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Brighten up your winter holidays and discover the secrets of light and colour with immersive experiences, illuminating experiments and daily science shows for all ages.

Get hands on with light, colour and sound in our Light Lab with free activities, illuminating experiments and immersive experiences for all ages.

See the George Cross medal awarded to the NHS by Queen Elizabeth II, on display until 2025.

Explore incredible objects, including some never seen by the public before, from Professor Stephen Hawking’s office.

Watch volunteers run our replica Baby and see how far computing has come since 1948.

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