Science Museum Lates

A night of free adults-only entertainment

Lates

29 May

18:45-22:00

Lates happens on the last Wednesday of the month

  • Define Yourself

    Do you define yourself as gay, straight, lesbian...? Come and leave a message on our Define Yourself Wall

    Define Yourself

  • Big Bingo Show

    Join the glamorously bearded Timberlina, empress of the bingo call for a joyful night of riotous hilarity...

    Big Bingo Show

  • Walking Their Footsteps

    Swagger like a man or totter like a lady? Join Nando Messias for a short lesson in walking like the opposite sex...

    Walking Their Footsteps

  • Punk Science

    If you’re the kind of person who’s stupid enough to attend a lecture given by idiots, join the comedy duo...

    Punk Science

  • Science of Sex

    Biologist Simon Watt asks, Why do we fancy someone?  Why do we cheat? Why do we get jealous? Does love exist?

    Science of Sex

  • Alan Turing

    Find out more about the fascinating life, work and untimely death of Alan Turing in this interactive performance...

    Alan Turing

  • Sexuality and Performance

    Stephen Farrier explores how we might use performance to consider sexuality...

    Sexuality and Performance

  • Wrong Body?

    Join Janet Walls, oncoplastic surgeon, to find out about a surgeon’s role in the treatment of transgender patients

    Wrong Body?

  • Insects and Sexual Behaviour

    Have views about the origin of insect species affected our ideas about sexuality?

    Insects and Sexual Behaviour

  • Monstrous Feminine

    Join Octavia Bright from London Consortium for an investigation of the relationship between skin and sexuality...

    Monstrous Feminine

  • BSL gallery tour

    Do our genes define us? This gallery tour of Who Am I? looks at how genes impact us during our lifetime and beyond.

    BSL gallery tour

  • Gay and Lesbian Speed Dating

    Your chance to meet the person of your dreams... or possibly nightmares?

    Gay and Lesbian Speed Dating

  • Sex Toys

    Join Phil Loring, our Curator of Psychology, who has brought out some hidden gems from our sex collection

    Sex Toys

  • Red Mill Engine

    Visit the Energy Hall to see our huge red mill engine being run by our workshop technicians...

    Red Mill Engine

  • Pub Quiz

    Science Museum Pub Quiz, winners get fantastic treats, losers get directions to a library for extra swotting...

    Pub Quiz

  • Photo Booth

    Is gender and sexuality locked into our DNA? Pose as a research scientist by Watson and Crick's DNA model...

    Photo Booth

  • Silent Disco

    Grab a headset, select your tunes and dance till you drop! The Museum does not accept responsibility for your moves.

    Silent Disco

  • The Hero's Quest

    Journalist Alex Fitch looks at representations of sexuality in speculative fiction and present-day pop culture

    The Hero's Quest

  • Modern Etiquette

    Do you dream of making the perfect pudding? Or just want (or want to be) a real man about the house

    Modern Etiquette

  • GI's Anatomy

    Come along to hear about this life-drawing project focusing on the anatomy of transgender and intersex bodies...

    GI's Anatomy

  • Codebreaker

    Our Codebreaker exhibition celebrates pioneering British figure, Alan Turing, in the centenary year of his birth.

    Codebreaker

  • Web Lab

    Enter Web Lab and take part in interactive Chrome Experiments made by Google, bringing the internet to life...

    Web Lab

  • Launchpad gallery

    Come and play in our most popular hands-on gallery with a DJ and no kids to hog all the toys!

    Launchpad gallery

  • Cockroach Tour

    Take a Cockroach Tour of the Science Museum and find out what it's like to be one of the planet's true survivors.

    Cockroach Tour

  • Talkaoke

    Pull up a chair at this unqiue mobile talk show and have your say on the hottest topics at our flying saucer of chat.

    Talkaoke

  • More coming soon...

    We'll add more details about events as soon as they're confirmed so keep checking back for more info.

    More coming soon...

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Anyone who has ever looked on as kids roll around in polystyrene or blow giant bubbles in the name of learning can release the child inside at Launchpad, the science-themed playground.

The Times

Science and snogging, it seems, are not altogether incompatible.

Eureka Magazine

Where else do you get to probe the secrets of the universe with a glass of Merlot in your hand?

The Londonist

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