Past Temporary Exhibitions and Displays 2007
Space Age: Exploration, design and popular culture
Examining the impact space exploration has had on everyday life, especially futuristic design and the fantasy worlds created for children and adults alike.
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Dream Toys 2007
The Toy Retailers Association have chosen these twelve toys as their top selection for Christmas 2007. Which one would you want for Christmas?
Feel the Force
A Science Projects touring exhibition exploring the forces of nature, providing an insight into how these invisible forces affect every moment of our lives. Featuring an anti-gravity wheel, a gyro cycle, a black hole and a magnetic pendulum.
Dreams of Flying
Crossing the desert on the back of a dog, or searching for lost treasures on the bottom of the ocean. Jan von Holleben's photographs allow children to make their dreams come true.
Play + Soft
Picasso: Histoire Naturelle
A series of 31 prints, considered to be among Picasso's most important graphic productions, of animals, birds, and insects. Picasso created these images from 1936 to accompany the classic natural history text by the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon (1749-1788).
Young Runaway Slaves
Inspired by the experiences of young people working as slaves and servants within Tower Hamlets, Newham and Hackney between 1670–1800. Historian S.I. Martin and artist Jennifer Lewis worked with Year 8 pupils from Swanlea Secondary School to create a display to mark the Bicentennial of the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
