Science Museum outlines plans for Tomorrow: The Bennett Gallery in early 2027
The Science Museum in London has announced plans to create three new galleries on its ground floor.
The Science Museum in London has announced plans to create three new galleries on its ground floor.
The new galleries – Space, Tomorrow: The Bennett Gallery and Ages of Invention – will respectively delve into space exploration, future scientific research, and current scientific and technological innovations.
The museum said the three new ground floor galleries will open across the next five years, providing almost 3500m2 of public gallery space.
The Space gallery is set to open this autumn 2025; the ‘Tomorrow: The Bennett Gallery in early 2027, and fundraising is currently underway to support Ages of Invention, which is expected to open towards the end of this decade.
The new Space gallery will replace the museum’s current Exploring Space gallery. It will undergo a four-month phased closure after the Easter holidays before objects such as British astronaut Helen Sharman’s Sokol space suit, and the capsule which returned astronaut Tim Peake to Earth, will be moved through the museum to be redisplayed in autumn, in the museum’s West Hall.
‘Tomorrow: The Bennett Gallery’ will feature three sections which explore scientific endeavour at the human, planet and universe scale. Designed by Wright and Wright Architects, Tomorrow willreveal the museum buildings architecture with a widened gallery entrance.
A fundraising drive is underway for the final gallery, Ages of Invention.
Tomorrow: The Bennet Gallery at Science Museum
Following a competitive open call, Wright & Wright has been awarded the prestigious Science Museum Group contract to design and deliver the new Tomorrow: The Bennet Gallery at the Museum in central London. The gallery and exhibition design project marks a pivotal moment in the museum's ongoing mission to engage and inspire audiences with the wonders of contemporary science, technology, and innovation.
