Museum of Science and Industry

The first of its kind in the country, the Collections Centre is a cross between a store, a gallery and a study centre. It allows us to make more of our collections publicly accessible. The Collections Centre includes 35 rows of mobile object cabinets, where you can see a good cross-section of the smaller objects in our collections. There are also four stores that contain large objects, such as printing presses, generators and washing machines.

We aim to provide a choice of information services. The Welcome Area has an informal reading area and four computers with Internet access. The adjoining Study Area provides access to the archive collections and reference library. Staff will assist you by providing information that the Museum holds or recommending books, web sites and other museums, libraries or record offices. Small changing displays offer a taste of the range of our collections.

The Collections Centre is open from Tuesday to Saturday, 10.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. The Study Area is open Tuesdays to Thursdays, 10.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Please note that the Collections Centre will be closed between Friday 23 and Saturday 31 December 2011 inclusive.  It will reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2012.