Manchester - Museum of Science and Industry

This industrial museum on Liverpool Road, Great Britain's "Museum of the Year" in 1990, informs the visitor about a large number of technical advances and innovations. With its 12 galleries it was erected on the site of the world's oldest railroad station. In Power Hall (on the corner of Lower Byrom Street) it is possible to admire water and steam-driven machines from the golden period of the textile industry, as well as old steam locomotives, and veteran cars which were manufactured in Manchester (including the Belsize motor car, 1912; Rolls Royce, 1904; Crossley Shelsey 15.7 hp saloon, 1929). The history of the city, from Roman times through the Industrial Revolution to the present day, is documented in the Station Building, which