Thursday 7 July 2016

Science Museum - Coming soon: Power UP, get your game on this summer

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Power UP!
From Friday 22 July - Sunday 7 August
Power UP is the perfect, family-friendly summer holiday solution for kids and adults alike.

This hands-on, fully interactive gaming event features the very best video games and consoles from the past 40 years alongside the social and technological history of gaming.

If you're a gamer girl or boy, get ready to give your thumbs the workout of a lifetime and enjoy a museum experience like no other.
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Our Lives in Data
Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care
Leonardo: The Mechanics of Genius
Over Lives in Data - a brand new exhibition opening soonWounded: Conflict, Casualties and CareLeonardo: The Mechanics of Genius
Opens 15 July

From Monday morning moans to Saturday night selfies, more information about our lives is being captured than ever before.

Over 90% of all available human data has been recorded in the last two years and is being used to transform the world around us.
Until January 2017

On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, British forces sustained 57,000 casualties, creating a medical emergency of unprecedented scale and severity.

This new exhibition commemorates the centenary of this momentous battle and the huge medical impact of wounding during and beyond the First World War.
Until 4 September 2016 

This internationally acclaimed exhibition is your chance to investigate a great genius of the Renaissance.

You know the artist from the Mona Lisa – now discover Leonardo the brilliant, insatiably curious engineer.
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Stephenson's Rocket Giveaway
Do you love Stephenson’s Rocket?

We have five copies of the brand new user’s manual to give away, for your chance to win emailcompetitions@sciencemuseum.org.ukwith ROCKET in the subject!

Competition ends Monday at midday. 
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Power UP Collection
Get hands-on at home with our collection of gaming and computer products from the Science Museum shop. Make your own handheld games console with the DIY Gamer Kit with Arduino or test your coding skills with the Code Master Puzzle Board Game, aimed at introducing children to the world of coding.
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IWM LONDON
Real to Reel: A Century of War Movies
1 July 2016 ? 8 January 2017
To mark the 100th anniversary of the release of the original blockbuster, The Battle of the Somme, this immersive new exhibition will explore how film-makers have found inspiration from war's inherent drama to translate stories of love and loss, fear and courage, triumph and tragedy into blockbusters for the big screen.
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V&A
Engineering the World: Ove Arup and the Philosophy of Total Design
18 June – 6 November 2016 
This is the first ever retrospective on Ove Arup, the most influential engineer of the 20th century. Explore around 100 years of engineering and architectural design including unseen archival materials for Arup's ground-breaking projects such as the Sydney Opera House and the Pompidou Centre, alongside more recent projects by Arup.
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ROYAL ALBERT HALL
Independence Day Live
Thursday 22 September, 7.00pm
?‘It’s nearly impossible to verbalise how amazing the live experience is’ Huffington Post

The explosive blockbuster is screened with live orchestral accompaniment in the spectacular surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall. Featuring a pre-screening talk from composer David Arnold, this 20th anniversary screening of Independence Daywith live orchestra is an out of this world cinematic experience.
 
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