We have been entertaining and inspiring visitors & makers with our collection of automata since 1981. Now based in Hastings, UK we have exhibitions all over the world.
We need your help to run our 2026 community engagement projects. As a non profit company all donations go towards our goals to share the magic of automata with our local and global community.
These two wonderful antique automata dogs are looking for good homes (and not just for Christmas!). Dachshund Automaton DogHis name is “Roman” and he is a life sized papier mache…
Sometimes there is nothing more exciting than looking at different ways making mechanical movement. Look no further than this wonderful website, kmoddl.library.cornell.edu/ The Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library, (KMODDL…
Cera Cera have been producing fantastic downloadable automata kits for many years. These make brilliant gifts at 3.90USD per download. You just need to download and print them out onto…
You now have just over 2 weeks to perfect a few clever tricks to entertain everyone this Christmas Holiday. Tim Hunkin’s website – hunkinsexperiments.com – Hunkin’s Experiments is full of…
The CMT Calendar We have created a Calendar for 2010 featuring some of our best-loved automata and images of Cabaret Mechanical Theatre in Covent Garden, London. It is available to…
Fi Henshall has had great fun with this latest one- off piece. The naked lady has turned Magician’s assistant, and is now getting her own back! The Magician’s eyes literally…
Spooner’s Moving Animals and The Museum of the Mind These two cardboard cut out books by Paul Spooner were first published in 1986 and 1992 respectively and have both been…
A new one-off piece from Paul Spooner for 2009. The grey office worker surveys his papers moving endlessly between his in tray and his out tray. The elaborate air powered…
