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This is one of our favourite museums to visit in Manchester. They have the engines room which features some great stuff - inclduing some trains which you can get really close to. This section of the museum smells of old style engine oil and is known as the power hall - The Power Hall contains working examples of gas, oil, hot-air and diesel engines, made by local companies.

The former engine shed provides a fitting setting for locomotives and rolling stock. Get close up to a replica of Novelty, which ran in the famous 1829 Rainhill Trials. Nearby is the Beyer-Garratt articulated steam locomotive, the largest exhibit in the Power Hall. Made at Beyer, Peacock's Gorton factory in 1930, this Garratt ran on the South African Railways until 1972. From 1854 to 1966, Beyer, Peacock & Co. built locomotives that were exported to many parts of the world.

Cab of the EM1 locomotive Hector and the complete EM2 electric locomotive Ariadne are also here.

As the birthplace of Roll-Royce and site of the first Ford factory outside North America, Manchester had an important role in the early car manufacture. The displays include a Rolls-Royce car, hand-built in Hulme in 1905, and a Ford Model T van. Henry Ford opened his Trafford Park factory in 1911, introducing to Britain his innovative assembly-line system in 1914. There are also Manchester-made cars by Crossley Motos, Belsize and Imperial. Cockshutt & Co., which began as a maker of horse-drawn carriages such as the 'sociable' carriage and gig exhibited here, also made car bodies.

The musuem is located in the city centre which makes getting to it a breeze.

It is actually in the oldest passenger railway buildings in the world and exhibits tells the story of the history, science and industry of Manchester - the world's first industrial city.

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Entry to the Museum's permanent collections is free for everyone! They do have special exhibitions which usually have an entry charge but the rest of the museum is free which is great as there is loads to see.
Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

The Museum is open from 10.00 am - 5.00 pm every day, except 24, 25, 26 December.

The Restaurant is open from 10.30am to 4.30pm every day. Hot meals are served until 2.30pm.

The Collections Centre is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00am to 4.30pm.

They have a restuarant and all the usual facilities which make it a great day out for anyone with children.

Photography is permitted in the Main Museum, provided it is not used for commercial purposes.

Site Guide

Site Guides are available free of charge in English, Italiian, Spanish, German, French, Urdu, Bengali and Chinese. Literature in large print is also available upon request.