Ever since prehistoric painters used constellations to decorate rocks, people have always been interested in the moon, stars and planets. Explore the solar system with orreries, astrolabes and telescopes, check out globes of the moon and planets and invent your own constellation!
This event is part of Twilight at the Museums.
Twilight at the Museums: Battle of the Twilight Beasts
Visit the Museum after hours and help decide who wins the Battle of the Twilight Beasts. Uncover the secret senses and amazing adaptations of creatures that live in low light conditions, and vote for your favourite. Take our twilight trail around the Museum, handle real zoological specimens, and see our skeletons in a new, more colourful light.
Bringing together historic artworks and objects in conversation with works by contemporary artists, Rise Up explores the battle to abolish the British slave trade and end enslavement between 1750 and 1850, as well as the aftermath, its legacies and the ongoing struggle for equality and social justice today.
Fault Lines: Imagining Indigenous futures for colonial collections presents a series of curatorial responses to current debates regarding colonialism, collections, and custodianship. By bringing together Indigenous curators and contemporary artists, this exciting new exhibition reflects on museums as sites of both historic fracture and future possibility.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale. These expert guided tours are FREE and last around 45 minutes.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale. These expert guided tours are FREE and last around 45 minutes.
For more than two decades, Offeh (b. 1977, Ghana) has been making playful, provocative performance and video works that explore subjects ranging from pop culture to identity and conformity.
Offeh draws from popular music, film and mainstream cultural trends to interrogate our acceptance of political, class, gender and racial models in society. Recently, his practice has approached themes of happiness, play and Afrofuturism through performance and collective live engagements.
