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"Situated in the oldest passenger railway buildings in the world, the Museum tells the story of the history, science and industry of Manchester - the world's first industrial city."
-- so says the website and that's exactly what it does. Spread over 5 buildings there's a fine display of of planes, cars, trains, engines charting the history of science and industry in the Manchester region.
Dating back to 1830, the Passenger Station is the world's oldest surviving passenger train station.
The Museum is open from 10am - 5pm every day, except 24, 25, 26 December.
Entrance is free except for special, changing exhibitions. Leave a Comment Address: Liverpool Road, Castlefield, ManchesterPhone: +44 (0)161 832 2244Directions: Just off the south end of Deansgate. 15 minutes walk from Piccadilly.Website: http://www.msim.org.uk
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Airplanes, working steam engines, the world's first passenger railway station and an excellent exhibit on Manchester's history all crowd for your attention...and it's FREE!
Their blockbuster exhibitions charge a small fee.
There are several buildings on the site in the old Castlefield neighbourhood to explore, so you could easily spend a half day or more here. Leave a Comment Address: Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FPPhone: 0161 832 2244Directions: Castlefield, not far from the G-Mex tram stopWebsite: www.msim.org.uk
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The museum of science and Industry certainly is a fantastic day out. It has everything from a push bike to a Spitfire. A safety pin to a Steam train. It is well worth a visit
It is currently housing the Body Worlds 4 exhibition untill june 29th. An exhibition of Real body's preserved by Plastination. Address: Liverpool Rd
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Beside the little bit confused general layout - you will find (after some searching) some gems like the world first passenger railway station (c.1830), one of the first Rolls-Royce (c.1904) and a replica of an early 1950s computer. Moreover you can enjoy moving steam engines, 19th century textile industry machinery and the history of the city development. Leave a Comment Address: Castlefield, just minutes West of the City CenterOther Contact: http://www.msim.org.uk/
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This place is great, I was there for about 2 and a half hours and I still missed seeing one exhibit. It's housed in a number of buildings and one is an old railway station, the world's oldest passenger railway station, which they've done up as in Victorian times.
One exhibit in the station building is Underground Manchester which was really good. You basically take a tour through a reconstructed Victorian sewer and it's complete with sounds and smells (not as bad as you'd think, lol!) It was there that my fascination with ancient loos came about Steve! :P
Upstairs in the station building is a collection of old cameras and pics that I can really recommend to those interested in photography.
I won't recommend the National Gas Gallery which shows the development of gas production since it's discovery, the smell gave me a bad headache.
A cool temporary exhibit they had on was dinosaur animatronics, though some were a wee bit gory. However as some little boys are morbid little creatures they might enjoy see dinosaurs ripping the guts out of another dinosaur, even if it shows the victim still breathing :-S
Admission is £3.50 if you want to see the Dinosaur exhibit, otherwise I think it's free. Leave a Comment Address: Liverpool Rd, Castlefield M3 4FPOther Contact: 0161 833 1830 www.msim.org.uk
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It's Free Admission, for all of the regular collections. An interesting museum in the Castlefield area of Manchester, the Museum of Science and Industry is definitely worth a visit. Manchester grew and expanded as an industrial city and the museum reflects much of it's history in railroad, textiles, and even computers! The site is an 1830 railroad station and warehouse which makes it even more authentic. There are four buildings with several floors of various exhibitions, fascinating stuff for a wide variety of interests from computers, to aircraft, to fashion and textiles to electricity and steam trains.
The museum is huge and it would take you all day to see it in detail. The textile display with the big mill machines and all the machines used for the industry is good to see. One hall has some working steam engines that powered local mills and also has some old trains to check out. The replica of a 1946 computer is only usually viewable on Tuesdays but they are building a new computer gallery around it so stay tuned there. The woman on the desk in the building was kind enough to take us to see it even though couldn't tell us too much about it. We also had a bit of lunch in the cafe but be warned they stop serving hot food at 2 p.m.!
The Aviation museum, across the road is also fun. Lots of different kinds of aircraft, classic cars, motorcycles and odds and ends of items with motors like sewing machines are on display. There's a little planetarium too though we didn't go in.
They have a cafe and a shop.
Oh, and you can get a peek onto the outdoor set of Coronation Street at Granada Studios from one of the top floors from windows that back onto Granada just behind the museum in the kids' hands on section. Leave a Comment Address: Liverpool Road, Castlefield, ManchesterPhone: 0161 832 2244Directions: Bus 33 from Piccadilly Gardens goes down liverpool road. Closest Tram stop Gmex. Walk from Deansgate, down Liverpool Road. Also the free shuttle around city center stops there.Website: http://www.msim.org.uk
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At the heart of the heritage park is the city's largest museum (open 10am-5pm daily), spread over 3 hecters that include the former Liverpool Rd train station- part of which has been preserved for posterity. If there is anything you want to know about the industrial(and post industrial) revolution, and Manchester Key role in it, you will find it among the collection of steam engines and locomotives, factory machinery from the mills, and the excellent exhibition telling the story of Manchester from the sewers up . There's also an Air & Space Gallery featuring historic aircraft and a planetarium. A recent refurbishment has seen the addition of Xperiment !, a hands-on, interactive science centre aimed primarily at kids, while 2003 will see the opening of a new science gallery. Leave a Comment Address: Liverpool Rd, ManchesterPhone: 832 1830
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Visit the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry - it's free to visit and there are loads of cool games to make science fun for big kids like me :) Its divided up into 5 sections so you can just skip what you want. You must get a 'receipt' before you can get past the obligatory gift shop to visit the rest of the musuem. This pic was taken in the 'Air travel' building, which is across the road from the rest of the museum. Leave a Comment Address: Liverpool St
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The Museum of Science and Industry.
Has hands on scientific things as well as having great stuff on Manchester industrial past. Leave a Comment
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The Museum of Science & Industry
Covers the history of all sorts of industries--textiles, electricity, computers . . .
You can see how cloth was made back in the industrial heyday of Manchester, stand inside the first-ever passenger railway station in the world, and see a replica of the first computer. Leave a Comment Address: It's in Castlefield, near the GMEX tram stop.Other Contact: Now, it's FREE! http://www.msim
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