Our Mechanicals exhibition will be at Wiltons Music Hall from 12th to 17th February, as part of a series of making events with Fire the Inventor, for adults and children. 12th – 13th February Making Nights, with wine and music. 14th February, Exhibition and Family Workshop 16th February and 17th February Half Term fun and […]
The Nutcracker: Christmas at Mottisfont
Some of our automata are appearing at Mottisfont, National Trust, as part of their Nutcracker Christmas event. Saturday 29 November – Sunday 4 January 2015 Start your visit with a peek into a twinkling Christmas party, then ascend the staircase to the sound of ticking clocks, to enter the dream mechanical world of the Nutcracker. […]
Finding the Value
In 2011 Peter Madsen left his estate to York Museum’s Trust. Amongst is bequest was his art collection. Finding the Value is an exhibition in which commissioned artists respond to items from the collection and open up questions of the inheritance of cultural values. Artist Simon Venus has created a mechanical tableaux for the exhibition. […]
CMT in Greenwich
Exhibition and Workshops 12th December to 22nd Feb 2014. We still have a few places left in our workshop programme for our current exhibition in Greenwich. Come and have fun at our Family Workshop on 19th February, or join in our end of show automata-making afternoon on 22nd February. Our full day automata-making workshop (25th […]
Autumn Exhibitions
News of two exhibitions. Firstly, we are delighted to be exhibiting 14 of our automata at Finton House School in London in the new Emma Thornton Building. CMT has had close ties with the School for many years, and automata making is a key part of the Design and Technology curriculum there. Finton House School […]