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.
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We are continually amazed by the diversity of our readers, and it was exciting to find out that Dr John Bonnell at Space Sciences Lab, (UC Berkeley CA) has been…
In celebration of Paul Spooner’s 60th Birthday this month we are preparing for a new virtual exhibition of his work which will be online from 20th November 2008. We will…
Our first ever exhibition in Australia will open on Saturday 15th March at the Western Australia Museum in Perth. Mechanics Alive!! is being shown as part of the UNIMA 2008…
Our Mechanics Alive!! exhibition is making a brief appearance (for two school weeks) at Oakham School Smallbone Library Foyer, in Rutland, Leceistershire, before heading off on tour to Australia for…
Opening on Saturday 23rd February at the spectacular phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany, this exhibition promises to be one of the best kinetic sculpture exhibitions in recent years.
We greatly enjoyed the visit to Maker Faire last weekend! It included picking up an Editor’s Choice award for our Designing Automata Kit (no longer available, see below). Richard Garriott,…
A fantastic new children’s book from Cabaret fan Brian Selznick is launched in the UK this week. Set in Paris, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, is an enthralling 526-page book…
The Falmouth Art Gallery are celebrating the 80th Birthday (a few years early!) of ‘the father of the Falmouth automata makers’ Peter Markey. The exhibition ‘Markey and Friends’, will also…
