New Cabaret Mechanical Theatre US touring Hub at Explora Science Centre, New Mexico, US. Our history of exhibiting and collaborating with numerous science centres in the US goes back to October 1999 when we were invited to MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to be part of MindFest, an experiment looking at playful invention and exploration. Through […]
43 Years of Family Friendly Automata Exhibitions
By Lisa Finch, CMT Development Director Cabaret Mechanical Theatre is an iconic collection of automata, or moving sculpture. These whimsical mechanical artworks illustrate their inner workings at the push of a button or turn of a lever often reflecting on social and cultural identity through a mix of ingenuity, irreverence, idiosyncrasy and humour. Simultaneously they […]
Summer Exhibitions
We are delighted to let you know that there are a number of exhibitions featuring automata from the CMT collection open now or coming soon. Cabaret Mechanical Marvels is at the St. Albans Museum until June 27th, then it will travel to Poole in July and Oxfordshire in September. Ingenious Contraptions is at the Hastings […]
At Last, a Show Opens
Our first exhibition since the sadness of Covid arrived opens today in Gosport. You can check dates, times and directions on the Gosport Gallery website but the gist is, 15th October to 19th December. The gallery is open from 10 to 4, closed Sunday and Monday but please check before travelling and book your visiting […]
2020 Exhibition News
We have just listed our exhibitions for Spring/Summer 2020. There are seven shows opening in the UK and one in the USA. The Fantastic Fairground Factory will be in Preston this Summer after a successful first outing to Tullie House in Carlisle last year. There’s also still time to catch The Mechanical Circus in New […]
