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!
Bursting with interactive fun, our delightfully disgusting exhibition Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You continues throughout May Half Term, and you’re invited to get stuck in and explore the wonders of our senses.
With Power Hall: The Law Family Gallery due to open this autumn, we’re celebrating International Women’s Day by highlighting some of the remarkable women, past and present, who will feature in the new displays.
By Sally MacDonald and Keisha Thompson
Our Manchester, cotton and transatlantic slavery exhibition project
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.
Over 140 years after the gantry outside of Power Hall was first built, visitors will be able to see it restored to its former glory in the lead up to the grand reopening of Power Hall in autumn 2025.
Sibia Akhtar, Associate Curator for Power Hall: The Law Family Gallery, tells us about a workshop she hosted in August 2023 with an inspiring Greater Manchester women’s group.
Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to Dr Conor Wild about a high-profile festival online brain game experiment, which showed that eSports are better for cognition than sports.
Roger Highfield, Science Director, discusses Manchester Science Festival’s latest installation with the neuroscientist and artist who created the colourful immersive experience.
The professor behind a pioneering online ‘brain and body’ study unveils its findings this week at the Manchester Science Festival. Science Director, and study coauthor, Roger Highfield, reports.