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Exhibitions currently running:
Hidden Heroes – The Genius of Everyday Things - Where would we be without the little heroes that underpin our everyday lives? Could you be bothered to brew leaf tea five times a day or fish the beans out of your morning coffee? Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things is an innovative new exhibition giving the spotlight to the miniature marvels we couldn’t live without. The featured inventions are presented alongside original sketches and drawings by their inventors, patent specifications and original advertisements. The exhibition reveals the efforts made to establish each product, as well sharing quirky titbits of information such as Napoleon’s role in the evolution of the tin can and the connection between a descending plane and bubble wrap. Until 5 June.
Water Wars from Antenna - It takes a huge amount of fresh water to grow food. Supplies are dwindling because of poor water management, increasing demand and our changing climate. As the world’s population explodes, we have to ask… do we fight for fresh water now or wait for a global food crisis? Explore the five featured innovations designed to help tackle fresh water shortages. Play museum`s interactive game ‘Drench’ brings the innovations together in an addictive, fast paced challenge to feed the population of 2050. Until 20 June.
Measuring Time - Time is precious. Before mechanical clocks, people used sundials, water clocks and sandglasses to keep track of time. But once clockwork was invented, it spread with remarkable speed. Accurate timekeeping was highly prized, attracting the finest craftsmen. Clock and watchmakers pioneered precision in manufacture and an understanding of materials that underpinned engineering. Early craftsmen, labouring in small domestic workshops, learned to subdivide production into separate specialised tasks – inventing mass production before the factory system. Today, digital timekeepers are embedded in countless everyday gadgets, but clocks and watches are still objects of desire. ‘It runs like clockwork’ remains a byword for mechanical perfection. From sand-glasses to sundials, water clocks to the wristwatches that we take for granted today, this rich collection of more than 500 timepieces illustrates the ingenuity and skills of their makers. Permanent.
Atmosphere - The brand-new atmosphere gallery is a fresh and exciting way to make sense of the climate – the science of how it works, what it’s doing now and what it might do next. In atmosphere you’ll step into a different world, with its own land, oceans, ice and, above your head, its delicate atmosphere. Follow the five fast games and see your actions played out before your eyes in this immersive and interactive gallery. Explore our climate-changing world as you travel through the landscape.Go back in time to find key climatic moments in the Earth’s multibillion-year history. Uncover the secrets of ice cores and stalagmites, then head for the future to wonder at the latest ideas for a low-carbon life. More than a hands-on gallery, atmosphere reveals some of the key instruments used by today’s scientists, reports on some of the latest climate news, and gives you the chance to dig deeper into the story of our changing climate.
Making the Modern world - A gallery charting the development of technology from 1750 onwards.
Welcome Wing - The museum`s wing houses six galleries showcasing developments in contemporary science, medicine and technology. www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
