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Museum of Science and Industry

What shouldn’t I miss?

With so much to see at MOSI it can be hard to know where to begin.
Here are our top ten suggestions to get you started.

1

Victorian Sewer

Crawl through an atmospheric Victorian sewer, complete with smells, sounds, rats ...and worse!

2

Xperiment

Lift a mini with your little finger - could you do it?

3

MOSI’s Historic Site

Stand on the platform of the oldest surviving passenger Railway Station in the world.

4

Manchester’s Scientists

Watch holograms of Manchester’s world-famous scientists explain their discoveries before your very eyes.

5

Cotton Machinery

Experience the deafening noise of working cotton machinery during one of our regular demonstrations.

6

The Baby

Compare the size of your palm pilot to ‘The Baby’, the world’s first computer.

7

Hidden Treasures

Discover MoSI’s hidden treasures - you might even find a Cyberman's boot!

8

Avro Shackleton

Admire the enormous Avro Shackleton, designed in 1954 and look out for Dougal from the Magic Roundabout.

9

Beyer-Garrett locomotive

Be dwarfed by the huge Beyer-Garrett articulated locomotive.

10

Living rooms

Rekindle memories of living rooms past from the 1930s and 1950s.