What's on
Come and play with quantum light with expert physicists! Together, we’ll wonder at the nature of information in the quantum world and discover how this translates into cutting edge technologies.
Try out our inflatable bungee run and explore how the length of your gut changes throughout your life and how this affects what you eat!
Enjoy sustainable food samples, recipe cards and an interactive quiz on climate-friendly grocery shopping - with prizes!
Get hands-on with awesome materials. See a butterfly's wing under the microscope, and find out how scientists and engineers have been inspired by nature.
Get hands-on with awesome materials. See a butterfly's wing under the microscope, and find out how scientists and engineers have been inspired by nature.
Join us throughout the day with performances from Royal College of Music, Imperial College, and London-based performers.
Work alongside MRC London Insitute of Medical Sciences and Imperial College London researchers to extract a strawberry's DNA, and take it home as a souvenir.
Through live demos and artistic depictions of future medicines, find out how mathematical models, new tech and public involvement in science is helping fight illness and disease
Through live demos and artistic depictions of future medicines, find out how mathematical models, new tech and public involvement in science is helping fight illness and disease
From robotic friends and revolutionary tech to green transport and smarter AI, explore how humans and machines will interface, interact and influence the future.
From robotic friends and revolutionary tech to green transport and smarter AI, explore how humans and machines will interface, interact and influence the future.
Meet scientists, engineers, artists and inventors and try out awesome activities, games, makes and experiments especially created for families with children under 12 in the Family Fun zone.
Meet scientists, engineers, artists and inventors and try out awesome activities, games, makes and experiments especially created for families with children under 12 in the Family Fun zone.
Come along to this relaxed space to drop in and enjoy a show. The programme is packed with interactive storytelling sessions, shows, and demonstrations especially for families.
Come along to this relaxed space to drop in and enjoy a show. The programme is packed with interactive storytelling sessions, shows, and demonstrations especially for families.
Get into the festival spirit and dress to impress with a science-inspired crown making workshop
Design and build your own model mechanoid, recycled robot or cardboard drone that could make the world a better place.
Make paper brain hats to celebrate the wonderous grey matter between our ears with brain scientists and art educator Bethan Durie.
From our powerful brains to the story told by our DNA, take a tour of the wonders inside us all
From our powerful brains to the story told by our DNA, take a tour of the wonders inside us all
From green concrete to permeable pavements that soak up excess rain water, make sure to visit our Building the Future zone to learn about new materials and technologies that will build and power our future cities.
The Dyson School of Design Engineering opens its doors to showcase interactive activities and innovations which address the challenges faced by our planet.
Discover what a Tiger Toilet is, and the role of its wriggling worm inhabitants – pick and race your own worm champion!
Create your own mini earthquake, build your own earthquake-resistant structure, and take part in the earthquake shaking challenge!
Celebrate the wonder of soil by making your own miniature paper box garden with artist and plant explorer Jacques Nimki, and Workshops For The Imagination.
Get creative by making your very own Wundertüte - a traditional German ´bag of wonderful surprises’!
Explore a model of the water cycle to discover how water gets from the clouds in the sky to the tap in your home.
Come play and learn how to build flexible structures with Wiggel!
Celebrate the wildlife all around us in the city with Imperial scientists, and make a beautiful leaf rubbing to take home.
Celebrate the wildlife all around us in the city with Imperial scientists, and make a beautiful leaf rubbing to take home.
Worms are secret superheroes! Join in our games, stories and demonstrations to find out how to keep their powers strong.
Discover the future of food, what it means to us and how what we eat may change.
Discover the future of food, what it means to us and how what we eat may change.
From formal uchikake to casual yukata, come and find out about Japanese kimonos. Design your own kimono inspired by nature and try on a summer yukata.
Hear an eclectic range of performances from the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Music and many more!
Hear an eclectic range of performances from the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Music and many more!
Step inside a local school showcase of inventions from the next generation of budding engineers. Get inspired and vote for your favourite!
A curated group of artists create live artworks inspired by different areas of wondrous science. Watch their large-scale creations come to life in real time.
Meet scientists attempting to sequence the DNA from every species of plant, animal, fungi and protist in Britain and Ireland.
Design your own healthy habit superhero to add to our festival collage.
Design your own healthy habit superhero to add to our festival collage.
Find out about the amazing structures inside our bodies that help us stay healthy, and use them as inspiration for your artwork.
Roll up, roll up to the Nuclear Energy Future Fair! Discover the power of the future.
Roll up, roll up to the Nuclear Energy Future Fair! Discover the power of the future.
Visit the 1851-der tent and discover the legacy of innovation from the original Great Exhibition, from 1851 to today. Meet experts and experience the world of WONDER for yourself.
Explore the wonderous four letter language of our DNA, and contribute to a hand-art mural celebrating its story of individuality and shared history.
Enter the factory to discover how Imperial scientists build tiny artificial cells, and make your own giant artificial cell to take home.
Discover the incredible nature and heritage of the Royal Parks, from their smallest invertebrate to their grandest historic landscapes
See clouds in a new way with atmospheric scientists measuring their height, shape and impact on the climate
Let your imagination run wild as you create a whole new planet. You’ll meet experts, dream up science fiction stories and craft your very own world.
Learn how we digitise museum specimens and how they can be used by scientists all over the world.
Create your own space poem with award-winning poets and scientists who explore the universe and worlds beyond our own.
All children love to ask "why?" That makes them all philosophers. Judith Millecker, author of The PhilosoCats, runs workshops with children (and parents) to show how easy philosophy is.
Join us for a short tour and discover the awe and wonder behind the brilliant facades of Exhibition Road!
Join storytelling engineers at our pop-up sessions especially for children aged five and under.
A dance performed by local school pupils, a youth group and professionals all inspired by the latest research into blood cancer currently taking place at Imperial College London.
A dance performed by local school pupils, a youth group and professionals all inspired by the latest research into blood cancer currently taking place at Imperial College London.
A creative workshop full of drawings and conversation. Explore insights from a Sickle Cell design research project and enjoy a fun interactive workshop. Come, play and learn.
Join author and storyteller Wendy Shearer for Caribbean folktales. You are invited to participate in magical tales of shapeshifters and tricksters from a variety of islands.
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.
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.
Take on the role of scientists and explore the oceans in this adventure into the deep.
Come and join us! Wake up Schrödinger’s cat and learn some basic German in this interactive session of yoga and games.
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.
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.
Space scientist and BBC broadcaster Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (MBE) answers all the questions kids have about the universe.
Ever wondered how a Symphony Orchestra rehearses? Want to have a peek behind the scenes?
