Events with advance tickets

Take a guided tour of the Natural History Museum and discover the fascinating work of women scientists past and present.

Unleash your artistic skills to create your own colourful metal keychain in this workshop exploring corrosion.

Solve puzzles, crack codes and uncover hidden messages as you dive into our drug trial-themed escape room. Can you enrol the patient before the time runs out?

Go behind the scenes for a look at the Museum's fascinating zoology collection preserved in spirit.

Find out how a moment of lockdown inspiration started artist Peter Brathwaite on a journey rediscovering the history of Black subjects in Western art and literature.

Explore six fascinating worlds as part of a musical journey through our solar system

Explore how molecules of different shapes and sizes are all around and even inside of us during this live interactive show for all the family.

Discover how atoms absorb and emit light to colour our world. Don some headphones and hit the dance floor, boogying to atomic spectra and finding the parallels between light and sound waves.

The architects’ agency Cookies, in partnership with Imperial College and Institut français, will explore the notion of concrete, and the numerous forms it can take, during a series of workshops.

From K-Pop to Squid Games, V&A Curator Rosalie Kim looks at how pioneering tech and digital culture turned South Korea into a leading artistic and cultural powerhouse.

Explore the origins of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and how it led to the current festival we see today.

Find out what it is like coming face to face with a prehistoric giant, and learn about the eating habits that helped make Titanosaurs so large​.

Take on the role of scientists and explore the oceans in this adventure into the deep.

Take a short guided tour of the Images of Nature gallery and see some of the most treasured artworks and archive items.

Explore the finest art and industrial design of the day during this discussion of the first World’s Fair.

Explore the relationship between the seen and unseen with artist Jacques Nimki.

Join us for an adults-only celebration of science at a special late opening. Challenge yourself to a quiz, take part in hands-on workshops and enjoy live music curated by AZEEMA.

Join a friendly team of musicians for a morning of feel-good music-making

Families who need a quieter, calmer environment can book to explore the Family Fun zone with fewer crowds. Try some experiments, play, make, meet scientists and enjoy a story.

Make mosquito melodies and find out how music is used by these flying bugs to find their perfect mate.

Join a live recording of the Robot Talk Podcast to explore how much science fiction influences how we see the future of robotics – for good and for bad.

Britain's first astronaut, Helen Sharman, hosts maritime experts for a discussion on submarines, autonomous drones, satellite measurements, and other technologies that will help us go where no human has gone before.

Space scientist and BBC broadcaster Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (MBE) answers all the questions kids have about the universe.

Professor David Nutt explores the history of mind-altering drugs in science and society.

Architecture studio Cookies, in partnership with Imperial College London and Institut Français, will explore how ancient craft and knowledge can be an inspiration for cutting-edge materials science.

50 years after the last human left the moon, space scientist and science educator Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes us back, exploring folklore, facts, and our plans to return astronauts to the surface.

Poets and space scientist take to the stage to discuss the inspirational nature of space and perform their favourite cosmic poems – including some written by the public over the festival weekend.

Ever wondered how a Symphony Orchestra rehearses? Want to have a peek behind the scenes?