Studded with fabulous star clusters and beautiful, multi-coloured clouds of gas streaked with dust, the faintly glowing band of the Milky Way arches almost overhead from horizon to horizon at this time of year. Come to the Planetarium for an…
Journey north to the frozen wastes of the Arctic Circleand watch electrified particles from the Sun spiraling down into the upper atmosphere, where they generate the wonderful colours of the Aurora Borealis or ‘Northern Lights’ Come to the Planetarium to…
Journey north to the frozen wastes of the Arctic Circleand watch electrified particles from the Sun spiraling down into the upper atmosphere, where they generate the wonderful colours of the Aurora Borealis or ‘Northern Lights’ Come to the Planetarium to…
This Summer Mars will be a prominent object in the southern night sky, its bright orangey-red disk an easy object some way below the fainter stars of Pisces, the Fishes. Spacecraft have shown us a bitterly cold, dry planet, with…
As the nights grow longer, magnificently-ringed planet Saturn moves into the sunset glow, with not far behind to the south-west. Giant gas planet Jupiter makes spectacular ,viewing, rising steadily throughout Autumn in the pre-dawn eastern skies. Come to the Planetarium…
The natural world as seen through the eyes of Eric Ravilious, John Nash, John Piper and other artists. Since its publication over 200 years ago Gilbert Whites The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has inspired generations of naturalists, writers…
An exhibition celebrating a remarkable generation of artists. From wood-engraved book illustrations and commercial artwork, to textile and ceramic design, these artists transformed the design world of 20th century Britain. For a brief period during the 1920s, some of the…
A peer of Eric Ravilious and Edward Burra, Barnett Freedman was one of Britains most sought-after commercial designers in the mid-20th century. People were at the heart of Freedmans work. In mid-century Britain, his art could be seen by anyone…
