Science and Industry Museum

The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester occupies several buildings with displays covering transport, power generation, sanitation, textiles, communications, and computing. The collections include working machines from different periods that show how manufacturing and industrial processes developed.

The museum sits on the site of the world's first passenger railway station, which opened in 1830 as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. This historic location connects the buildings directly to one of the most important technological developments of the industrial era.

The collections here tell the story of how industrial advances shaped Manchester and influenced people's daily lives and work. Visitors can see the machines and inventions that local engineers and manufacturers created during this transformative period.

The museum offers scheduled demonstrations of working steam engines, diesel engines, hydraulic pumps, and spinning machines throughout the day. Checking the demonstration schedule when you arrive helps you plan which shows to watch during your visit.

The museum complex includes several historic industrial buildings, including a former red-brick warehouse, which gives visitors a sense of how these structures actually looked and functioned during their working life. The buildings themselves are part of the story, showing how factory architecture evolved during the industrial period.

Location: Manchester

Inception: September 15, 1983

Official opening: September 15, 1983

Part of: Science Museum Group

Address: Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP

Phone: +443300580058

Website: https://scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk

GPS coordinates: 53.47690,-2.25556

Latest update: December 7, 2025 10:08