Monday 13 February 2012

Museum Tours

Mobile phone with challenge displayed

Use your smartphone to solve puzzles, snap pictures and collect points. Just download the free SCVNGR app.

  • Starts:
  • 10:00
 
Exploring Space gallery

Join us on this free tour to find out about the Space Race from the Soviet perspective.

  • Starts:
  • 14:00
 
Flight

Discover the history of Flight in this free tour. From mankind's earliest dreams of flight, through the Wright brothers to the jumbo jet.

  • Starts:
  • 13:00
 
Flights of fancy

Please fasten your seatbelt and prepare for take off! On this interactive tour you will discover some of the secrets of our Flight gallery.

  • Starts:
  • 11:30,
  • 13:30
 

A guided tour of our Making the Modern World gallery.

  • Starts:
  • 15:00
 

Drama Characters

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.

  • Starts:
  • 12:30,
  • 14:00
 

Events with British Sign Language

Kitchen Science

Make your own rockets and much more in this hands-on workshop.

  • Starts:
  • 15:30
 
Explainer

Hop on board for this storytelling adventure and discover all about the life of Elijah McCoy.

  • Starts:
  • 13:30
 

Demonstrations and experiments

Come and get a 3D picture of your face taken by doctors from Great Ormond Street Hospital.

  • Starts:
  • 10:00
 

IMAX 3D cinema

Giant turtle from Deep Sea IMAX film

Dive into this magical 3D adventure and swim with some of the planet's most colourful creatures.

  • Starts:
  • 13:25,
  • 15:35
 
Orangutans from Born to be Wild

Meet orphaned orangutans and elephants, and the people who rescue them.

  • Starts:
  • 12:20
 
Astronaut from Hubble IMAX film

Journey through distant galaxies on this mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

  • Starts:
  • 14:30,
  • 16:40
 
Shark and dolphin from Wild Ocean IMAX film

Plunge into the ocean and be part of an epic underwater struggle in Wild Ocean 3D.

  • Starts:
  • 11:15
 

Storytelling and workshops

Design A Hero

Uncover a secret world of everyday objects!

  • Starts:
  • 11:30,
  • 14:30
 
Stars

Join us on a journey of a lifetime - the lifetime of a star. From stellar nurseries to glittering galaxies.

  • Starts:
  • 11:00,
  • 15:00
 

Special Exhibitions

Fénix 2 is one of five capsules built to rescue the 33 trapped miners from the San José mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert in October 2010. The capsule on display was on standby for its twin, which rescued the miners.

Until Sunday 13 May 12

 
Cosmos and Culture

Explore how astronomy has changed the way we see our universe - and ourselves - through this object-rich exhibition.

Until Saturday 30 June 12

 
Prove it
Electroboutique generate a dialogue with their audience through works which respond, reflect and re-version viewers in real time.

Until Tuesday 14 February 12

 
Stephen Hawking
To celebrate Professor Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, we have commissioned a series of photographic portraits. One of the commissioned pictures will be on show in a new display that will open later on 20 January.

Until Monday 09 April 12

 
Circle of red pegs
We use them every day. They number in the billions. They are so common we rarely even think about them: the hidden heroes of everyday life. Discover the fascinating stories behind 36 objects that make our world go round.

Until Tuesday 05 June 12

 
The Bee Matrix in Lottolab
Can you see yourself see? Why do some words sound pointy? Why do you trust some faces more than others? Ever wondered what scientists do all day in a lab?

Until Saturday 31 March 12

 
Daphne Oram using the oramics machine
Electronic music is everywhere, from the television that we watch to the music we listen to in clubs and even the ringtones on our mobile phones.

Until Saturday 01 December 12

 
Hyperbolic Swarf Drawings by Conrad Shawcross
Conrad Shawcross has created five artworks that are displayed alongside the Mathematics gallery’s stylised displays of instruments, machines and models.

Until Sunday 13 May 12

 
Sno-Cat
Ten Climate Stories takes a long view of our climate changing world – where all is not what it seems.

Until Friday 28 September 12

 
Water Wars
As the world’s population explodes, we have to ask… do we fight for fresh water now or wait for a global food crisis?

Until Wednesday 20 June 12