What’s on

We can’t wait to welcome you back. You’ll need a free ticket to visit the museum—book yours now.

Think like a scientist in Wonderlab, our spectacular interactive gallery. Explore light and sound through mind-bending exhibits.

A series of exhibitions and events exploring how sound fills our world, how it’s created, and how we can experiment and play with it.

Have you ever wanted to play your favourite videogames on a cinema screen? Now’s your chance! Team up, choose from a selection of great games and play together.

Join us throughout 2021 for Climate Talks, a series of panel discussions, Q&As and events exploring the problems caused by climate change.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, will discuss the climate crisis and explore possible solutions.

Experts in climate science, policy and economics will come together to discuss prospects for this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP26.

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

To create this display, members of the Why Don’t We team picked their favourite things from our collection and found out more about them.

Discover a programme of online events, live talks and more as part of The Media of Mediumship, a project exploring the relationship between science, technology and occultism in modern Britain.

This year, we want to hear from you. Come along, explore our collection and tell us what you want to see at the museum.

Enjoy technology in action in our brilliantly retro Games Lounge. Play your way through gaming history with classic games, from Pac-Man to Super Mario Kart.

Take a journey through the history of photography. Step into a 19th century portrait studio, see hundreds of incredible objects from our collection, and watch the world’s first moving colour film.