On 25th October, we will be running a day’s programme as part of GOSH Arts' family arts week, which is focused on architecture. The activity will challenge participants to de-mystify the idea of creating a piece of art; by using everyday materials, embracing colour and celebrating light. We will create light vignettes that enable participants to tell...
You're invited to... Lab Live: Cardboard Challenge! Book now To celebrate the Global Cardboard Challenge 2017, we will be hosting a day of Lab Live family workshops at the Imagination Lab. Cardboard plays a big part in our everyday lives and is a material that can be found in every household. But how can we reimagine and...
We’re inviting schools to step into the Imagination Lab for this free event, Lab Learn: Cardboard Challenge This event is now fully booked. If you're interested in future Lab Learn events, please contact imaginationlab@ioi.london The Institute of Imagination is celebrating the creative potential of cardboard as part of the Global Cardboard Challenge. We are inviting up...
You're invited to... Lab Liftoff: Global Designathon! The Institute of Imagination will be hosting a Designathon workshop as part of Global Designathon 2017. How can we teach our children to become the producer of new technologies? How can we show our children how to build a better world for themselves and the planet? The Designathon method was...
The Institute of Imagination presents Lab Learn: Making Movement - FREE school workshops at the Imagination Lab. These workshops are now fully booked - if you are interested in school workshops please email us. Please note: these workshops are part of Lambeth Community Programme at the Imagination Lab and your school must be based in Lambeth....
You're invited to... Lambeth Community Programme: Lab Life 'Making a Movement' We are hosting a Lab Life for Lambeth residents only, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. This will explore the topic of ‘Making a Movement’ through wind, robotics, sound, engineering and scientific experiments. What can I expect at Lab Life: Making Movement? Friday...
You’re invited to… Lab Live: Tinker Wonderland Book now Join the Institute of Imagination for a festive celebration of tinkering and making. Tinker Wonderland is a Christmas market with a twist where you can explore over 25 interactive stands and stalls in our 12,000 sq ft space. Join us for a host of activities for...
Ever wondered what your pupils could gain from an Imagination Pod? Come and find out! We are inviting teachers and pupils to the Imagination Lab on 5 - 7 December to experience our Imagination Pods in residency. Bring a class from your school to explore and tinker with sound, senses and spaces through arts, science and digital...
You're invited to... Lambeth Community Programme: Lab Life 'Making a Movement' We are hosting a Lab Life for Lambeth residents only, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. This event will explore the topic of ‘Making a Movement’ through programming, light, movement, robotics and coding experiments. Making a Movement will offer activities such as: Moving...
You’re invited to… Lambeth Community Programme: Tinkering Club We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents only, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Christmas is nearly here! At December's Tinkering Club, we're celebrating by making Chritsmas character Automatons that you can take home. Create elves, Santa...
This event is fully booked Imagination Camp FUZE Workshops consist of a full day's coding activities, learning to code using a real text based programming language. Children from 7-14 years old get to code simple programs, control electronic circuits, interact with sensors and even code a robot arm. The activities are tailored to the individual's ability level...
You're invited to... Educators Workshop: #RobotZoo We’ve teamed up with BirdBrain Technologies from Pittsburgh, USA for a day of experimentation with robotics. What can you expect at this event? If you have in interest in robotics, this day-long workshop is for you. Aimed at beginners this ‘hackathon’ for educators fuses science, arts and technology with the Hummingbird...
This event is sold out. You're invited to... Lab Liftoff: #RobotZoo We’ve teamed up with Birdbrain Technologies from Pittsburgh, USA for a day of experimentation with robotics. What can you expect at Lab Liftoff: #RobotZoo? In this all day workshop, children will learn about and interact with robotics, using Birdbrain Technologies’ Hummingbird Kits. Using these kits, children will...
You’re invited to… Lab Learn: Coding Movement (Lambeth Community Programme) These sessions are fully booked. As part of the Lambeth Community Programme, local Lambeth schools can sign up to a free Lab Learn: Coding Movement session. In these schools sessions aimed ay Key Stage 1 and 2 we...
You’re invited to…. Lab Life: Art Meets Science (Home Ed) Join us at the Imagination Lab where we’ll be exploring the crossover between art and science. At these Lab Life sessions exclusively for Home Ed students, you can create your own environment with Co Spaces virtual reality app, work together in groups to build and...
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Art Meets Science (Lambeth Community Programme) Join us at the Imagination Lab where we’ll be exploring the crossover between art and science. At these Lab Life sessions exclusively for local Lambeth residents, you can create your own environment with Co Spaces virtual reality app, work together in groups to build and...
