the Design Museum - Party like it's 1989!

Happy birthday Design Museum! The Design Museum is turning the big 3-0 and to celebrate you are invited to an extra special Friday Late. Enjoy DJs, live horns and vocals powered by a Unit 137 sound system, explore displays of commemorative graphic icons and archival objects or take part in the latest Friday Night Sketch.  #madein1989, Friday 5 July, 18.00 – 21.00  Book you free ticket now    30 years of the Design Museum 30p Ticket Day Thursday 4 July On the museum's official anniversary, the first 50 tickets for Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition and David Adjaye: Making Memory will be just 30 pence! Find out more Made in 2019  From 4 July Explore the impressive range of birthday icons created by designers including Paul Smith, Athony Gormleyand Quentin Blake. Find out more A History of the Design Museum Take a look back at the museum’s founding history – from twenty-five years of exhibitions at Shad Thames to its new home in Kensington. Read more

Upcoming events Mars: Should we stay or should we go? Saturday 29 June Join a discussion about why, how, and even if, we should be starting life on another planet. Part of The Great Exhibition Road Festival 2019. Find out more Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film Tuesday 2 July Discover the ambitious set design and creative process behind the director's complex and visually arresting final film. Book now