Did you know that it’s over 100 years since the first scheduled domestic air service in Britain?
Our collection documents 250 years of discoveries and innovations that began in Manchester and went on to influence the world. In this section of the blog, we want to shine a light upon the achievements and experiences of the people behind those stories.
Your inbox is probably full of emails talking about GDPR right now. Stay in touch! Please opt in! But what is your personal data—and how have rules and ideas about personal data changed throughout history?
Stephenson’s Rocket is to return to Manchester for the first time in over 180 years this September.
With thousands of runners set to pound the pavements this weekend in the Great Manchester Run and the Great CityGames taking place just outside our window, we’ve taken a look at some of the weird and wonderful items in our collection related to keeping yourself in the very best of health.
Today marks the 40th anniversary since aviator David Cook used his modified Volmer VJ 23E hang-glider, powered by a go-kart engine, to cross the English Channel in 1978. The hang-glider is now part of our collection here at the museum, and to mark the occasion, Assistant Curator Lewis Pollard spoke to David about his historic journey.
2018 is the Year of Engineering, and what better way to join in than to talk some more about one of Britain’s many great engineers, Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti?
Lots of people have been asking about the size of Tim Peake’s Sokol spacesuit, so we decided to answer this big question…
You have probably at some point eaten sushi—the traditional Japanese food made from rice, fish and seaweed.
Today is the birthday of Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, one of Manchester’s and Britain’s most prolific and important engineers.
Find out more about Tim Peake’s spacesuit, the Sokol KV-2 emergency spacesuit worn by the British ESA astronaut as he traveled into space.
Life for female engineers in the 1970s was very different, as items discovered in our archives show.
Have you ever wondered what our curators’ favourite collection items are? Here, assistant curator Lewis takes us through his rather surprising pick.