Museum of Science and Industry

2 million people a year visit Manchester's award-winning museums and galleries, including MOSI.

You come to see our world class collections and our stunning buildings. You come to relax in our cafes, browse in our shops and have a great day out with friends and family. You want to see Pre-Raphaelites or contemporary art, dinosaurs or steam engines, war photography or wallpapers. Whatever you want, it's all here, in Manchester's museums and galleries.

We are all free, so why not visit soon?

People's History Museum
Imperial War Museum North
Manchester Art Gallery
The Lowry
The Manchester Museum
Whitworth Art Gallery

City information

Make the most of your visit to Manchester. Uncover the galleries, museums, shows, bars, hidden gems and restaurants that are distinctly, uniquely Mancunian. With new city guides produced three times a year, weekly competitions and offers, and top travel tips from the people who live and work in Manchester, Creative Tourist is the ultimate free guide to the city. Visit Creative Tourist to download your guide now.

Two other excellent websites are Go See This and Visit Manchester.

There's lots of other exciting places to visit too after you've explored MOSI.  Why not check out the great range of shows at the Royal Exchange, or pick up the latest blockbuster movie at the AMC Cinema?

Staying overnight?

Looking for hotels near MOSI? LateRooms.com is just the place!

Tours

Manchester is a great place for guided tours, some of which start or end at MOSI.

See the New Manchester Walks website, or call 07769 298068 for a comprehensive range of tours of the city. Shortlisted for the 2011 Manchester Tourism Awards, their tour guides can take you to lots of different places - from the Town Hall to the John Rylands Library; from the Cathedral to Chetham's, not forgetting Castlefield, the Art Gallery, the Radisson Hotel, the People's History Museum and the Portico Library.

Other tour providers include Walk Manchester and Jonathan Schofield Manchester Tours.

Explore Manchester with your personal Walk Talk Tour. Download this great, free audio tour to your iPod, MP3, or mobile phone music player.

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