Events

Flights of fancy

Please fasten your seatbelt and prepare for take off!

 

Shhhh... Can you keep a secret?

 

Roaring rockets, amazing astronauts and smelly space poo. 

 
Explainer with bubbles

This show features bubbles of all sizes going up, down, this way, that way, and all over the place… with a little help from the audience!

 
Events with British Sign Language

Find out more about the exciting principles of science in these interactive, Explainer led Science Shows.

 
Amy Johnson drama character performing for a school group

In 1930 flying sensation Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Find out about her life and see the actual plane she used to make her epic flight.

 

A “Woman’s work is never done!”. Come and see Florrie the Edwardian Maid as she goes about her daily chores

 
Actor playing Gene Cernan in the Science Museum's Space Gallery

What would you like to ask Gene Cernan, the last man to step on the Moon in 1972?

 
Jones the Bones

Meet Jones the Bones the surgeon and his Skeleton sidekick.

 
Michael Faraday

Come and meet Michael Faraday and let him tell you all about his cutting-edge electric experiments.

 

Fashion lovers everywhere get ready for the hottest gossip on the catwalk... Mauve is the new black!

 
Water bottle

Encounter Nancy the Waterseller as she tells you her story of why she has to sell water to the people of London during the early 1900s.

 
Bogbean talking to children during 'Orchard Days'

A magical character, Bogbean, tells stories about materials and how scientists have taken inspiration from nature to create new materials.

 
Thomas Crapper experiments with a bit of plumbing

Come along and discover the world of toilets and find out where your poo goes when you pull the chain with Thomas Crapper.

 
 

Roaring rockets, amazing astronauts and smelly space poo. 

 
Black history Month

Our free events across Black History Month in October 2009 celebrate the work of black scientists and achievers.

 
The Real McCoy Storytelling

Choo! Choo! Next stop America.