Last chance: The Innovation Race: Manchester’s Makers Join the First World War at MOSI

In times of great barbarity our resourcefulness and sense of community goes into hyper drive. That is what happened during WW1 when Chorlton-born David Lloyd George was chosen as Minister of Munitions, faced with the task of changing Britain’s bleak outlook. To commemorate this appointment, the Museum of Science & Industry is opening the world premiere of its  war exhibition, The Innovation Race: Manchester’s Makers Join the First World War. Mancunian stories will be heard in the presence of artefacts, diaries and photographs that show how the region’s resourcefulness played a significant part in the eventual victory.

Sat 28 Mar 2015 – 1 Mar 2016, Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP. Tel: 0161 832 2244, times vary, FREE,  www.mosi.org.uk