Exhibitions
Exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry include:
Aircraft:
- A complete RAF Avro Shackleton, built locally at Chadderton and Woodford
- A Supermarine Spitfire
- A Hawker Hunter
Computing:
- A replica of the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine
Locomotives:
- Ericsson's Novelty - A replica incorporating parts from the original locomotive of 1829.
- British Rail Class 77 No. 27001 'Ariadne' - A 1.5 kV DC electric locomotive built by Metropolitan-Vickers in 1953.
- South African Railways GL class Garratt No. 2352 - Built in 1929 by Beyer, Peacock and Company, Manchester.
- Pakistan Railways 4-4-0 - A broad gauge locomotive built by Beyer, Peacock and Company.
A Connected Earth gallery that tells the history of communications in Manchester and the North West of England opened in October 2007.
Past exhibits include:
- Body Worlds 4 between 22 February and 29 June 2008
- LMR 57 Lion Britain's oldest steamable locomotive
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