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Science and Industry Museum blog

As we celebrate the reopening of the Power Hall this autumn, our Curator of Engineering Sarah Baines takes us on a journey through time to explore the history of this much-loved gallery—once the shipping shed of the historic Liverpool Road Station.

As work progresses to shape a major exhibition that will reveal the links between Manchester, cotton and transatlantic slavery, Reece Williams, Curator – Legacies of Enslavement, discusses his hopes for the project and how lived experiences, voices and perspectives of African descendent and diaspora communities will be central.

It’s long been said that two heads are better than one. We’ve been looking at the stories of collaborating couples told on our galleries and how these iconic duos with links to Manchester have gone on to change the world!

As a major new free exhibition is announced that will reveal the links between Manchester, cotton and the transatlantic slave trade, Sally MacDonald (Science and Industry Museum Director) and Keisha Thompson (Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement Programme Manager) discuss their hopes for the project.

Power Hall: The Law Family Gallery is due to reopen in 2025. Associate Curator for the Power Hall, Sibia Akhtar, takes us behind the scenes of some new displays focused on local people working with engines.