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Mission: 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.
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#bornthisday Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) actress who during World War II co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes 📶 The principles of that work are used in Bluetooth and wi-fi technology now 📶 Read more here: https://bit.ly/3kJChlN
Its rare to see a Hollywood star at a science festival, but this year you can! But Hedy Lamarr wasn’t only a movie star; she was also an inventor.
The museum is now temporarily closed in line with nationwide coronavirus restrictions.
We'd like to say a huge thank you for your support and we look forward to welcoming you back in December.
Our mission is to inspire futures. While our doors will be closed for a while, our collection—and the inspirational stories it contains—remain open to you online: https://bit.ly/367gjmB
Please stay safe and we hope to see you again soon.
Read on to discover a few ways you can ignite your curiosity wherever you are.
We're open today 10.00-17.00 and we'd love you to visit if you can.
Free tickets for today can be booked here: https://bit.ly/2GoWw9v
From Thursday 5 November – Wednesday 2 December, the museum will close in line with nationwide coronavirus restrictions. We're looking forward to welcoming visitors back in December.
We will be open on Wednesday 4 November and would love to see you.
🎟️ Please book your free ticket before you arrive, wear a face covering and visit with members of your household or support bubble.
Book your ticket for Wednesday 4 November here: https://bit.ly/383SKOj
In light of the latest coronavirus restrictions, we will temporarily close from Thursday 5 November. If you have already booked a ticket for on or after this date, we will be in touch soon.
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Following yesterday's Government announcement about new national Coronavirus measures, we can confirm that we are open today from 10am-5pm. Please book your free ticket before you arrive, wear a face covering and visit with members of your household or support bubble. https://bit.ly/35SaedF
We’ll be contacting ticketholders due to visit for the rest of November this week and will post further updates shortly. Stay safe, thank you for your support and we hope to see you soon.
🐈⬛ Black cats
🧛 Vampires
🤡 And a trip to the uncanny valley....
'Tis the day to get your spook on 👻! So why not join us on an adventure through the collections that'll haunt your dreams: bit.ly/2JnaXft
#Halloween #Halloweenfromhome
It was a dark and stormy night… We have some weird, wonderful and decidedly spooky things in the Science Museum Group collections so for the creepiest day of the year let’s take a trip to the basement and remember to bring your pointiest stake…
We've loved seeing so many of you exploring the museum this week, but half term is not over yet. We're open all weekend for you to experiment, get hands on and have a great time!
Plan a visit and book your free museum admission tickets now: https://bit.ly/37WNA6S
🌞The Sun will set in one month! 🌞
Don't miss your chance to discover the incredible story of the Sun before the exhibition closes on 29 November.
For some added half term fun, our free activity trails are full of games and challenges to help you explore. Pick one up at the exhibition entrance or download a copy here: https://bit.ly/3e5X40D
This week you can also take a little sunshine home with you. Pick up a craft kit containing all the supplies you need to make your own Sun Catcher at home.
Free entry to The Sun is included in your museum admission ticket. Plan your visit now: https://bit.ly/37PdmtC
From an ancient Scandinavian sun horse to Jimmy Carter's solar panels from the White House, The Sun tells the story of our ever-changing relationship with our closest star.
We're open today! 🙌
We’ve added extra opening days for half term, giving you the whole week to play, explore and experiment. Plan your visit and book your free museum admission tickets here: https://bit.ly/35xUTyU
If you're visiting this week, download the new 50 Windows of Creativity art trail and explore newly transformed windows and spaces across the city, including a beautiful new painting in our window. Find out more: https://bit.ly/31Hv3aD
Play, explore and experiment at the Science and Industry Museum this October half term.
As the clocks go back, you might be missing the sun a bit more but we can help with that ☀️ Take a trip to our nearest star with a visit to our blockbuster exhibition, The Sun, now included in your free museum ticket ☀️ Plan your visit here: https://bit.ly/34f7Z4w
Or if you prefer to brighten your day from home, check out The Sun at our blog here: https://bit.ly/3obLWUi
Play, explore and experiment at the Science and Industry Museum this October half term. Book now: https://bit.ly/3kphx2I
Half term starts tomorrow! We're open every day during half term from 24 October to 1 November, 10am – 5pm.
Please book in advance, wear a face covering and visit with members of your household or support bubble. Plan your visit here: https://bit.ly/3kphx2I
Get hands on in our family-friendly interactive gallery, explore with one of our activity trails, unravel science secrets and more.
Our gift shop will be open and you can take a break in our café. Buy your lunch in advance when you book your free museum admission tickets here: https://bit.ly/3kphx2I
🎟 Book now: https://bit.ly/3kphx2I
Following yesterday’s announcement, we can confirm that we are open, including every day next week for half term, 10am – 5pm. Please book in advance, wear a face covering and visit with members of your household or support bubble.
