Nature meets technology on bank holiday weekend at the Science and Industry Museum

From Sat 29 Apr to Mon 1 May, the Science and Industry Museum springs to life with a host of free hands-on activities, immersive installations and dynamic demonstrations each celebrating the blossoming relationship between nature and technology in urban environments.

Alongside special exhibitions including the Power UP gaming experience, in which visitors can play hundreds of new and classic titles from the past five decades, and world-first sound science spectacular Turn It Up: The power of music, the Science and Industry Museum’s bank holiday programme features a range of nature-themed events and activities which explore the natural world and examine how to promote biodiversity in growing cities.

Across the weekend, Sow the City exhibits an immersive all-day ‘plant jam’ installation which features a number of innovative sensors that translate bio-electric signals produced by plants into sound.

Plus, look out for pop-up performances from Sow the City’s Plant Orchestra, as well as composer Will Frampton who’ll be demonstrating his methods of incorporating field recordings into his work, using a modular synthesizer to augment his music with natural soundscapes. Check the museum’s bank holiday schedule to find out more.

On Mon 1 May, the Lancashire Wildlife Trust invites visitors to discover nature in their own neighbourhoods, with workshops on how to identify the animals in your garden, the chance to design a dream outdoor space to attract your favourite creatures and a hands-on session in which you make your own ‘seed bomb’ to plant at home.

Across the Science and Industry Museum’s free permanent galleries and displays, a captivating array of interactive family-friendly installations reveal the inspirational stories and ideas behind Manchester’s rich technological history, from the birth of industry in the Textiles Gallery to the locals who changed the world in Revolution Manchester.

With the arrival of springtime, visitors are invited to enjoy the museum’s Planting Stories Garden, where a variety of carefully selected plants, trees and flowers represent the goods which would have once been transported on the railway.

For more information on the Science and Industry Museum’s bank holiday schedule, click here.