Museums & heritageA day on the rails
Railway museums tell stories about engineering and the people who travelled, built and worked on trains.
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Museums and cultural spaces vary by collection, exhibition and style of interpretation. Pick a subject that interests you and check what is actually on display during your visit.
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Museums & heritageMuseums & heritageA modern-art treasure hunt
Modern art can turn an ordinary material or unexpected arrangement into a question.
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Art galleries let you spend time with a focused selection of artworks, often in a smaller space than a museum.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageArt galleries
Art galleries let you spend time with a focused selection of artworks, often in a smaller space than a museum.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageCultural center
Cultural centres often combine exhibitions, workshops, performances and community events.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageDinosaurs and tiny wonders
Natural-history collections connect enormous animals with tiny clues such as teeth, feathers and fossils.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageDiscover the design of everyday things
Design museums reveal the decisions behind objects you use without thinking about them.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageExperiment at a science museum
A science museum lets you explore ideas through models, demonstrations and experiments.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageExplore how we get around
Transport museums show how vehicles changed journeys, work and cities.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageHistoric Buildings
Historic buildings and monuments make more sense when you know the story or detail you are looking for.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageLook beneath the surface at an aquarium
An aquarium lets you compare how aquatic animals move, hide and use different habitats.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageLook twice at an art museum
An art museum becomes less overwhelming when you follow one question: what makes you stop and look?
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageMonument
Historic buildings and monuments make more sense when you know the story or detail you are looking for.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageMuseum child
Museums can offer hands-on exhibits, focused collections, workshops and guided interpretation.
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Museums can offer hands-on exhibits, focused collections, workshops and guided interpretation.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritagePlanetarium
Planetariums use a dome theatre to explore astronomy and related science through immersive shows.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageRead the world through photographs
Photography exhibitions show how a frame, viewpoint and moment shape the story an image tells.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageRediscover play at a toy museum
Toy museums reveal changing ideas about play, childhood and making things.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageShips, knots and sea stories
Maritime museums connect ships with navigation, trade and life on the water.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageSmall museum, big stories
A local-history museum can make familiar streets feel unfamiliar again.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageStep into an open-air museum
An open-air museum lets you move between historic buildings and see how daily tasks were organised.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageStreet art
Street-art walks turn an ordinary neighbourhood into an outdoor exhibition.
Explore this ideaMuseums & heritageTravel through the sky at a planetarium
A planetarium uses a dome to make astronomical ideas feel spatial and immersive.
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