COLLISION: STORIES FROM THE SCIENCE OF CERN
Location: Hans Rausing Lecture Theatre
19.30–20.00
Join Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steven Moffat and physicist Rob Appleby in conversation with our Science Fiction curator, Glyn Morgan. They’ll discuss a new collection of short stories inspired by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the people who work there.
Steven and other authors will be available for a book signing in the shop after the talk.
VOYAGE TO THE EDGE OF IMAGINATION
Location: Hans Rausing Lecture Theatre
20.15–20.45
Join our Science Fiction curator, Glyn Morgan, leading critic Caroline Edwards and writer Roger Luckhurst for a set of rapid-fire reflections on how science fiction is one of the best places to find responses for the urgent issues affecting the planet today.
All three speakers contributed to the book Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination, which is available to purchase in the Science Museum Shop.
I’VE NEVER SEEN TURKISH STAR WARS
Location: Hans Rausing Lecture Theatre
21.00–21.30
Celebrate Star Wars day with film scholar Iain Robert Smith, who will tell us all about Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982), also known as the ‘Turkish Star Wars’. Discover how director Çetin İnanç edited footage from Star Wars (1977) into his own film, along with music from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)... and managed to get away with it.
NEON DANCE: LAST AND FIRST MEN
Location: IMAX: The Ronson Theatre
19.30–20.45
Based on the ground-breaking 1930 novel by Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men is a 2020 film directed by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, set in a future where humans find themselves on the verge of extinction. Neon Dance presents a contemporary dance work to accompany the film, with parts of the narration from Tilda Swinton.
Entry £18 per person—tickets available at any ticket desk.
PUB QUIZ
Location: The Diner
19.30–20.15, 20.45–21.30
Do you know your Romulans from your Klingons or your Goa’uld from Tok’ra? Get ready to test your knowledge with the Science Museum’s ultimate science fiction pub quiz!
Entry £2 per person (card payments only)—tickets available at The Diner.
READY SINGER ONE
Location: Energy Hall
20.00–20.30, 21.00–21.30
Enjoy the harmonies of the Ready Singer One choir as they perform your favourite songs from science fiction films, TV shows and games, as you’ve never heard them before.
SILENT DISCO
Location: Exploring Space
18.45–22.15
Whether you just entered the Mos Eisley cantina or you’re planning to practise your Ferengi mating dance—grab a headset, select your tunes and dance until you drop!
Entry £4 per person (card payments only)—tickets available in the Exploring Space gallery. Last entrance 22.00.
Book Signing—COLLISION: STORIES FROM THE SCIENCE OF CERN
Location: Science Museum Shop
Purchase your copy of the book, and meet the contributing authors throughout the evening...
- 20.10–20.25—Steven Moffat
- 20.25–20.40—Luan Goldie
- 20.45–21.00—Adam Marek
- 21.05–21.20—Bidisha Mamata
ENERGY CAFÉ
Head to the Energy Café to try our stone-baked pizza, braised beef spaceballs with a tomato sauce and spring onion orzo, ‘infinity and beyond’ vegan burger with potato wedges, or gnocchi with broccoli, roast sweet potato and pesto. Plus beers, wines, ciders, soft drinks and G’n’T or Pimm’s in a can.
MAKING THE MODERN WORLD BAR
Enjoy a range of cosmic cocktails along with beers, wines, ciders and soft drinks among some of our most iconic objects.
MAKING THE MODERN WORLD HOT DOG STATION
Our hot dog pop-up serves all tastes, with a variety of topping options from bacon crumbs to rainbow slaw.
Try any hot dog and a beer for £13.50.
THE DINER
While taking part in the pub quiz, enjoy a wide range of drinks.
