In partnership with BBC Four, Britain in Focus: A Photographic History explored the changing ways we share and consume photographs.

A unique photographic competition opening up insights into faith, culture and personal journeys.

Poetics of Light revealed enchanting imagery from around the world, all captured using photography’s most primitive technique: the pinhole camera.

Hands-on light and magic helped you discover the science behind how we see the world around us. Flash-bang fun for the whole family!

At our family weekend of surprising science in the city, you could discover dinosaurs, test your survival skills, meet a giant robot and lots more.

Selections from our archives illuminated how F. Percy Smith made his incredible nature films.

This major exhibition on William Henry Fox Talbot, polymath and pioneer of Victorian photography, showcased one of the world’s most comprehensive and important collections of his work.

Mike Goldwater’s photographs of El Salvador, taken at the height of the country's civil war in the 1980s, illuminate the dichotomy between revolutionary aspirations and the reality of waging war.

America's Alec Soth is one of the world's foremost documentary photographers. Gathered Leaves was the first UK exhibition of his work, presenting highlights from his four major series of photographs.

This inspiring exhibition of Polly Braden's photographs highlighted the everyday interactions and life-changing experiences of people with learning disabilities and autism.

What can you tell from an expression? Do different people see faces differently? How do people change their faces? In Your Face investigated these questions—and more—through a pick-and-mix adventure of demos, displays and activities.

As part of a celebration of Star Wars and the creativity of its fans, we invited visitors to submit their own fan art for display at the museum.