See and do

Right now, scientists are racing to develop different technologies to remove and store excess carbon dioxide – the most significant cause of climate change. 

Step back through millennia in our free exhibition Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom and discover how this ancient civilization questioned, contemplated, and debated the natural world.

Being you is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen?  

Delve into fascinating objects and the thought provoking stories on display in our new medicine galleries.

Internationally renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado presents Amazônia, a series of breath-taking photographs that celebrate the indigenous peoples and varied landscapes of the Brazilian rainforest. .

In a world first for human spaceflight, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced earlier this year that its first call for new astronauts in more than a decade will be open to candidates with a physical disability. 

If the capacity of the planet’s rainforests to mitigate against global heating is weakened, how will humanity and nature be affected by the implications of climate change

Web Foundation co-founders Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith open a discussion to rethink how our digital world is shaped.

Inspired by a wild bees nest, Home away from Hive is an immersive, organic structure layered with medicinal and pollinating plants that reclaims space for nature in the bustle of the capital.

Want to know more about carbon and the future of our planet? Join our Explainers to explore ways we can help reduce carbon dioxide in our air.

Visit our bold and thought-provoking gallery to explore the role mathematics has played in building our world.

Join our panel of experts to learn of the leaps and bounds ancient Greek minds made in the field of astronomy and how the ancient Greeks determined the secrets of the universe to be discoverable through mathematics.

COP26 is the most important climate talk this year, and the most important climate conference since the Paris Agreement in 2015. But what happens after the negotiations have closed in Glasgow in November? 

Our newest opening, Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries is a magnificent new home for the most significant medical collections in the world.