Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen

This science curriculum-aligned exhibition provides hands-on exploration of key physics concepts such as energy, light, sound and gravitational waves.

Through immersive, high-tech installations, students can engage with abstract scientific principles in a tangible way.

Students will experience

• Immersive digital installations that bring abstract physics concepts to life, such as waves, energy, and motion.

• Hands-on activities exploring the forces and patterns that shape the natural world, making invisible scientific principles visible.

• Interactive technology like augmented reality and sensor-based displays to conceptualise the unseen, such as sound, turbulent motion, gravitational waves, and microscopic worlds.

• Collaborative spaces designed to encourage group discussion and critical and creative thinking, including creating collaborative projection art.

• Real-world applications of physics in everyday life, helping students connect classroom learning to the world around them.

• Exploring the exhibition at their own pace, in small groups with their supervisors.

Other key information

• School groups can only access the Beyond Perception exhibition if they have booked a time slot.

• Students need to stay in small groups with their supervisors while in our exhibitions.

• Visual experiences in Beyond Perception may trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.

• Beyond Perception has some high and low sensory areas.