Creative, multi-therapy & learning day (SEN and Lambeth Community Programme) You’re invited to a Lab Life for parents and carers in Lambeth with children with Special Educational Needs. This creative, multi-therapy and learning day is in partnership with the Lambeth National Autism Society and is aimed at Lambeth residents. We are looking to see how we...
You’re invited to… Imagination Lab Pop-Up: Festival of Opportunities If you’re a Peabody neighbourhood resident in Lambeth, join us at their Festival of Opportunities at the Rosendale Community Centre, 147 Peabody Cottages, London, SE24 9DR. The Institute of Imagination is hosting a pop-up Imagination Lab at the festival. We’ll be exploring the topic of ‘coding and...
This event is fully booked. You’re invited to… Tinkering Club: Funky Sound Instruments We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Build your own guitar, drums or even a full band! Programme and engineer your creations with Mircobits and speakers...
These sessions are now fully booked. You’re invited to… Lab Learn: Sound Improvology If your school is located in City of Westminster, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea you can sign up to a free Lab Learn: Sound Improvology session. In these schools sessions aimed at Key Stage 1 and 2, we...
Due to the adverse weather conditions, this evening's Volunteering Evening at the Imagination Lab has been postponed. The safety of visitors is paramount to the Institute of Imagination and we want to ensure that with transport disruptions, you are able to travel home safely. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. If you have any...
You’re invited to… imagine a new way to tackle climate change, at Lab Late: Managing the Biosphere Are you concerned about rapid changes facing the planet? Do you want to hear about a movement that advocates for action, driven by the people? Well this is the talk for you! In this 70-minute animated discussion, join Angus Forbes for a...
A festival where science meets art.
You’re invited to…find out more about volunteering with the iOi Come to the Imagination Lab to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi. Volunteers are crucial to our work and with your help, we can make a real difference to the lives of children and families. During this 1.5 hour session, you will:...
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Brain Play Explore the wonders of the brain through creativity and making, with London Brain Project and the Institute of Imagination. Ever wondered what makes you, you? Join us during Brain Awareness Week to discover the amazing organ inside your head. Using craft activities designed by London Brain Project and delivered...
You’re invited to… Lab Learn: Pod Residency THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED We are inviting teachers and pupils to the Imagination Lab on 20 and 21 March to experience our Imagination Pods in residency. Bring a class from your school to explore and tinker with sound, senses and spaces through arts, science and digital technology.We are inviting...
The Institute of Imagination is taking over Tate Britain for a day of digital fun throughout their galleries.
You’re invited to… Tinkering Club: Buzz Wire Games We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Buzz wire is a steady hand game that is well known to many as a table top amusement. Join us to build your own...
You’re invited to… the Lambeth Autism Fayre We’ve team up with the Lambeth branch of the National Autistic Society, for a day of activities in the Imagination Lab and the Engine Hall for children, adults, families, parents and professionals. If you are a Lambeth resident, you are eligible for free tickets. Please contact hello@ioi.london to request your discount...
Easter holiday activity camp for children
This event is now fully booked. See our other events here. We're partnering with CoderDojo London to host Girls Only Dojo at the Imagination Lab At this session, there will be plenty of coding tracks to choose from : Learn how to code a website Learn how to design and create web apps with...
You’re invited to… Lab Learn: Science of Sound Only schools located in City of Westminster, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Harrow or Kensington and Chelsea are eligible to sign up to a free Lab Learn: Science of Sound session. In these schools sessions aimed at Key Stage 2, we explore sound through invention, code and...
You’re invited to…. Lab Life: Film Hacks and Gadgets (Home Ed) Join us at the Imagination Lab where we’ll be making and exploring futuristic gadgets for film and TV. At these Lab Life sessions exclusively for Home Ed students you will: Work with Foley Sound to make your own SFX Hack a film with Morse...
You’re invited to… Tinkering Club: Futuristsic Film Gadgets (Lambeth Community Programme) We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Join us at the Imagination Lab where we’ll be making and exploring futuristic gadgets for film and TV. Create your own...
You’re invited to…find out more about volunteering with the iOi Come to the Imagination Lab to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi. Volunteers are crucial to our work and with your help, we can make a real difference to the lives of children and families. During this 1.5 hour session, you will:...
You're invited to...OKIDO Get Into Science Family Event! BOOK NOW This event is all about the magic of science exploration! Make friends, learn about science and have fun in this bi-monthly event for young children and their families, run by OKIDO, with experts, artists and scientists. The event encourages learning through play in the most fun...
