Category: Exhibitions

A woman holds up a small child to push a button to operate an automata of a man on a bike wearing yellow jacket. In the foreground another machine features flying birds.

43 Years of Family Friendly Automata Exhibitions

January 11, 2023

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…

Summer Exhibitions

June 7, 2021

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…

At Last, a Show Opens

October 15, 2020

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…

2020 Exhibition News

February 4, 2020

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…

New exhibitions

October 22, 2019

It’s a very busy month for Cabaret Mechanical Theatre. We have four exhibitions opening soon. You will be able to see our collection of automata in New Zealand, Germany, Albuquerque…

New Exhibitions 2019

May 16, 2019

We’ve updated our Now and Future page with details of shows in London (on now), Banbury (opens 25th May) and Carlisle (opens 29th June).

Wonderful Idea Co

March 8, 2018

We are delighted to welcome Ryan and Nicole of Wonderful Idea co, USA, on board to help with our exhibition development. They started working with us last autumn, Nicole designed…

Exhibition Round Up

March 8, 2018

We have a number of touring exhibitions open now or coming very soon. There are going to be lots of chances to see our automata collection this year. Keep an…

The Mechanical Circus exhibition created in collaboration with Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is travelling to the Vida science centre in Brno. This is the first time our automata has visited the Czech Republic.…

Our mission is to promote engineering and creativity through workshops, exhibitions and automata kits.

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