Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)

Museum of Science and Industry

Data
place	Manchester
Art	Natural sciences , history of technology and history of industry
opening	September 15, 1983
Number of visitors (annually)	830,000 (2011)
management	Sally MacDonald
Website	http://msimanchester.org.uk/

The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester is a large museum for the natural sciences , history of technology and industrial history with a special focus on the Manchester area. It became part of the National Museum of Science and Industry in early 2012 , which was renamed the Science Museum Group on April 1, 2012 . This museum network also includes the Science Museum in London and the National Railway Museum in York .

The Museum of Science and Industry is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Culture .

History of the museum

The MOSI goes back to the North Western Museum of Science and Industry , which opened in 1969 in Chorlton-on-Medlock . In 1978, Greater Manchester County Council bought the oldest buildings in Manchester Liverpool Road Station , which had been closed three years earlier, from British Rail for a symbolic price of one pound sterling . The Museum of Science and Industry opened on September 15, 1983 at its current location. It was later expanded so that today it encompasses the entire area of ​​the former station.

Building ensemble

The museum includes a number of listed buildings that are located on the site, including:

• The Great Western Warehouse from 1880 of the former Great Western Railway , which also houses the main entrance area of ​​the museum ( Grade II )

1830 warehouse

• The 1830 warehouse of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (Grade I)
• The Station Building , the reception building of the Manchester Liverpool Road station , which opened in 1830 and finally closed in 1975 , which is considered to be the oldest surviving station reception building in the world (Grade I)
• The Power Hall from 1855 (Grade II) used for the presentation of engines and locomotives

Exterior of the Air and Space Hall

• The Air and Space Hall , a former market hall from 1876 (Grade II) , dedicated to aviation and road traffic

Exhibitions

Locomotives and prime movers

The collection in the Power Hall includes numerous locomotives and stationary power machines, including various steam engines . Many of them are still functional and are put into operation from time to time. The Power Hall thus houses the largest collection of working steam engines in the world.

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  Beyer-Peacock locomotive (1873)

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  Garratt locomotive of SAR class GL Beyer-Peacock

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  Drivable, electrically powered replica of the Novelty

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  Functional replica of the planet

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  Steam engine

Aviation and Road Transport

Avro Shackleton AEW Mk.2

Imperial from 1904

In the Air and Space Hall mainly airplanes, helicopters and aircraft engines are shown, but also historical automobiles. The focus is on manufacturers from the Manchester area such as Avro , Belsize , Crossley , Imperial or Rolls-Royce . Contrary to the name of the hall, no more space-related exhibits are shown.

The aircraft shown include the following types:

• Avro 707
• Avro 594 Avian
• Avro Shackleton
• Bristol Belvedere
• De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
• English Electric P.1A
• Yokosuka Ohka

Textile technology

Spinning machines

Since Manchester was a center of the British textile industry in the 18th and 19th centuries , a separate exhibition is dedicated to this topic. Historical machines for the entire processing chain from the raw cotton to the finished fabric are shown, as well as the various raw materials and manufacturing options for textile fibers and textile dyes .

Underground Manchester

Reconstructed walk-in sewer in the Manchester Underground department

The Underground Manchester exhibition shows the history of water supply , plumbing and sanitation in general, but specifically in the Manchester area.

Further exhibitions

• Electricity Gallery (history of electricity and lighting, and early computer engineering)
• Small-scale experimental machine
• Gas Gallery (history of town gas and natural gas supply )
• City history of Manchester
• Experiment! (Experiments and gimmicks with a physical background)
• Special exhibitions

Web links

Commons : Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Aeroflight list of aviation collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Qureshi Yakub: Respected curator named as new boss of Museum of Science and Industry . Retrieved May 1, 2014.
2. ↑ Manchester's MOSI and London's Science Museum to merge . In: BBC News , December 2, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2012. 
3. ↑ [1] Monument entry of the Great Western Warehouse (as Lower Byrom Street Warehouse )
4. ↑ [2] Monument entry of the 1830 warehouse
5. ^ Butt: The Directory of Railway Stations. 1995, p. 153.
6. ↑ [3] Monument entry of the station building
7. ↑ [4] Monument entry of the Power Hall
8. ^ [5] Monument entry of the Air and Space Hall
9. ↑ Ed Glinert: The Manchester Compendium: A Street-by-street History of England's Greatest Industrial City , Penguin Books , 2009, ISBN 978-0141029306

Coordinates: 53 ° 28 ′ 37 "  N , 2 ° 15 ′ 18"  W.