Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)

Museum of Science and Industry
Science Museum Group
This structure marks the entrance to the museum and reflects its science/industrial themes
Location within Greater Manchester
Established	15 September 1983
Location	Liverpool Road, Manchester
Coordinates	53°28′37″N 2°15′20″W / 53.47694°N 2.25556°W / 53.47694; -2.25556Coordinates: 53°28′37″N 2°15′20″W / 53.47694°N 2.25556°W / 53.47694; -2.25556
Type	Science museum
Visitors	830,000 (2011)^[1] Ranked 17th nationally
Public transit access	Metroshuttle – Green Route
Website	www.mosi.org.uk
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Exterior of the museum's Air and Space Hall

A kamikaze Ohka aircraft in exhibition

The museum's Avro Shackleton

The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI or MOSI) in Manchester, England, is a large museum devoted to 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 Culture, Media and Sport, having merged with the National Science Museum in 2012.^[2]

There are extensive displays on the theme of transport (cars, aircraft, 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 situated on the site of the world's first railway station – Manchester Liverpool Road – which opened as part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in September 1830. The railway station frontage and 1830 warehouse are both Grade I listed. The museum also offers steam train rides at weekends and on bank holidays.

History

The museum was originally called the North Western Museum of Science and Industry when it opened in 1969 in temporary premises on Grosvenor Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock. It had close ties with UMIST, having mostly grown out of the Department of History of Science & Technology.

In 1978, the Greater Manchester Council purchased the earliest part of the former Liverpool Road Station from British Rail, which had been closed in 1975. The council paid the nominal sum of £1 for the site. The museum opened at this site on 15 September 1983 and later expanded to include the whole of the former station.^[3]

Since 2007 the museum has organised an annual science festival in Manchester.

In 2014, it was announced Sally MacDonald would become director of MOSI. MacDonald left her role as head of collections at University College London and succeeded Jean Franczyk as director.^[4]

Exhibitions

Exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry include:

Aircraft:

A complete RAF Avro Shackleton and other Avro machines, built locally at Chadderton and Woodford
A Supermarine Spitfire
A Hawker Hunter
An intact Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka

Computing:

A replica of the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine

Locomotives:

Ericsson's Novelty – A replica incorporating parts from the original locomotive of 1829.
British Rail Class 77 No. 27001 'Ariadne' – A 1.5 kV DC electric locomotive built by Metropolitan-Vickers in 1953.
South African Railways GL class Garratt No. 2352 – Built in 1929 by Beyer, Peacock and Company, Manchester.
Pakistan Railways 4–4–0 – A broad gauge locomotive built by Beyer, Peacock and Company.

Themed Galleries:

A Connected Earth gallery that tells the history of communications in Manchester and the North West of England opened in October 2007.

Currently open, but not actively maintained and due for decommissioning^[5] are:

The Electricity Gallery and the Gas Gallery, which focus on the development, production and use of these utilities
Underground Manchester, which looks at sanitation and water supply

Past exhibits include:

Body Worlds 4 between 22 February and 29 June 2008^[6]
LMR 57 Lion Britain's oldest steamable locomotive (now in Liverpool)

The Railway

On selected dates, visitors may ride on demonstration passenger trains within the museum grounds. Trains are hauled by the museum's two operational steam locomotives:

'Planet' – A replica of Robert Stephenson and Company's Planet class locomotive, built by the Friends of the Museum of Science and Industry in 1992. The original locomotive was constructed in 1830 and hauled trains on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
'Agecroft No. 1' – An 0–4–0 saddle tank built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1948 for use at Agecroft Power Station. Restored to working order in 2011.

The museum's railway line was formerly connected to the national rail network near Ordsall Lane Junction. However, construction of Network Rail's Ordsall Chord railway link, which began in January 2016, has since severed this connection and reduced the length of the museum's running line in spite of an attempted legal battle to save it.

Industrial machines

The last steam engine ever built to power a mill.

Spinning machine

The museum exhibits the large collection of stationary steam engines, hot air engines, diesel engines, hydraulic pumps, large electric generators and other similar machines. Most of these machines are operational and occasionally can be seen running. This exhibit includes the last stationary steam engine newly build to power a mill.

