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The museum was originally called the North Western Museum of Science and Industry when it opened in 1969 in temporary premises on Grosvenor Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock.

In 1978, the Greater Manchester Council purchased the earliest part of the former Liverpool Road Station from British Rail, which had been closed in 1975.

The council paid the nominal sum of £ 1 for the site.

The museum opened at this site on 15 September 1983 and later expanded to include the whole of the former station.