Thursday 4 June 2026 · Open

Science you can hear, hold, and walk through.

Six floors of working instruments, kinetic exhibits and a 22-metre dome. Today's featured exhibition: Weather Machines.

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Now showing · Floor 3

Weather Machines

Thirty working instruments that measure the sky — anemometers, cloud chambers, hand-cranked barometers and a six-metre tornado column you can step inside.

Until: 14 September 2026
Entry: Included with ticket

All exhibitions

Brass anemometer and copper-piped barometer rig in a dark gallery, lit by a single sodium-yellow lamp

01Tickets

One ticket. Everything inside.

Permanent galleries and Weather Machines included. Planetarium shows £6 extra. Members enter free, every day.

Adult16+ · includes all permanent galleries£18Book →
Child5 – 15 · under 5s free£9Book →
Family2 adults + up to 3 children£42Book →
ConcessionStudents, 65+, carers free£12Book →
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02Planetarium today

Four shows. Twenty-two metres of sky.

Full schedule and accessibility →

Today's planetarium showtimes
Time	Show	Duration	Suited to	Book
11:00	First Light	30 min	Family	£6 →
14:00	Skies of Sodium	45 min	All ages	£6 →
16:30	Storms in a Bottle	30 min	Relaxed	£6 →
19:30	Deep Field	50 min	Adults	£6 →

Access notes today

Step-free route via Observatory Lane entrance
BSL-interpreted Storms in a Bottle at 16:30
Sensory bags at the welcome desk · no booking
Audio-described tour 13:00 from Atrium

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Getting here

14 Observatory Lane, Greenwich, London SE10 8XJ

Train: Greenwich · 6 min walk
DLR: Cutty Sark · 9 min walk
Bus: 129, 188, 386, 199
Parking: Blue badge: 6 spaces on-site