What's on

Help us build a giant HE-ARTwork that will form the beating heart of the Great Exhibition Road Festival!

Witness the live creation of ten large-scale murals on Exhibition Road, which are inspired by Imperial's scientific research, and meet the artists as they work!

Join us for an array of incredible performances from the Royal Albert Hall, Royal College of Music, youth groups and local community acts.

How does it feel to sing or play a game with a stranger? Get involved and find out how a sense of connectedness is shaped by how we communicate with each other.

Design your own facepaint and see if your face art has what it takes to fool facial recognition technology.

Make and decorate your own wind capturing, spinning wooden turbines with experts from Imperial College London's Energy Futures Lab.

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of biological wonders! Play the TinyHeroes card game or stop by for a DNA extraction demo.

Join local librarians in our fun-packed, story-filled tent for sing-alongs, ryhme and move sessions or some chilled-out time with a book, for children aged 0-5 and their families.

Fuelled by creativity, young children craft solutions inspired by 1851's exhibition, guided by Imperial College London researchers. Witness future science and design firsthand.

Decorate your own icy balls of celestial shrapnel and watch their tails stretch out behind them as they face the solar wind.

Drip colourful paints and create a beautiful artwork based on brain synapse scans as you uncover how our brain cells communicate with one another.

Play a range of fun games and activities and learn all about the environmental impacts of plastic pollution.

Join us to build Happy City and explore how we can create content communities. Explore technology that could shape cities of the future and add to our growing model town

Curious about German and contemporary global issues? The Gimagine Award may just be for you!

Play the game to see if you can spot ultra-processed food or get creative and draw your favourite homecooked meal to add to our growing collection.

Express yourself with a flourish! Make artwork and share your ideas alongside artists, scientitsts and engineers.

Make your very own coral inspired hat, and find out how NHM scientists are helping marine wildlife flourish.

Enjoy sustainable food samples, recipe cards and an interactive quiz on climate-friendly grocery shopping - with prizes!

An ode to a cell! Write your own rhyme, spit out a sonnet or hurl out a haiku as you delve into poetry with a microscopic twist.

Get crafty at this bug making workshop, exploring the versatility of paper and its applications in science, engineering, design and art.

Create your own BodyBot buddy as you explore the flexible, stringy and squishy world of mini robots that travel inside our bodies.

Discover innovations addressing the challenges faced by our planet through interactive activities and thought-provoking exhibits.

Contribute your own self-portrait to a giant, shared hanging mobile as we celebrate diversity and the unique elements that make each of us who we are.

Try out awesome activities, games and experiments created specially for families with children under 12, alongside family-friendly shows and pop-up movement sessions.

Get something off your chest and add your voice to a sprawling patchwork quilt of individual truths, protest slogans and personal confessions.

Come and meet Robochef! Find out how artificial intelligence and innovative technologies can help us all to live healthier lives.

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.

Meet scientists and engineers who are inventing ways to remove harmful gasses from the air. Play games with them and share your ideas about how we can look after the planet.

Join the food waste revolution! Delve into the world of sustainable creativity and create your very own artwork as you explore innovative solutions to food waste.

Create an eco-friendly plant pot to plant your next green goal. Nurture and grow your plant as your new sustainable habit grows along with it.

Join Imperial scientists who are investigating the air we breathe, inside and outside our homes! Come and make a giant artwork with them as you share your ideas about air pollution.

Make your own super energy-efficient car, test its aerodynamics, and earn a place on our marvellous motors leaderboard!

How can we help our planet to flourish? Investigate air pollution, discover the urban wildlife around us, and find out about the future of animals around the world.

Discover the future of food, what it means to us and how what we eat may change.

From robotic friends and revolutionary tech to green transport and smarter AI, explore how humans and machines will interface, interact and influence the future.

Get to know the story of little alien Wuschel, their exciting journey to Germany (illustrated by Axel Scheffler) and create your own Wuschel out of paper!

Discover how Imperial College London surgeons, physiotherapists and scientists are using technology in the musculoskeletal lab - take part in research about skeletons and try on a Virtual Reality headset used to train surgeons.

