity and lower sound levels.
Sunday 19 November, 14.30 to 17.00. Find out more and book now bit.ly/3SHDD4f
Get ready to shine a light on science this winter ❄️
As the days get shorter we're preparing for the winter holidays:
✨ Visit the Light Lab, experiment and discover the science behind colour
💬 Get a behind the scenes look at the CHRISTMAS LECTURE from the Royal Institution of Great Britain
☀️ Travel to the sun and back in our special science show
Starts December, find all the details and book now bit.ly/3MMHn0H
What a half term! 🥳
We’ve loved inviting friends and neighbours from across the city to join us for a special two weeks.
It’s been fantastic to see so many of you getting hands on and becoming the architects and engineers of the future, we nearly ran out of space for all your inspiring creations 🎨
Looking for more family fun? Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting winter announcements 👀
And don’t forget Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You is open every day for giggle-worthy grossness.
It’s the last day of half term and we’re joined by some extra special guests, Dominoes & Dahlias!
Celebrate Black history with poetry, percussion and protest
This is your last chance to catch our half term activities so don’t miss out on the chance to become an architect for the day 🏙
Find all our activities 👉 bit.ly/3Sjm76x
Ready to challenge your friends and family in the ultimate gaming showdown?
Don’t miss Power Up where you can get hands on with over 100 consoles covering more than 50 years of gaming history 🕹️
From Pong to Pacman, Mario to Minecraft, relive your favourites or discover something new.
Open every weekend and school holiday, book your tickets now bit.ly/49f3rLb
📢 Only 3 days left of half term!
Join us for the final chance to create your city of the future and add your own additions to the magnificent Manchester skyline.
Don’t miss Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You where you’ll be shrunk, swallowed and squeezed through the digestive system, watch out for the giant flush!
Keep your eyes peeled for even more exciting pop-ups this weekend with Factory International and Dominoes and Dahlias.
Find everything happening bit.ly/3MpESBn
Have you seen Factory International 'Free Your Mind' yet?
Our neighbour’s official opening show tells the story of The Matrix with Manchester’s history thrown in for good measure. But did you know you can discover more about these Manchester stories at the museum?
Learn how a lab coat, a loom and the ancestor of modern computers all inspired the performance in our latest blog 👉 bit.ly/3QlSK0u
Looking for some half term fun? Our holiday activities are running until Sunday!
🧱 Become an architect for the day or create your own city skyline
🛺 Create colourful decorations for Manchester Museum's rickshaw
💩 Dive into digestion in Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You
🎮 Play all day in Power Up
Discover more 👉 bit.ly/3MeX28J
Imagine hearing a rumble in a dark room 👻 then realising it’s coming from…inside of you 💨
The Gut Orchestra in our Operation Ouch! exhibition explores the sounds our bodies make
That’s why it’s Dr Xand’s Halloween Highlight!
Check out the spooky selection now https://bit.ly/3QeU5Y5
Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You is full of devilishly disgusting things to do this spooky season 😈
For Doctor Chris, Larry the Vomiting Robot is a Halloween highlight 🤮 he helped contain the spread of norovirus by showing how far sick splatters.
Gross, but also pretty great!
Discover all the Operation Ouch1 doctors' Halloween highlights now https://bit.ly/3QeU5Y5
Our Operation Ouch! exhibition is oozing with icky experiences to lift the spirits this October.
The world’s first interactive ‘Pooduction’ line is Dr Ronx’s Halloween Highlight!
Come and discover what makes the perfect 💩…if you dare!
Find all the Operation Ouch! doctors' squeamish selections now 👉bit.ly/3QeU5Y5
🟩We’ve gone GREEN for HALLOWEEN🟩
If you’re hunting rooftop monsters, keep your eyes peeled for our eerie exterior.
Come inside for half-term fun and some of our ickiest experiences ever in Operation Ouch! Food Poo and You! https://bit.ly/3QeU5Y5
This small piece of cloth tells a story that stretches across the globe.
Hand woven in Yorkshire in 1783, the Pen*stone cloth is a sample for a larger order of fabric bought to clothe enslaved African people at Turners Hall estate, Barbados.
