Sunshine, retro gaming and hands-on activities come to Manchester Science and Industry Museum over the Summer with family friendly activates and exhibitions. Sunshine will be dazzling Manchester this summer no matter what the weather, as the Science and Industry Museum hold their summer blockbuster exhibition – The Sun, opening on 20 July. The exhibition is…
As building work starts on the major extension of Manchester Jewish Museum, the museum is moving temporarily into the basement of Manchester Central Library. Work will start shortly on the major extension of Manchester Jewish Museum’s historic Cheetham Hill building. The museum is currently housed in a former synagogue on the edge of Manchester city…
Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum is celebrating the centenary of the first-ever non-stop Transatlantic flight with a weekend of fun, flight-themed activities. This weekend, the Science and Industry Museum features a whole host of activities celebrating John Alcock and Arthur Brown’s feat. On 15 June 1919, Manchester pilot John Alcock and his Glaswegian flying partner…
Manchester Museum has come together with the Partition Museum in Amritsar, India, to commemorate 100 years since the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. The collaboration marks the first time in Indo-UK history two Museums located in cities deeply affected by colonialism have come together to re-examine the massacre. The co-curated exhibition Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab under Siege…
Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum has a host of family fun activities in-store for February half term with workshops, rocket racers and even a funfair. Helter-skelters, hook-a-duck, a carousel and a chair-o-plane are amongst the rides which will keep family entertained. So, what’s on at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum? VICTORIAN FAIRGROUND Time: 10.30–16.30 Age:…
Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum will host events for all ages in February featuring playful science to a Nicola Tesla-inspired live performance. So, what’s on at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum? Electricity: The spark of life Electricity is a powerful force of nature, spectacular and thrilling. For centuries, humans battled to harness and control it….
Two new exhibitions open at Home Manchester this weekend featuring site-responsive work and multi-media maximalism. Darren Nixon: Coming soon to your screen (pictured) opens on Friday 9 November, whilst John Walter: CAPSID launches on Saturday 10 November. Darren Nixon: Coming soon to your screen The new site-responsive work by Darren Nixon is a large-scale painting over…
Home, Manchester, will host a solo show and new co-commission by Turner Prize-nominated artist Phil Collins. Launching on Saturday 7 July and running until Sunday 16 September 2018, the exhibition will showcase everyday hardships, struggles and solidarity refracted through the prism of popular culture, pop music and documentary. Collins’ work is inspired by cinema, public…
Manchester Museum has been awarded a grant of £4,215,800 by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a major capital project. The funds will be used to develop and transform the museum by providing new exhibition space, the North’s first South Asian gallery and an ambitious programme of activities. The news follows the previous round of development…
Manchester Museum is hosting A Rubbish Night at the Museum, questioning whether residents in Manchester have to live surrounded by rubbish.