There is also the exhibit of spinning and weaving machines that cover all steps from wool to textile. These machines are also functional and run for a few minutes at scheduled times.

References

↑ "Support us – Museum of Science and Industry". Museum of Science and Industry. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
↑ "Manchester's MOSI and London's Science Museum to merge". BBC News. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
↑ "History of the Museum — MOSI". Museum of Science and Industry. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
↑ Yakub, Qureshi. "Respected curator named as new boss of Museum of Science and Industry". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
↑ http://www.artsandmediajobs.com/uk/job/11580/conservator-gallery-decant-project/
↑ MOSI. "BODY WORLDS 4: The Original Exhibition of Real Human Bodies". Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-14.

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Museums and galleries in Greater Manchester

Art	Astley Cheetham Art Gallery Bury Art Museum Castlefield Gallery Central Art Gallery Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art Cornerhouse HOME The Lowry Manchester Art Gallery Gallery Oldham Richard Goodall Gallery Salford Museum and Art Gallery Stockport Art Gallery Touchstones Rochdale Whitworth Art Gallery

Historic house	Bramall Hall Clayton Hall Dunham Massey Elizabeth Gaskell's House Haigh Hall Hall i' th' Wood Heaton Hall Ordsall Hall Smithills Hall Staircase House Wythenshawe Hall

Local history / culture	Bolton Museum Museum of Wigan Life Park Bridge Heritage Centre Portland Basin Museum Rochdale Pioneers Museum Saddleworth Museum Stockport Museum

Military and war	Fusilier Museum Imperial War Museum North Museum of the Manchester Regiment Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Natural history	Manchester Museum

Science, engineering, transportation	Bolton Steam Museum Ellenroad Engine House Heaton Park Tramway Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Museum of Transport in Manchester Trencherfield Mill Steam Engine

Specialized	Astley Green Colliery Museum British Muslim Heritage Centre Gallery of Costume Hat Works Manchester Jewish Museum National Football Museum Manchester United Museum Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum

See also	List of museums in Greater Manchester List of public art in Greater Manchester

British aviation museums

England	AeroVenture Avro Heritage Museum Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Bournemouth Aviation Museum Brooklands Museum City of Norwich Aviation Museum de Havilland Aircraft Museum East Midlands Aeropark Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Flambards Experience Fleet Air Arm Museum Gatwick Aviation Museum The Helicopter Museum Imperial War Museum Duxford IWM collection Kent Battle of Britain Museum Lashenden Air Warfare Museum Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre Midland Air Museum Museum of Army Flying Museum of Berkshire Aviation Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) Newark Air Museum Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum North East Aircraft Museum Royal Air Force Museum Cosford Royal Air Force Museum London Science Museum Shoreham Aircraft Museum Shuttleworth Collection Solent Sky Solway Aviation Museum Sywell Aviation Museum Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Wellesbourne Wartime Museum Yorkshire Air Museum

Isle of Man	Manx Aviation and Military Museum

Northern Ireland	Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

Scotland	Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre National Museum of Flight

Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom

Headquarters: 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ

Executive agencies

Non-departmental
public bodies

Advisory	Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest Theatres Trust Treasure Valuation Committee

Executive	Arts Council England British Film Institute British Library British Museum Equality and Human Rights Commission Gambling Commission Geffrye Museum Historic England Horniman Museum Horserace Betting Levy Board Imperial War Museum Information Commissioner's Office National Gallery National Heritage Memorial Fund National Maritime Museum National Museums Liverpool National Portrait Gallery Natural History Museum Royal Armouries Science Museum Group Sir John Soane's Museum Sport England Sports Grounds Safety Authority Tate UK Anti-Doping UK Sport Victoria and Albert Museum VisitBritain VisitEngland Wallace Collection

Tribunal	Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal

Public corporations

Ministers

Secretary of State	John Whittingdale

Minister of State	Culture and the Digital Economy: Ed Vaizey

Under-Secretaries of State	Sport, Tourism and Heritage: Tracey Crouch Internet Safety and Security: Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields Intellectual Property: Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Category

Buildings and structures in Manchester, England

Skyscrapers (over 100 metres)	Beetham Tower (169m) CIS Tower (118m) City Tower (107m) 17 New Wakefield Street (106m)

