Gene Home

The LMS Gene Home is an immersive experience with a timeline of medicine that begins 22,000 years ago and transports you to a 1970s West Indian Living Room inspired by artist Michael McMillan where you can find out the secrets of genetics and inheritance!

Hunt down a bitter-tasting genetic mutation in the living room before making molecules by cracking the DNA code. Discover how gene editing creates new cures and treatments and explore how a single genetic mutation can cause conditions like Sickle Cell Disease. Fish for hormones in the bathroom before heading to the kitchen to make your very own marvellous medicine and hang out with our favourite insect scientists - the fruit flies, scourge of compost caddy, but wonders of modern medicine – the first animals in space and the subjects of several Nobel prizes! Developing new medicine is hard work, so take a load off and chill out in our sunny yard with our Vitamin D Sunshuffle game and find out how sunscreen ensures you get just enough and not too much. Before you leave take a quick "Science Selfie” and let us know what ‘A Picture of Health’ means to you!

Visitor information

This is a drop-in event for visitors of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 

The event has step-free access via a lift.

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