Plan your visit here: https://bit.ly/37t0JUY
If you are currently unable to visit, you can still explore ideas that change the world here: https://bit.ly/3dJfync and there's fun activities to try at home here: https://bit.ly/2HiqAnn
Stay safe and we hope to see you soon 🙂
Plan your half term adventures now!
Read this handy guide from Visit Manchester for ideas and inspiration for a fun filled October half term.
https://bit.ly/3o4LEPb
The world is at your fingertips through unmissable experiences at museums and galleries across the city. Visit this half-term to explore how Manchester has changed the world and how the world has chan..
Play, explore and experiment this October half term.
A fun and safe experience is our top priority. You can plan your visit and book your free tickets now: https://bit.ly/2H898lp
Our doors will be open every day over half term, including Mon 26 and Tues 27 Oct, giving you the whole week to discover amazing objects and world changing ideas.
Find out What’s On here: https://bit.ly/2H898lp
Play, explore and experiment at the Science and Industry Museum this October half term.
We've been reopen for 8 weeks 🎉 We've welcomed over 24,000 of you back through our doors safely and received over £7,000 in vital donations 🎉Thank you so much 🙌
If you haven’t had chance to visit us yet, book your free admission ticket now and please consider making a donation to help support our future: https://bit.ly/3iVMJ83
Get ready to play, explore and experiment this October Half Term: https://bit.ly/34T3awR
Our doors will be open every day over Half Term, including Mon 26 and Tues 27 Oct, giving you the whole week to discover amazing objects and world changing ideas.
With fun for all ages, the whole family can look forward to a safe and enjoyable visit.
🎟 Find out What’s On and book your free tickets now: https://bit.ly/34T3awR
#ICYMI Our pals National Railway Museum have a new blog post celebrating the life and work of Asquith Xavier who changed the face of the railways 🚂 Read it here: https://bit.ly/2GTLt8o
#BlackHistoryMonth
We're open all weekend and we'd love to see you. 😀
We've been working hard to provide a safe and fun experience for visitors to the museum galleries, café and shop.
🎟 We're open Wed - Sun, 10.00-17.00. Plan your visit and book your free museum admission tickets here: https://bit.ly/30Nd6a9
🚨New blog post alert🚨 #bornthisday John Benjamin Dancer (1812–1887) Manchester's premier scientific instrument maker and photography pioneer 📸 Find out more and why we think he'd approve of the The Royal Photographic Society's Science Photographer of the Year being part of Manchester Science Festival in 2021 here: https://bit.ly/3jK4jNz
In 2021, as part of Manchester Science Festival, the Royal Photographic Society will be showcasing the results of its prestigious Science Photographer of the Year competition at the Science and Industry Museum, and we think one historic character from Manchester would certainly approve.
Happy Hump Day 🐪 This acrobatic camel, fearsome tiger and unicorn riding monkey are all shipper's tickets 🐪 You can spot a selection of them in our the Textiles Gallery when you visit 🐪 Plan a trip and book your timed slot here (no unicorn required): https://bit.ly/3d3OZJ7
Shipper's tickets were an early form of branding, attached to bolts of cloth or yarn to help the manufacturing companies make their products instantly recognisable to their customers. The tickets were deliberately designed to be brightly coloured to stand out and featured motifs that the textile merchants thought would appeal to the fabric’s destined marketplaces.
You can find out more about the collection and how our archivist decided which ones to put on display here: https://bit.ly/3njnjEN
#onthisday 1829 The Rainhill Trials began 🚂 Five locomotives competed to run on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 🚂
You can see Rocket at our friends National Railway Museum 🚂
Find out how Rocket and the other competitors got their names in this blog: https://bit.ly/30AW0fA (Spoiler alert: It's not about space) 🚀 #localhistory
To celebrate the 189th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials, let’s take a look at how the names of the engines captured the spirit of the era.
Get hands on and see science brought to life in Experiment, our interactive gallery for all ages 🤩 Stare into the mirror of infinity, find out if you've got the strength to lift a Mini, watch your own skeleton ride a bicycle and more 🤩 https://bit.ly/3cCUJJG
Get hands on and see science brought to life in our free interactive gallery designed for the whole family to enjoy together.
Missing the sun? Curator of Sunshine, Lewis Pollard, can help you find it ☀️ Take a trip with him through our major exhibition and his top objects not to miss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNJzhJzJRS0 ☀️
And book your free ticket to the exhibition and the museum here: https://bit.ly/3mZzIO4
(Quick reminder that this video was filmed last year. Please remember to bring face coverings if you're planning to visit. Thanks.)
