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Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos
Upcoming18 March 2027 – 27 February 2028Ticketed, see website
Blast off into the Solar System in this interactive family show, packed with surprising space science, hands-on experiments and characters from the Horrible Science TV series.
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- Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy GalleryFrom coal-fired steam engines to solar panels, tracing the energy transitions that powered the modern world and what comes next.
- EngineersA gallery celebrating engineers and how they shape the world, from surgical robots to GPS and digital imaging, told through the people behind the inventions.
- FlightA century of aviation history from the first fragile biplanes to supersonic jets, including the Supermarine Spitfire prototype and Concorde's cockpit.
- Information AgeTwo centuries of communications and computing through six networks, telegraph, telephone, broadcasting, satellite and the web, with key historic objects.
- Making the Modern WorldIcons of invention from Stephenson's Rocket to the first production Model T Ford, objects that changed how the world lives.
- Mathematics: The Winton GalleryZaha Hadid-designed gallery showing how maths shapes everything from aircraft engineering to financial risk, with a 1929 Handley Page biplane overhead.
- Medicine: The Wellcome GalleriesFive floors of medical history across 5,000 years, from ancient surgery to DNA sequencing, with over 3,000 objects on display.
- SpaceRockets, spacesuits and the Apollo 10 command module tell the story of human space exploration, from early satellites to Tim Peake.
- Technicians: The David Sainsbury GalleryAn interactive gallery revealing the hidden but vital careers of technicians, with hands-on exhibits spanning a film set to a pharmaceutical lab.
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- Horrible Science: Cosmic ChaosCourtesy of Science Museum
- Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the DeepCourtesy of Natural History Museum
- Sir Richard Owen: A Natural LegacyCourtesy of Natural History Museum
- Wildlife Photographer of the YearCourtesy of Natural History Museum
- Science MuseumChristine Matthews / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Natural History MuseumDiliff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Victoria and Albert MuseumDiliff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Serpentine GalleryTxllxt TxllxT / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Saatchi GalleryAnthony O'Neil / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0