Highrises (over 50 metres)	1 New York Street 1 Spinningfields 3 Hardman Street 111 Piccadilly Arndale Tower Civil Justice Centre Great Northern Tower Manchester One Maths & Social Sciences Building No. 1 Deansgate New Century House One Angel Square One St Peter's Square Two St Peter's Square Owens Park Palace Hotel Peninsula Building St James Buildings Town Hall Town Hall Extension

Notable lowrises (city centre or Grade II* listed)	1 The Avenue 1-3 York Street 25 St Ann Street 38 and 42 Mosley Street 46-48 Brown Street 50 Newton Street 53 King Street 84 Plymouth Grove 100 King Street Afflecks Alan Turing Building Albert Hall Ancoats Hospital Arkwright House Athenaeum Baguley Hall Bank Chambers Barlow Hall Barton Arcade Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre Central Library Chetham's Library Chips Clayton Hall Corn Exchange County Court Daily Express Dalton-Ellis Hall Didsbury School of Education Estate Exchange Former Bank of England Free Trade Hall Gateway House Old Granada Studios The Green Building Grove House The Haçienda Hanover Building Heaton Hall Holyoake House Hough End Hall Hulme Hall Hulme Hippodrome Institute of Biotechnology John Rylands Library John Rylands University Library Kendals Lawrence Buildings Law Library Lincoln House London Road Fire Station Manchester Art Gallery Manchester Museum Mechanics' Institute Memorial Hall Midland Hotel Minshull Street Crown Courts Museum of Science & Industry National Graphene Institute Nicholls Building Odeon Cinema Old Wellington Inn Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum Portico Library Playhouse Theatre Redfern Building Reform Club Rose Hill Royal Eye Hospital Rylands Building Sackville Street Building Ship Canal House Slade Hall Smithfield Market Hall St. Anselm Hall St Mary's Hospital Strangeways Sunlight House Theatre Royal Toast Rack The Towers Transport Museum Urbis Victoria Baths Whitworth Art Gallery Whitworth Hall Wythenshawe Bus Garage Wythenshawe Hall

Mills and warehouses	107 Piccadilly 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station Albion Mill Asia House Beehive Mill Bridgewater House Brownsfield Mill Brunswick Mill Canada House Chorlton New Mills Churchgate House Dale Street Warehouse Havelock Mills India House Jackson's Warehouse Lancaster House McConnel & Kennedy Mills Murrays' Mills Old Mill Piccadilly Mill Royal Mill Shudehill Mill Watts Warehouse

Religious (Grade I or II* listed)	British Muslim Heritage Centre Brookfield Church Castlefield Chapel Christ Church Cross Street Chapel Holy Name of Jesus Edgar Wood Centre Gorton Monastery Holy Trinity Platt Church The Hidden Gem Jewish Museum Manchester Cathedral Manchester Reform Synagogue St Ann's St Chrysostom's Church Church of St Cross St. George St James St John St. Mary Church of St Michael St Nicholas St Peter Upper Brook Street Chapel St Wilfrid

Transportation	Manchester Airport Airport station Deansgate station Piccadilly station Victoria station Oxford Road station Piccadilly Bus Station Shudehill Interchange

Entertainment	Apollo Arndale Centre Bridgewater Hall Central Contact Theatre Cornerhouse The Factory Great Northern Warehouse HOME Palace Theatre Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre Opera House The Printworks Manchester Arena The Ritz Royal Exchange Theatre

Sports venues	Aquatics Centre Belle Vue Stadium Broadhurst Park National Cycling Centre (BMX Arena, Velodrome) Etihad Campus City of Manchester Stadium Manchester City Academy Stadium Manchester Regional Arena National Squash Centre

Memorials and sculptures	Alan Turing Memorial Albert Memorial B of the Bang Cenotaph Peacock Mausoleum

Bridges	Albert Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Corporation Street Bridge Hulme Arch Bridge Irwell Railway bridge Palatine Bridge Store Street Aqueduct Trinity Bridge Victoria Bridge

Architecture Castles Churches Grade I listed Grade II* listed Grade II listed Mills Monuments Tallest Warehouses Italics denote building under construction

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