One of the most poignant objects to be added in to the textiles gallery is a tiny pair of leather children’s clogs dating from around 1870.
Katie Belshaw is Curator of Industrial Heritage here at the Science and Industry Museum. She looks after the museum’s industry collections and is working on the development of a new gallery about Manchester’s growth into the world’s first modern, industrial city.
As cotton spinning returns to the region, here at the Museum of Science and Industry we are gearing up to re-tell the astonishing story of Manchester’s growth into the world’s first modern industrial city.