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Featured events and exhibitions

A white jellyfish is floating in a blue backed tank. They are domed with frilly fronds trailing behind them.
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Aquarium

Open daily
(except 24-26 December)
Our 15 exhibits showcase aquatic environments from around the globe, ranging from…
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A boy and a girl hold hands laughing as they run towards the camera. They are in a Garden, running along a paved path. To their right and behind them are colourful flowerbeds with yellow and red flowers
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Gardens

Open daily, except 25 December
Alongside the Grasslands and Sunken Gardens are a number of other fields,…
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A brightly colourful drawing of a mask of a face, with mouth open and teeth visible.
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Always Part of the Story

Until Tues 30 June 2020
The Access Advisory Group is a diverse group of individuals with lived…
Three figures (blurred) walk past a hanging display of orbs, hanging from a ceiling. The orbs are made from hundred of tiny fragments of colourful plastic.
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As I Live and Breathe

Until Mon 4 May 2020
Claire’s thought-provoking works draw on the themes of waste and the impact…
A large tutle swimming underwater in clear blue seas
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Green Turtle

Until Thurs 20 May 2021
Over 100 years old, this impressive animal was collected off the coast…
A man in a blue shirt jumps in the air holding a guitar. The Guitar is facing the camera.
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Ed Sheeran’s Guitar

Until Sun 31 May 2020
This guitar was played during Ed Sheeran’s 2015 North American tour promoting…
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Library

Open to all, on the first Sunday of every month
Open Mondays and Tuesdays by appointment
Our books, journals and other publications and formats range from…
A boy and a girl hold hands laughing as they run towards the camera. They are in a Garden, running along a paved path. To their right and behind them are colourful flowerbeds with yellow and red flowers
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Gardens

Open daily, except 25 December
Alongside the Grasslands and Sunken Gardens are a number of other fields,…
The camera looks through green leaves to an iridescent blue butterfly with it's wings open.
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Butterfly House

Open daily
(except 24-26 December)
The specially-planted habitat is the perfect place to experience butterflies…
A close up of the head, neck and shoulders of a tawny brown alpaca. The hair on the alpaca is fluffy and round. The alpaca is lying on hay.
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Animal Walk

Open Daily
(except 25 December)
Home to alpacas, goats, sheep, guinea pigs, rabbits and chickens,…
A photograph of a gallery with a few people wondering through it below. There are cases full of objects and some large objects on the tops of cases, like a motorbike and a sled. There is a white domed ceiling and kites on the ceiling are visible.
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World Gallery

Open daily
(except 24-26 December)
Come and encounter cultures from across the continents in the…
A white jellyfish is floating in a blue backed tank. They are domed with frilly fronds trailing behind them.
Display

Aquarium

Open daily
(except 24-26 December)
Our 15 exhibits showcase aquatic environments from around the globe, ranging from…
A square pond sits at the centre of a square flower bed with a square path around it and more flower beds around that. The flower beds are full of colourful flowers in blues, pinks and whites. The area is lined with trees and the sky is blue.
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Sunken and Display Gardens

Open daily
(except 25 December)
The Sunken and Display Gardens were built in 1936, and are overlooked…
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