Science and Industry Museum
The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, traces the development of science, technology and industry with emphasis on the city's achievements in these fields. The museum is part of the Science Museum Group, a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, having merged with the National Science Museum in 2012.
Entrance structure reflecting its science/industrial themes | |
Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Established | 15 September 1983 |
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| Location | Liverpool Road, Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53°28′37″N 2°15′20″W |
| Type | Science museum |
| Visitors | 556,523 (2019) |
| Public transit access | Metroshuttle – Green Route |
| Website | scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk |
| Science Museum Group | |
There are extensive displays on the theme of transport (cars, railway locomotives and rolling stock), power (water, electricity, steam and gas engines), Manchester's sewerage and sanitation, textiles, communications and computing.
The museum is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage and is on the site of the world's first passenger railway station – Manchester Liverpool Road – which opened as part of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830. The railway station frontage and 1830 warehouse are both Grade I listed.