Galleries

The National Media Museum has six floors of FREE permanent galleries. There are also two temporary exhibition spaces displaying varied exhibitions, which are detailed on the exhibition page.

Download our New Museum map (PDF, 0.8Mb) to see where they all are.

Kodak Gallery

Find out about the birth of photography and the development of the camera. Discover what part the Victorians played in making photography so accessible today.

Kodak Gallery

Kodak Gallery

Experience TV

Discover how television is made, learn about the early pioneers of TV and find out what it feels like to read the news. Priority is given to groups who have pre-booked the Experience TV Tour.

Experience TV

Experience TV

TV Heaven

Choose from over a thousand programmes and take a trip into the past of TV in your own booth, or book our group viewing room in advance for your class. Encounter some of the original 'stars' of children's TV from days gone by, from Play School's Humpty to Gordon The Gopher.

TV Heaven

TV Heaven

Animation Gallery

Learn about how animation works and find out how favourite characters such as Wallace And Gromit are created. Investigate optical illusions using hands-on exhibits.

Animation Gallery

Animation Gallery

Magic Factory

Use exciting hands-on exhibits to appreciate the different ways in which light behaves, discover how a lens works and find out all about reflection and refraction. There's also a Magic Factory website to explore.

Magic Factory

Magic Factory