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Join us for a celebration of science and the arts

Discover the Festival at home with our new exhibition, Fantasies of Exhibition Road, and a year-round digital events programme for all ages, featuring talks, workshops, interviews and more each month. Then join us for the 2021 Festival in South Kensington. 

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Latest events

Enjoy events celebrating the history of arts and sciences to mark the 170th anniversary of the Great Exhibition opening in South Kensington on 1 May 1851.

Sense and Sensibilities

How physiology and art are inextricable. 13 May, 13.00-14.00. Lord Robert Winston and Stephen Johns discuss how art and the human body and its senses combine to create and inform our culture.

Art and science through the ages

28 May, 13.00-14.00. From Leonardo da Vinci to the Great Exhibition of 1851 and Exhibition Road today - journey back 500 years to meet some great unifiers of art and science.

Chemistry of colour

31 May, 11.00-12.00. Experiment with colour and create beautiful artworks in a hands-on workshop led by chemical engineers.

Catch up

Explore more events and activities for all ages.