The museum of Science & Industry is worth 2 -3 hours of your time, best of all its FREE. The museum consists of 5 halls, the main building, 1830 warehouse, station building, power hall and the Air and Space hall. Some great trains, aeroplanes and cars and all forms of transport. The MOSI is located on the site of the... more

I have to say I was expecting more from the MOSI. Whilst there is plenty of hands on stuff to keep the kids busy and some interesting exhibits, I was left feeling that the museum was too heavily geared towards schools and the national curriculum syllabus. With a few exceptions, there is little that the average 16+ person wouldn't have... more

This Musuem is one of the best in Manchester. Our family used to live in Manchester and visited it about once every few months. Since moving out of Manchester the children have asked many times to re-visit the place as they learn so much from it. It is exciting and holds many historical facts and machinery that would fascinate any... more

I can't say enough about the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. I spent nearly an entire day there with my husband and two boys, aged 8 and 11 last summer. We arrived about 10:30 a.m., left for lunch... and then returned for the remainder of the afternoon. It was hard to get my boys to leave! There is... more

The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) is very big museum in the middle of Manchester city centre and is housed in five separate buildings. On an initial visit several years ago I dropped by after visiting the nearby Roman sites for my daughter’s school project. At that time we visited the main building and the air and space hall.... more

This is worth the visit to Manchester on its own. Its free! There are so many varied things here. It may not excel at everything, it has railway engines but isn't a train museum, it has planes but isn't an aircraft museum, but it has such a wide variety of exhibits and cuts across many themes. There is lots of... more