The sample is thought to be the only surviving piece of British made ‘slave cloth’. This cloth is a physical link between millions of enslaved people who wore clothes made of similar fabrics, and the weavers who produced it in the North of England.
The cheap, low-quality cloth was very rough. Wearing it was described by formerly enslaved people as feeling like needles were sticking into you all day.
The cloth is on display in Blackburn Museum until this Sunday as part of the British Textile Biennial. The exhibition has been co-developed by members of the Global Threads team, a collaboration between the museum, UCL's Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery and a team of talented researchers, who have created the historical content for the exhibition
Discover more about the cloth’s story and find a digital version of the exhibition’s timeline here bit.ly/474sjmR
📷Jo Andrews, Haptic&Hue podcast
💭 'Rooftop water parks so grown-ups get to have more fun'
💭 'Buildings covered in trees for people to climb'
These are just some of the suggestions from Official Armitage C.E. Primary School and All Saints Primary School Gorton for a city of the future. What would you want to see?
Get inspired by our views of Manchester and add your own designs to our giant drawing.
Find all our half term activities https://bit.ly/3Sjm76x
Our friends at Manchester Museum have brought along this beautiful rickshaw for half term!
Don’t miss our special workshops where you can make your own colourful decorations to adorn it 🛺
Keep up the creativity by becoming an architect for the day, designing a new Manchester skyline and more.
Find all our half term activities 👉 bit.ly/3FvZAeZ
Don't miss all our exciting half term activities, running until 5 November!
Discover more bit.ly/3MeX28J
Kids can get in touch with their inquisitive side at this informative and fun museum
Half term is here 🥳
Join us for two weeks jam-packed with interactive installations and creative challenges!
It's a museum takeover, with friends and neighbours from across Manchester popping up with exciting activities for all the family.
Visit our website to discover more 👉 bit.ly/3MeX28J
It's International Repair Day🔧
We're currently undertaking large scale repairs to our buildings, carrying out crucial conservation work and revealing new spaces and perspectives for all visitors to enjoy, play and learn in.
See our restoration in action on your next visit!
Find out more bit.ly/3S8pKMn
Do you enjoy sharing stories?
Want to bring the history of our buildings and objects to life?
We're looking for volunteers to join our Museum Highlights team!
You'll deliver 10 minute talks to visitors, sharing science with people from around the world.
Apply now https://bit.ly/3LYDbKW
🎃Looking for something to lift the spirits this spooky season?👻
Drs Chris, Xand and Ronx have unveiled the ickiest experiences inside Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You for those seeking hilarious horror this Halloween.
⚠️Warning ⚠️The Drs never shy away from sticky subjects, read on…if you dare!
https://bit.ly/3QeU5Y5
Today we mark World Cotton Day.
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 Objects and Stories page to learn more about the major connections between Manchester, cotton and slavery bit.ly/3OKrqbK
📸 Samples of raw cotton fibres, illustrating the different types of fibres grown around the world
📸 Say cheese! 📸
It's World Smile Day and what better way to celebrate than with a set of giant gnashers?
Discover more super size science in Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You as you take a gloriously gross journey through the digestive system 💩
Book your tickets now https://bit.ly/46aBUsh
Looking for somewhere to spend quality time with your little one?
Join us this Monday for Experitots, our specially designed sessions for 0 - 4 year olds.
Discover the wonder of science as you explore and experiment together ⚙
Book your space now bit.ly/45ll1tR
Get ready to discover the science in our world this weekend at Get Curious 🧪
Join health and social care professionals for fun demonstrations and interactive activities celebrating healthcare careers.
7 and 8 October, find out more bit.ly/46cwOLX
Are you visiting the museum today? Check public transport before you travel as trams won’t be stopping at nearby Deansgate-Castlefield today.
We’re open as normal, sharing ideas that changed the world ⚙
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There’s only one week to go before our museum after hours!
🎮 Play your way through 50 years of video games
💩 Embrace your inner child in Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You
⚙️ Explore our galleries and get ready for a unique audio-visual spectacle with Paul Miller’s ‘MicroCosmic’
Book your tickets now bit.ly/46t1b0t
Do you want to get hands-on with museum objects and share their stories with visitors?
We’re looking for Object Handling volunteers to help us reveal the wonder of science.