Explore and experience cutting-edge virtual reality innovations to transform mental health and join us on a journey toward a healthier, immersive future.

What will the plants and animals of the future look like as they adapt to climate change? Get creative and share your ideas with artists and scientists exploring biodiversity.

Come and play against an AI agent trained with reinforcement learning on a classic Atari 2600 game, can you beat its score?

If you like building things you'll love finding out all about atoms and molecules with chemical engineers from Imperial College London.

Journey off-planet and explore the solar system, the cosmos and the technology that will help us reach the stars in our out-of-this-world Space Zone.

From AI-gaming to mosquito tunes, VR for mental health and electric racing, discover the ideas transforming your future in this space tailor-made for and by 13 to 25-year-olds.

From clean powered cities to greener electronics, get charged up as we explore the latest sustainable solutions.

Explore how people, plants and animals flourish in the Royal Parks.

From mosaic self-portraits to infectious arcade games, science meets art in this 18+ festival zone to create a truly unique and inspiring experience for adults.

From our organs to our limbs, and everything in between, journey through the body to explore all of the marvellous elements, big and small, that make up us!

Don't miss the 1851der Tent's world of wonder. Experience living-material ropes and delve into your nervous system. Discover dark matter, Antarctica life, and be a penguin for a day!

Explore new flavours and ingredients, as chefs and scientists whip up dishes that you can sample right there and then!

Discover some of the secrets behind the brilliant facades of Exhibition Road in London’s arts and science district!

Join us for an engaging taster lesson and learn your first phrases in German! During our session, you will get a glimpse of what our German lessons looks like and see how our communities flourish through languages and communication.

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

Come and learn your first phrases of German with the cartoon "Ein Tag in Berlin"! Discover Berlin and the German language through the adventures of a group of young people and get inspired to learn German yourself!

Join a 'walkshop' around South Kensington to hear how London's plants and animals are being affected by climate change and discuss what we are doing about it.

Drop into our Science Cabaret Tent for some relaxed and creative scientific exploration. Play a game of mathematical bingo, watch poetry performances or create your own algorithmic art!

Grab a pair of headphones and learn how AI behaviour can come from simple dance instructions.

Join us as we journey to the stars! Help presenter Scott as we explore the amazing world of space in this live interactive science show.

The architectural revolution in Ghana and India that could inspire how cities adapt across our warming world.

The broadcaster and professor of physics discusses the weird and wonderful nature of time.

Join our energetic singalong workshop, get to know Felix & Franzi, and learn some fun songs and animals in German!

Join Shepherds Bush community member Joanna Oyediran on a walk exploring the history and politics behind the development of this groundbreaking arts and science quarter, told through its extraordinary architecture.

Doodle river-inspired scenes, inspired by our panel discussion about reclaiming our waterways as places for nature and biodiversity, swimming and leisure.

Discover the art of restoring our possessions, why it’s important to resist replacing broken items and how we can all be part of a repairing revolution!

Britain’s first astronaut Dr Helen Sharman hosts a discussion about technologies that could help us flourish beyond our home planet

Experience a unique performance by Royal College of Music students using newly invented and augmented instruments developed by Imperial College London.

This bookable relaxed session is for families with members who are neurodiverse and need a quieter, calmer environment can book in to explore the Family Fun Zone with fewer crowds. Try out some experiments, play, make, meet scientists and engineers and enjoy a story.

Join us for yoga and learn some German! In this yoga and games session, you and your children will learn some basic German vocabulary whilst stretching with some Asana yoga.

How robotics will impact disabled people's lives and allow exploration of new worlds

How immersive technologies and simulated realities might improve our wellbeing and mental health in the real world

From The Terminator and Black Mirror to the robot friends common in Japanese comics, hear how writers and movie makers have influenced our expectations of artificial intelligence.

Explore the use of magic mushrooms, LSD and other psychoactive compounds in mental health treatment, creative problem-solving, and personal wellbeing.

Journey through 200 years of prehistoric sea monsters, and learn how imaging technology, 3D printing, and robotics are re-imagining these ancient reptiles.