Schools programme

Fun, surprising and cross-curricular, this creative workshop explores sound waves.

Why aren't umbrellas made from sponge? Or mugs from wax? This fun, cross-curricular creative workshop explores product development.

We need your curious minds! Join the Museum Mystery Solvers and help us discover which material powered one of our explosive engines.

Full of surprise and funny moments, this show is designed to stimulate all the senses and get children excited about what forces mean in the real world.

Lively, upbeat and humorous with lots of surprises, this show uses audience participation to communicate the key principles of electricity.

This surprising science show for schools conveys the principles of light through audience participation and experimentation.

This high-energy, mischievous schools show inspires curiosity, drawing out questions about real-life figures and basic engineering concepts.

Go back in time to the working mills of 150 years ago, experience the deafening sounds of the machinery and find out what life was like for thousands of mill workers.

Help your class discover the story of where science met industry and the modern world began, from steam power and the cotton industry, to computing and cutting-edge scientific research.

Counting Chaos is a large-scale, interactive and multi-sensory storytime session for 3–5 year-olds.

Bring learning to life with a visit to the museum and discover inspiring objects and stories.