Manchester Museum of Science & Industry Reviews

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Good Points: FreeIncredibly interestingSuitable whatever the weatherHas excellent facilities.

Bad Points: None.

General comments: The Museum of Science & Industry is a great place to go if you want to keep the kids amused, but without paying ludicrous prices. It's open from 10.00am - 5.00pm every day, except 24 - 26 December and 1 January.I don't know whether they previously charged for admission (as I've read on other reviews), but entry into MOSI is now free. Car parking on site costs £5.00 ( £3.00 after 3pm) and there are several other pay and display car parks outside.Charges apply for the special exhibitions however, which at present is "Body Worlds 4 - The original exhibition of real human bodies". I haven't seen this exhibition so can't comment specifically, but ticket prices seem a bit steep.Adults £10.00 - £11.50Concessions £7.00 - £9.50Under 5s, FreeFamily £29.00 - £34.00There are loads of things to do without the need to see the special exhibitions to be honest, with four separate buildings to go at and much of the activities being more than capable of keeping you occupied for the best part of the day.There are scheduled events, such as story telling, arts and crafts, demonstrations of original machinery in full working order and interactive activities with historical costume characters.The Power Hall is full of working steam engines, has a large water wheel and some enormous trains. This building can be noisy when all the machines are up and running at once, which can be a bit much for some little kiddies who might find this a bit frightening.The Air & Space Hall is great. There is a Planetarium, which has night sky shows for kids aged 6+ and also has a great display of aeroplanes, helicopters, cars, motorbikes and a flight simulator. When we visited last month, the kids took part in some activities were making and testing their own aeroplanes.There is also a Victorian underground sewer which you can walk through. Again - if your kids are pre-school age or easily spooked, this might freak them out a bit. My three year old niece was petrified and I had to quickly leg it through to the end to stop her bawling!It's a good idea to pack up a picnic as well, particularly if you want to keep it cheap. Picnic tables and chairs / benches are freely available around the site. There are some cafes, but they charge extortionate prices for food and drink. The Loft Restaurant on the top floor is particularly expensive.The gift shop sells some really unusual and quirky gifts, but again - these tend to be a bit steep in price, with a MOSI pencil setting you back £1.50.Toilets, lockers and baby changing facilities are available and are clean and very well maintained. With access ramps and lifts in place, pretty much everywhere is accessible for those with prams and/or wheelchair users.The MOSI website is excellent and gives an excellent overview of what is on offer, especially if you haven't visited before. msim.org.uk/I love this place. We can be there from 10.00am and still be wandering round and looking at things ten minutes before the place is due to close.

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There are currently five buildings here: Aircraft, Main, The Warehouse, Power Hall and the Victorian Station.
So I'll divide my review into sections on these buildings.

1. AIRCRAFT BUILDING
Housed in an old market building this is the second largest building. It looks tatty from the outside but inside its awesome.

The ground floor is mainly about aircraft with an amazing range of aircraft either hanging from the ceiling or on the floor. There all very interesting and as well as them there are ...

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Manchester Museum of Science & Industry - We took our 3 year old and 8 year old with some trepidation - it's hard to find something to suit both. Especially something that is FREE. The museum is split into 5 areas. Our youngest loved the hanger full of aircraft/helicopters, etc. The power hall was full of locomotives, steam mcahinery, many of which you could "do" something with, plus experiments. The main building houses textiles and the all important "Xperiment" area - a mini-eureka wher ...