The Ferranti Collection

The Ferranti Collection
England

Website

www.msim.org.uk/Collections.asp?menuid=731

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Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti (1864-1930) was born in Liverpool. Ferranti showed a remarkable talent for electrical engineering from his childhood. He was a prolific inventor, but is most famous for his work in generating and distributing electricity. The Ferranti company closed down in 1994 after over 100 years of innovation and enterprise.

Venue Type:

Museum, Science centre, Industrial heritage site

 Opening hours

Online at www.msim.org.uk/ferranti/index.html

The Ferranti Collection
England

Website

www.msim.org.uk/Collections.asp?menuid=731

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The company’s archives, and over 1,500 Ferranti objects, found a home in the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester in 1995. This website tells the story of Ferranti in several ways:

• See key moments from Ferranti history using the Timeline

• Follow Ferranti’s development using Company History

• Investigate Ferranti’s technological innovations using Object Collection

• Look at archive photographs and objects in the Gallery

Collection details

Archives, Science and Technology

Key artists and exhibits

  • Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
  • Generating and distributing electricity
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