National Science and Media Museum

A Grand Day Out

Special event

Saturday 11 January 2025

Join us to celebrate the museum reopening with a special day of animation-themed events.

David Hockney: Pieced Together

Temporary exhibition

15 January – 18 May 2025

Explore world-renowned Bradford-born artist David Hockney's pioneering use of film and photography in our new exhibition.

Art of Action

16 November – 7 December 2024

From swordfights in ancient China to squaring up to xenomorphs in space, our Art of Action season sees action heroines take centre screen.

Season

Explore our collection online

From lab to lens: Chemistry and photography

Online exhibition

Explore now

Get ready to explore the fascinating interplay between chemistry and photography.

Stories from the Daily Herald Archive

Discover incredible images of everyday life and events that shaped the 20th century taken for the Daily Herald, once the world's top-selling newspaper.

A frowning man's face overlaid with images of falling men, windows and stairs

Cinema and Psychology

Delve into the intersecting worlds of cinema and the ‘psy’ sciences (psychiatry, psychoanalysis and psychology) in the long 1960s.

Visitors at a Lates event at the National Science and Media Museum

Open Talk

Online event

Available to watch now

Explore issues around diversity and inclusion in STEM in Open Talk, a new series of online talks sharing the untold stories of science.

Climate Talks

Online event

Available to watch now

Explore the global challenges posed by climate change in this fascinating series of free online events.

Colourful illustrations of a TV, globe, astronaut, gaming controller, brain, hands, and a bottle with liquid erupting

Explore learning activities

Wonderlab+

Experience the wonders of Wonderlab at home with exciting experiments, games and videos on our new family-friendly website.

National Science and Media Museum
Bradford BD1 1NQ

Exploring the transformative impact of image and sound technologies on our lives

Museum and IMAX temporarily closed

Donations welcome

A Grand Day Out

David Hockney: Pieced Together

Art of Action

Explore our collection online

From lab to lens: Chemistry and photography

Stories from the Daily Herald Archive

Cinema and Psychology

Open Talk

Climate Talks

Wonderlab+

Part of the Science Museum Group

National Science and Media Museum

We're reopening in January

Museum Overview

About Us

National Science and Media Museum Bradford BD1 1NQ

Our Location

Exploring the transformative impact of image and sound technologies on our lives

Our Exhibitions

Museum and IMAX temporarily closed

Opening Times

Donations welcome

What’s on

A Grand Day Out

David Hockney: Pieced Together

Art of Action

Explore our collection online

From lab to lens: Chemistry and photography

Stories from the Daily Herald Archive

Cinema and Psychology

Online resources

Open Talk

Climate Talks

Wonderlab+

Part of the Science Museum Group

National Science and Media Museum
Bradford BD1 1NQ