Events

A guided tour of our Making the Modern World gallery.

 
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.

 
Actor playing Bob the Mechanic

Hold onto your hats and get ready for adventure as Bob the mechanic tells you his amazing cloud-busting tales of magnificent men and women and their flying machines.

 
Actor playing Isambard Kingdon Brunel

Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel at your service... Meet the famous British engineer who designed one of the finest ships, the Great Eastern.

 

Hear how railway pioneer George Stephenson got industrial Britain on the move.

 

Join Spitfire pilot ‘Flaps’ Peters on the third floor and be taken back in time to hear about his life and times during the Battle of Britain.

 

Meet Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason who famously built roads, bridges and canals that were to change the British landscape.

 
 
Animals in front of a hot air balloon

Join us on this high flying adventure through the clouds.