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Wallace and Gromit
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11 Jan 2025

National Science and Media Museum

A Grand Day Out

Celebrating the reopening of the National Science and Media Museum.

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We celebrated the reopening of the museum with a special day of animation-themed events.

A Grand Day Out was a special partnership with the National Science and Media Museum and animation studio Aardman. At this reopening event, Wallace & Gromit fans got hands-on with model-making workshops, enjoyed screenings of Wallace & Gromit and much more.

We also explored the newly renovated spaces at the National Science and Media Museum – including The Kodak Gallery telling the fascinating history of photography – and the immersive Wonderlab exhibit.

A shot of the Techno Trousers statue in the foyer of the National Science and Media Museum
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A woman poses in the foyer of the National Science and Media Museum with Gromit plushy toys in the foreground
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