Find out more about the Earth and Beyond at the Manchester Museum...
Admission to the Manchester Museum is free and in addition to the wealth of inspiring displays we have an abundance of events for children, schools and families.
Can you find our scale size model of the Solar System including all 9 of the breathtaking planets?
Compare the relative sizes of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto, observe the ring system of Saturn and see for yourself why Venus is sometimes called the Earth's twin.
Learn about meteorites formed 4.6 billion years ago and compare the Canyon Diablo meteorite, which hurtled through space to land in Arizona USA, with the Appley Bridge meteorite, which produced a luminous flight path and caused several detonations when it landed at Halliwell Farm at Wigan in Lancashire at 08:45 on 13th October 1914. You can even find out about the rare Martian meteorites which are thought to have been ejected into space when Mars was hit by asteroids.
