Thursday 28 March 2013

Science Museum What's On

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Easter at the Museum
Easter at the Museum
Visit us from Friday 29 March until Sunday 13 April to enjoy free family workshops, shows and interactive galleries. Be part of a human computer in our Compute This! show and journey through space in our action-packed Space In Your Face performance. There's also interactive storytelling in our Flight gallery, a Wireless Workshop where you'll learn how to connect an electric circuit using paint instead of wires and over 15,000 fascinating objects on display to explore. Watch our video to see some of the Museum's highlights.
Plan your visit
Meet space weather scientists
Meet space weather scientists
On Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 April come along and meet scientists who have travelled to Antarctica to study space weather. They'll be setting up an Antarctic camp in our Antenna gallery to tell the story of their research adventure and inviting you to take a closer look at the tents and equipment they use at the South Pole.
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Be part of an experiment
Be part of an experiment
Are you a risk taker? Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday throughout April you can be part of a real research experiment at the Museum exploring risk. Play a computer game to help researchers from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College of London discover why some age groups are more likely to take risks than others.
Get involved
Launchpad
Hands-on fun in Launchpad
Make your way up to the third floor on your next visit to the Museum to experience our most popular gallery for kids. Launchpad is packed with over 50 interactive exhibits, plus high-energy shows and demonstrations from the wonderful world of physics, so you're sure to learn something new.
Explore Launchpad
New activity books for kids
New activity books for kids
Planning a trip to the Museum soon? Make sure you check out our great new activity books for children which are packed with puzzles, games and awesome science facts. Our Sticker Activity Book priced at £5 is aimed at explorers aged 4-7 and our Kids' Handbook available for £6 is suitable for budding scientists aged 8+. Buy them from the admission desk on your next visit.
See our online shop for other Science Museum products
Bionic Man
There's still time to see the Bionic Man
The world's first complete Bionic Man will be with us until Tuesday 30 April, so don't miss your chance to get up close to this amazing humanoid. Created for the Channel 4 documentary, 'How to Build a Bionic Man', the Bionic Man is currently on display in our Who Am I? gallery and has prosthetic limbs, a functional artificial blood circulatory system as well as an artificial pancreas, kidney, spleen and trachea.
Visit the Bionic Man