Museum of Science and Industry

Please note that this gallery will close at 3pm on Wed 30 May 2012 and all day on Thurs 28 June 2012 due to private events. Our apologies for any inconvenience.

MOSI's newest gallery opened to the public on 29 January 2011. This gallery serves as an introduction to MOSI's subject themes, galleries and collections - and also highlights other heritage venues in the NW. It provides an overview of Manchester's rich legacy of world-changing industrial innovations and scientific discoveries.

A huge, eye-catching digital sculpture forms the Gallery's attractor exhibit.  By registering a bar-code card, visitors can watch their photos travel back in time up the sculpture, past faces and places linked to significant Manchester achievements.  The bar-code card also activates a series of games and challenges, creating a log that can be viewed on a personal web page.

The Gallery is divided into six sections: Transport Revolutions, Computer Age, Engineering, Energy, Cottonopolis and Structure of Matter.  Each section tells a story running from the past to the future.  Links between Revolution Manchester and our other galleries are shown on a vast 50-screen media wall.