WARNER VILLAGE CINEMAS, Middlebrook Leisure Park, Bolton. Pringles Cinemaniacs Club for children who love great movies, top cartoons and lots of fun. Free to join for anyone under 14. Meet Lofty the Lion, the Bolton Wanderers mascot, and become a Junior Whites member on Thursday October 26, between 11.45am and 12.30pm.

THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, Manchester. Half term fun at the museum, includes The Human Factor exhibition which uses a hands-on approach to examine ergonomics, inviting visitors to make investigate products for themselves. You can be a dentist and find the dummy's painful filling, take a driving test and more. Also, Space and Oceans allows visitors to discover the sea and Hubble's Universe is an opportunity to see a cluster of newly-formed stars about 1,500 light years away. The Big Draw, a national campaign for drawing, where you can help to create a spectacular Space City on a massive collage wall, runs to Friday October 27, 11am to 3pm in the Space and Oceans exhibition. Photos for the Future 2 will open just in time for half term. Exhibition of 36 photographs capturing a moment in history. Xperiment, the museum's hands-on science centre has been given a new look and Lego MyBot demonstrations will take place to Sunday October 29, 11am to 12 noon and 2pm to 4pm. Museum open 10am to 5pm every day. Admission adults £6.50, adult concessions £3.50, children and under 18s can visit permanent collections free. There's a charge for five to 18 year olds of £2 to visit The Human Factor, Hubble's Universe and Space and Oceans. Ring 0161 832 2244.

SALFORD MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, Peel Park, Crescent, Salford. Halloween Special Spooky Bags, to October 31. Pick up a Spooky Bag at reception and prepare for a trick or a treat. Returnable deposit required. Fearsome Face Painting by the Face Parade, Oct 28 1.30pm - 3.30pm, price £1.

ORDSALL HALL, Ordsall Lane, Salford. Something Spooky. Join storyteller Des Charnley for terrifying tales and scary stories for all the family. Free admission. Lighting The Legend, October 31, a spellbinding evening of ghosts, ghouls , magic and mayhem. Performance starts at 6.30pm. Free admission.

CATALYST, Mersey Road, Widnes, Cheshire. Spooky Science, to October 27. Find out how green alien slime is made and watch water turn into vampire blood. Three sessions a day, 11.30am, 1.15pm and 3pm. Free to children. For the whole family, there is the award-winning museum with over 100 hands-on exhibits and four interactive galleries. Admission; Adults £4.65, Children £3.40, Concessions £3.95 and Family Tickets £13.96. Ring 0151 420 1121.

HAREWOOD HOUSE, Leeds. Storytelling for kids around the theme of transformation, To October 29. African Children's Choir, Oct 27 at 3pm. There are also four Children's Discovery Trails in and around Harewood House. For the adults there is an Autumn Garden Tour, Oct 27. Admission; adults £3, Children £1, Senior Citizens £2. Ring 0113 2181 1010.