Horniman Museum Late

June’s late will be all about coral, in collaboration with Information Experience Design students from the Royal College of Art.

Aquarium

See live coral and take a magical journey through rivers, seas and oceans in our highly acclaimed Aquarium.

Adult: £6.50 | Child: £3.25

A Coral’s Bloom

Use virtual reality to experience the birth of Acropora millepora, a species of branching stony coral. See through the eyes of a coral gamete bundle drifting into the ocean and discover the beauty of coral ecosystems.

Spectrum of the Reef workshop

Weave your way through coral bleaching and its reversal in this data visualisation weaving workshop.

We’ll start with a blank canvas and intertwine colourful data-based pieces to transform the board into a vibrant collaborative art piece throughout the evening.

Interspecies Lullaby (Coral)

Discover the connections between diasporic Mauritian lullabies, colonialism, intergenerational and interspecies knowledge and care, and the impact of the island’s extreme coral degradation in this talk and sound work sharing.

Echoes of Love

If you could speak to coral, what would you say? Take part in an immersive augmented reality experience where your voice blends with coral sounds, generating new love languages that transcend all barriers to become part of an underwater symphony!

Living Corals

Watch as climate grief is transformed into a quiet moment of love and hope in this choreographed ritual performance where colour is gently infused back into delicate bleached coral structures, with a guiding poetic narration and immersive ocean soundscape.

Rebuild the Reef

Become a coral reef restorer for the evening and search different sites across the museum to hunt down all the pieces to complete our dynamic reef puzzle. Learn more about different forms of coral and biodiversity as you work together to rebuild the reef.

‘Where there is singing, there you will settle down’ workshop and performance

Shhh, listen to me, my dear.

I’m humming, sighing, singing, murmuring.

Do you hear me?

Coral reefs crackle in polyphonic symphonies to lure in life of all forms – but as they vanish, so do their voices. Join this workshop attuning to these fading soundscapes through crafting self-made instruments, deep listening, and then take part in a collective live performance.

Coral Love Zine

Dive into the secret life of corals! Check out a copy of this special zine blending science, stories, and participatory art to reveal how museum researchers are helping corals to thrive again.

The Robot Zoo

Enter the fascinating world of The Robot Zoo and discover the mechanisms that give animals their amazing abilities. This interactive exhibition features larger-than-life animals that have been innovatively recreated using a variety of familiar machine parts and gadgets to reveal how their real life counterparts see, eat, hunt and hide.

Food and drink

Enjoy food and drink at the Horniman cafe during your visit to the Horniman Museum Late. Colicci serves memorable moments across London’s green spaces, alongside historic, iconic and cherished public spaces across the Capital – and now the Horniman!

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