Science Museum

Events at Science Museum

• Agriculture

  Exhibition

  Recurring event

  The Agriculture gallery is divided into three bays of exhibits. The first presents a history of agriculture told with the aid of delightful landscape dioramas and superb scale models. The many ways of powering the plough are explained alongside a working demonstration involving four tiny tractors. The second bay is filled with wonderfully named tools - such as clodcrushers, sickles and reapers - arranged around an iconic grey Fordson tractor. The final bay contains a diorama sequence which tells the story of the working life of an arable farm as the seasons unfold. It also features an original Ferguson tractor and a cut-away combine harvester with moving parts which can be operated by hand. Above the bays, two murals and a series of ironwork friezes - artworks in their own right - draw the visitor down the central aisle. Finally, two computer screens carry in-depth programmes on current issues, such as the industrialisation of the farm and genetically modified food.

• Centenary Talks: Change in the Air

  Lecture

  9 Mar 2010 to 9 Mar 2010

  Come along to hear James Lovelock, famous originator of the Gaia hypothesis, talk about his life and work in science. Find out how his early work on the Earth's atmosphere helped change our views of human impact on the environment.

• Centenary Talks: The Plastic Brain

  Lecture

  8 Jun 2010 to 8 Jun 2010

  The human brain is being studied as never before. Join neuroscientist Professor Susan Greenfield as she reveals the new insights from this work into how your brain works, grows and changes throughout your life.

• Centenary Talks: Science for the Public

  Lecture

  10 May 2010 to 10 May 2010

  Science is supposed to be public knowledge - but how does it get there? Public shows of scientific experiments have captured the imagination of countless generations, whether in the coffee houses of 18th-century London or in the Science Museum's Launchpad. Join science historian Professor Simon Schaffer as he takes you on a journey through the test tubes, air pumps and big bangs that have changed our views of science and its many public meanings.