You’ll be engaging with visitors of all ages and joining our amazing community of museum volunteers.
Find out more and apply now 👉 bit.ly/3LErAAq
We’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for Most-Loved Family Experience at the I Love Manchester Awards! 🐝❤️🥳
There’s an amazing list of nominees, packed full of great venues and inspirational people and places.
Cast your vote now bit.ly/3ERYM3O
On 15 Sep 1983, the museum opened on this site as the Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. Here’s our original flyer from four decades ago!
As we celebrate 40 years in Castlefield, our Director Sally MacDonald reflects on the past, present and future of our site 👉bit.ly/3Lnx7LL
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Today is Kids in Museums Takeover Day! This year it’s all about being playful, and where better to do this than in our most playful experience ever, Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You! 🦠 Beat the Whac-a-Bac 🥎 Throw the nutrients 💩 Put on a poo hat 🚽 Experience the giant flush Open every day for an unforgettable journey through digestion bit.ly/47i59K6
It’s been one whole month since we opened Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You! 💩 Over 22,000 visitors who have already come to enjoy the exhibition, including Mr Grumbles 🐻 He hopped on an Transport for Greater Manchester tram from his BBC home at Media City to come and get stuck into all the glorious grossness on offer! Planning your journey to the museum is easy – we’re just 10 minutes’ walk from Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop and the free city centre bus stops right outside! Once you’re here you, Operation Ouch! Food, Poo and You can whisk you away on another journey – this time through a giant digestive system! Are you planning to visit us over summer? Don’t forget to share your journeys and experience with us.
Test your senses and flex your superpowers in Experiment, our free interactive gallery, this summer: https://bit.ly/3SZJqA7 Try to see through walls and find out how you can shake hands with yourself. Play songs on musical pipes, get creative with glow-in-the-dark art and more. Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3SZJqA7
We're excited to share this short film that shows the immense scale of our seven-acre restoration programme. Explore our historic site from new heights with drone footage that outlines the huge footprint of the museum. See the work being delivered on the Power Hall roof, which is the size of a premiership football pitch. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3QEaUKa
Watch as the whimsical moving sculpture, ‘A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley’, springs to life at one of our daily demonstrations this half term. Created by artist, cartoonist and engineer Rowland Emett, this intricate sculpture tells the story of a train journey through Cloud Cuckoo Valley on the fictional Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Railway. Emett wanted to create machines that were fun to look at and made people smile. He created many imaginative machines in his lifetime, including the inventions of ‘Caractacus Potts’ in the classic film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. We're open every day this week, including the bank holidays. Find out what else is on this half term here: https://bit.ly/3N0bUq4
Amazônia opens here in Manchester in one week. Feel immersed in the Amazon rainforest as you journey through a forest of magnificent photography. Amazônia is curated and designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado - watch this short video to discover how she came up with the design. Find out more and book your free tickets for this breath-taking exhibition by world renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado - Genesis here: https://bit.ly/3LQMXwL
Watch this short video to join our Explainer Hasina on a tour of 'Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope' and discover some of the highlights of this world-first exhibition. Created with support from expert partner Cancer Research UK, you'll find over 100 objects, personal stories, myth-busting facts, pioneering research and more. Find out more and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3dtwuyM
'I definitely would recommend other people coming, especially younger people our age.' Plan your visit to 'Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope' and discover stories of people living with, treating, and affected by cancer today, and how researchers, clinicians, policymakers and patients are fuelling progress in a powerful expression of shared hope. 'Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope' has been created with support from expert partner Cancer Research UK. Find out more and book your free tickets here: https://bit.ly/3pC13I6
We've loved seeing families exploring our new exhibition, Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope, together this half term. Watch this short video to find out what's inspired some of our visitors so far this week. This world-first exhibition has been created by the Science Museum Group with support from expert partner Cancer Research UK. Find out more and book your free tickets here: https://bit.ly/3Eq1niZ
The Science and Industry Museum is devoted to inspiring our visitors through ideas that change the world, from the Industrial Revolution to today and beyond.
It's a story that we're uniquely placed to tell—on the site of the oldest surviving passenger railway station, in the heart of the world’s first industrial city, today alive with innovative discoveries in science and technology.