Calling all green fingers 🌱 We're looking for some #volunteers to help *plant* some stories this Autumn 🌱 Find out more here: https://bit.ly/2S6Xklw
Find the latest volunteering opportunities at the Science and Industry Museum here.
Last week, as part of our series on Open For All, Director & Chief Executive of the Science Museum Group, Sir Ian Blatchford talked to the Right Hon David Lammy MP about themes in his latest book 'Tribes: How Our Need to Belong Can Make or Break Society'. Watch their discussion here: https://bit.ly/2GfEVAq
In the latest in a series of online in-conversation events around the Science Museum Group’s value of being Open for All, Director & Chief Executive Sir Ian Blatchford talked to the Right Hon David Lammy MP about key themes from his latest book: Tribes: How Our Need to Belong Can Make or Break Soc...
We're #goodtogo 🙌 We've been working hard to provide a safe and fun experience for visitors to the museum galleries, café and shop👍
We're open all weekend, 10.00-17.00 so plan your visit and book your free admission tickets here: https://bit.ly/3ctJsLN
🍂 Autumn is officially here, but as the days start to get cooler, there's still time to soak up some sun in our blockbuster exhibition.
From ancient myths to health and wellbeing, solar power and more, The Sun takes a closer look at our ever-changing relationship with our closest star.
Entry to this exhibition is included with your free museum admission ticket. Find out more about The Sun here: https://bit.ly/3iUmWOm
From an ancient Scandinavian sun horse to Jimmy Carter's solar panels from the White House, The Sun tells the story of our ever-changing relationship with our closest star.
Planning a visit? We've made some changes to keep everyone safe, but it's still the museum you know and love.
We're open Wed – Sun, 10.00–17.00. Book your free museum admission tickets here: https://bit.ly/2H7LllP
We can't wait to welcome you back!
🚨GREAT NEWS ALERT🚨
Manchester Science Festival IS BACK FOR 2021 🎉🎉🎉 12-21 February 🎉🎉🎉 and this year it’s all about our changing climate and ideas for a better world.
Through the jam-packed programme, you’ll have the chance to get up close to some of science's most cutting-edge developments in the fight against climate change. You can enjoy fashion, food and sustainable living experiences, and talk to leading scientists during a series of special events. There’ll also be bucket loads of fun family activities on offer!
We’re also collaborating with The Royal Photographic Society to bring together science, climate and art in a stunning exhibition of images!
Find out more on the link below, and don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list to receive more details as soon as they’re revealed.
https://www.facebook.com/manchestersciencefestival/posts/10160348461746679
📢 Manchester Science Festival is back from 12 – 21 February 2021.
This year, it will explore our changing climate and ideas for a better world through a packed programme of arts and theatre, family activities, talks, debates and more.
📸 As part of the 2021 festival programme, we're delighted to be collaborating with The Royal Photographic Society on their prestigious Science Photographer of the Year competition, which will have a 'climate' subcategory for the first time.
🖼️ The shortlisted images will be displayed in an exhibition as part of Manchester Science Festival.
Watch out for more festival highlights coming up over the next few months. Find out more: https://bit.ly/2E2RmPk
#onthisday 1830 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway officially opened🚂 It was the first urban railway purpose-built to carry both passengers and goods and it ran directly into our site 🚂 Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3cbzE9b
The inaugural journey was far from a smooth ride though. This blog from People's History Museum looks at why poverty and voting rights made the railway opening a target for political protest: https://bit.ly/32ynu74
The railway revolutionised the transport of cotton between Manchester’s mills and the port of Liverpool. The railway company made huge profits from its cargoes of cotton, making it inextricably linked to the exploitation of the enslaved people who grew, picked and processed it.
Alongside our colleagues at National Railway Museum, we’re researching further to reveal the connections between railways, industrialisation and the transatlantic slave trade. We look forward to sharing the broader history of this line and other areas of the museum in the future.
To find out more about the Science Museum Group’s commitment to being Open For All, read our blog here: https://bit.ly/33t0JR7
Bust those boxes, save the princess and say a big #HappyBirthday to Super Mario Bros. who arrived on the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan #OnThisDay 1985 🍄 Mario made our list of influential characters here: https://bit.ly/2RegjKL
Following the announcement that Power UP will return to Manchester this summer, we take a look at some of the most influential characters in gaming’s long history.
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We've loved seeing so many of you exploring the museum this week, but half term is not over yet. We're open all weekend for you to experiment, get hands on and have a great time! Plan a visit and book your free museum admission tickets now: https://bit.ly/37WNA6S
It’s school on Monday ☹️ but you’ve still got this weekend to go ✈️, 🚂 and🚗 mad with our transport themed half term fun and try your hand at making a magical made up machine like this one 😃 http://bit.ly/3bPJSLA
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
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.
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