I,Science’s Liz Killen talks to UCL’s Extreme Citizen Science research group about the benefits and applications of citizen science, and how you can get involved.

With cabinets full of (not so alive) life models from across the animal kingdom in some remarkable poses we invite you to join us for a lively evening of drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or more experienced our sessions are led by a Museum artist to give you insight and confidence in a wide range […]

Join the Institute of Making to celebrate the sheer joy of stuff as they host the greatest ever public extravaganza to mark the finale of their annual Festival of Stuff. Come along to explore the sound of materials by making a whistle and joining in with the brass band DatBrass. Explore their selection of unusual […]

Fancy something a little bit different this weekend? Come visit the Grant Museum of Zoology for our special late opening Under the Skin Taxidermy Late. The evening will feature live taxidermy by ethical taxidermist Jazmine Miles-Long and an exclusive viewing of the film short Walter Potter: The Man Who Married Kittens. Our pop-up bar will […]

Night has fallen on the Grant Museum of Zoology, the doors are closed and the museum staff have gone home, but something is stirring. The bats wings are twitching and the pickled moles are uncurling because the world’s only improvising opera troupe, Impropera, have snuck in at twilight to sing the specimens to life.   […]

Night has fallen on the Grant Museum of Zoology, the doors are closed and the museum staff have gone home, but something is stirring. The bats wings are twitching and the pickled moles are uncurling because the world’s only improvising opera troupe, Impropera, have snuck in at twilight to sing the specimens to life.   […]