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Exhibitions

All our current and forthcoming special exhibitions

Magnificent Maps:
Power, Propaganda and Art

Fri 30 Apr 2010 - Sun 19 Sep 2010

Price: Free

Maps can be works of art, propaganda pieces, tools of indoctrination… Magnificent Maps brings together some of the largest and most beautiful display maps ever created.

¡Viva La Libertad!

Mon 24 May 2010 - Fri 20 Aug 2010

Discover the history of Spanish America's road to independence, which has been marked by several forms of revolutions, the most important being the struggle for political emancipation from Spain and Portugal that began in 1810.

Inventing the 21st Century

Mon 6 Sep 2010 - Sun 28 Nov 2010

In a celebration of British ingenuity, we explore the stories behind some of the most iconic inventions from this century’s first decade.