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Science and Industry Museum blog

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.