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 adjoins to the west, while in the Warehouse, a building dating from about 1830 which lies opposite, the creation and development of electricity and energy is explained. To the north of Power Hall in Lower Byrom Street Warehouse, printing and spinning machines can be seen, as well as computers from the very first models to the modern silicon chip. In the "Xperiment" on the upper floor, various models enable the visitor to learn more about the connection between light and energy in an active way.