Science and Industry Museum to host spectacular 40th birthday party this weekend - with loads of FREE events

The Science and Industry Museum celebrates its 40th birthday this weekend — and is hosting a series of special events to mark the occasion this weekend.

Originally opening as the Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry on September 15, 1983, the Liverpool Road attraction wowed visitors for four decades with its stories of the industrial revolution and beyond. To mark the milestone, bosses have organised a series of events from Friday to (September 15 to 17).

They include expert talks, behind-the-scenes tours, and birthday-themed arts and crafts.

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There will also be ‘spotlight talks’ over the celebratory weekend. The free, 10-minute events will focus on the pioneering Liverpool Road Station and how it revolutionised the world, exploring how the station’s buildings were transformed into a museum and how that museum is now setting out a vision for a sustainable future.

The free tours will also provide visitors a glimpse behind the ongoing multi-million-pound regeneration of the site. Access will be given to see the museum’s historic spaces, including some that are temporarily closed while conservation and repair work is underway.

From here, visitors will be invited to explore its history, including its role in the birth of the industrial revolution, and imagining what life would have been like for the railway workers and passengers who filled the site almost two centuries ago.

And birthday-themed arts and crafts activities will also be available over the full weekend. Visitors can explore more about the city’s history of textiles production by creating personalised paper bunting or designing a birthday card, where