Permanent Exhibitions
These 3 venues have CMT exhibits on show all year round. Choose a link below for opening times and more information.
- American Visionary Arts Museum – Baltimore – USA
- Discovery World – Wisconsin – USA
- Automata Museum – Heyri Art Village – South Korea
Touring Exhibitions
The Marvellous Mechanical Museum
This exhibition will feature over 30 pieces of automata from our collection. We will also be showing Gormenghast by Keith Newstead
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Cornwall, UK
29th March – 6th July 2024
Cabaret Mechanical Marvels
Cabaret Mechanical Marvels is a joyful interactive exhibition of comical, beautifully made automata that will give fun and knowledge to old and young alike.
This show features 20 automata from the CMT collection alongside interactive mechanical pieces, artefacts from the CMT archive and related pieces from St. Barbe’s own collection.
18th July – 7th September 2024
St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9BH, UK
Mechanics Alive!
A humorous, hands-on exhibition combining art, science and engineering to delight all the family. Press a button and watch the beautifully hand-crafted automata come to life and discover how they work through hands-on exhibits that show the mechanics. Exhibits from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and Science Projects.
The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, UK
Check The Observatory website for opening hours.
22nd January – 14th July 2024
Next Stop! Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, UK
22nd July – 31st August 2024
Tim Hunkin’s latest arcade of slot machines Novelty Automation includes some old favourites from CMT’s Covent Garden days – The Frisker, Test Your Nerve and The Chiropodist.
Novelty Automation, 1a Princeton Street, London WC1R 4AX. More of Tim’s machines can be seen in his first arcade on Southwold Pier.