Events

White Noise

White Noise (David Vorhaus and Mark Jenkins) perform their groundbreaking 'An Electric Storm in Space' plus space fantasy 'Supernova'.

Planetarium shows
Observing evenings

Harmony of the Spheres

A unique site-specific performance directed by multi-award-winning composer Stephen Montague and inspired by the Pleiades constellation.

Festival of Time & Space
IYA2009 events

Time Symposium

Musicians and scientists will discuss relationships between time and space in science and the arts. Speakers include Jem Finer, a founding member of The Pogues. 21 Nov.

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Exhibitions

North-West Passage

A new exhibition about our ‘arctic obsession’ with the North-West Passage, and the lives of the Inuit who have lived there for thousands of years.

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Astronomy Photographer

Now open, a special exhibition of the winning photographs from this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

Royal Observatory galleries

Jeremy Millar: Given

Now open, Given presents a series of newly-commissioned works that take as their starting point a very particular journey.

Art galleries
Maritime galleries