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Ready, set, go! Running items from our collection
Nicotine pastilles Heavy smoker? Got a bit of a cough interrupting your hardcore training regime? Whisk those pesky wheezes away by popping a Nic-o-cin and cracking on with your day. With the dubious...
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A little bit of sunshine in our collection
Spherical glass lens for sunshine recorder, 1857 Made in Manchester in 1857, this sunshine recorder was clearly an act of wishful thinking by its maker. In the spirit of getting all of the geographical...
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Ocean Software: Manchester’s gaming claim to fame
When you think of video games, you tend to think of Silicon Valley whizz kids or hardcore Japanese coders sat in high tech, sleek offices. Names such as Electronic Arts, Ubisoft and Nintendo spring to...
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Meet Mat Allen, Josh Award 2018 winner
The Josh Award is the UK’s national award for science communication, set up to support people who love talking about science and generally making the subject more fun and accessible. We’re a nosy bunch...
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Diamonds are for… scanning?
Ahead of our diamond themed Pi: Platform for Investigation on Saturday 25 August 2018, we investigate alternative uses for the wee sparklers… Medical imaging There are fewer things in life more...
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Rocket memorabilia in our collection
Please note: Stephenson’s Rocket is no longer on display at the Science and Industry Museum. To find out what exhibitions and activities are open today, visit our What’s On section. Side view of...
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All a-borg the biohacking express
Please note: The event discussed below was part of Manchester Science Festival 2018. To find out what exhibitions and activities are open today, visit our What’s On section. It’s the perfect mix of...
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Who were the Stephensons? Part I
Please note: Stephenson’s Rocket is no longer on display at the Science and Industry Museum. To find out what exhibitions and activities are open today, visit our What’s On section. From colliery coal...
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Fanny Kemble: Rocket’s celebrity passenger
Please note: Stephenson’s Rocket is no longer on display at the Science and Industry Museum. To find out what exhibitions and activities are open today, visit our What’s On section. We’ve scoured our...
View Article10 shockingly good electricity-themed tunes
Please note: Electricity: The spark of life ended in April 2019. To find out what exhibitions and activities are open today, visit our What’s On section. Ergh, January. So long. Very dark. Many...
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Who were the Stephensons? Part II
Please note: Stephenson’s Rocket is no longer on display at the Science and Industry Museum. To find out what exhibitions and activities are open today, visit our What’s On section. If you haven’t...
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Let’s hear it for the girls
Kathleen Drew Baker Kathleen Drew BakerImage credit: Smithsonian Institution @ Flickr Commons Known as the ‘Mother of the Sea’ in Japan, Kathleen Drew Baker is, like so many iconic yet faded bands of...
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