A schools workshop in partnership with Siobhan Davies Dance
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Super City (Lambeth Community Programme) What might a city of the future look like? How might we live and move around it? How would you animate it with people? Join Sculptor Jim Bond, wire artist Helaina Sharpley and Maker extraordinaire Samantha Bryan as we start to create Super City, a collaborative and interactive...
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Super City What might a city of the future look like? How might we live and move around it? How would you animate it with people? Join Sculptor Jim Bond, wire artist Helaina Sharpley and Maker extraordinaire Samantha Bryan as we start to create Super City, a collaborative and interactive cityscape which will...
A 3-day May Half Term activity camp with the team behind the War Horse puppets
You’re invited to… Tinkering Club: Electronic Chain Reactions We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Celebrate the creative application, design, innovation and invention involved in creating electronic chain reactions. A Chain Reaction is an activity where each item has an effect...
A festival of the future in the Lab and the 12,000sq ft Engine Hall!
You're invited to... Design Thinking Workshop for primary school educators We are hosting a research evening with Michelle Borda, MA student at UCL Institute of Education. What is Design Thinking? Design Thinking it is a powerful innovation tool that engages participants in an analytic and creative process. It is currently being used as a learning method...
A school sessions for Key Stage 2 classes in the boroughs of City of Westminster, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea
Find out what volunteering at the Imagination Lab is like.
Explore the science of bubbles with OKIDO Magazine
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Happiness and Silliness (Lambeth Community Programme) At the Imagination Lab we will be exploring happiness and silliness though a range of fun activities! We forget how important it is to have fun, laugh and be silly. You will have the chance to explore, test and make with Jack-in the-box machines, play...
Lab Life: Tinkering with Motors (Home Ed) The Institute of Imagination will be celebrating creative application, design, innovation and invention using hobby motors. In our Imagination Lab we are inviting home educated children and their parents/carers to come and create their own moving jitterbugs, bottle speed cars and bubble machines, through an exploration of the possibilities...
You're invited to Lab Learn: Mark Making and Dance with Siobhan Davies Dance company (Lambeth Community Programme) These workshops will provide a fun, imaginative and sensorial experience of cause and effect. We will look at the ways in which cause and effect play out in movement and the multiplicity of ways in which the moving body...
An evening of making and constructing for adults, part of the Art Night Community Programme.
A school session for KS2, with a focus on students with SEND
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Super City (Lambeth Community Programme) What might a city of the future look like? How might we live and move around it? How would you animate it with people? Join Sculptor Jim Bond, wire artist Helaina Sharpley and Maker extraordinaire Samantha Bryan as we add more creations to Super City, a collaborative and...
Schools sessions at The Hub at Wellcome Collection
Events celebrating how our brains think, explore and imagine at The Hub at the Wellcome Collection
Electronics, mechanics and programming Summer activity camps with MakerClub
Imagine, design and build a moving robot animal for the robot zoo in a one or two day camp.
You’re invited to… Lab Life: Tinkering Day Project (Lambeth residents) Join us at the Imagination Lab on 9 or 10 August where we will be exploring: Physical games such as tag, how fast your reflexes are and reinventing these games through digital code. Pinbal and Board Games: by building digital dice, recreating operation or making LED snakes and...
You’re invited to… Lab Liftoff: Coding Camp with FUZE Imagination Camp FUZE Workshops consist of a full day’s coding activities, learning to code using a real text based programming language. Children from 7-14 years old get to code simple programs, control electronic circuits, interact with sensors and even code a robot arm. The activities are...
You’re invited to…find out more about volunteering with the iOi Come to the Imagination Lab to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi. Volunteers are crucial to our work and with your help, we can make a real difference to the lives of children and families. During this 1.5 hour session, you will:...
You are invited to... London Curriculum Children's Festival We're excited to be a part of the London Curriculum Children's Festival, where we'll be hosting a water rafting workshop for children and families. Come and see us at Potters Fields for a fun afternoon of free workshops, family activities and more. Water Rafting Workshop The act of making a raft...
You are invited to…Lab Learn: Making Movement This event is now fully booked. Movement plays an integral part in our everyday lives. We are always fascinated how, why and what makes something move in our world. These sessions at the Imagination Lab explore, test and experiment the theme ‘Making Movement’ through mechanical wire automatons, jitterbug...
City Hall opens its doors as part of Open House and we're running a Future Cities workshop!
Schools sessions for Key Stage 2 classes at schools located in Barnet, Brent, City of London, Westminster, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea
A hands-on STEAM family festival celebrating science, technology, engineering, arts and maths at the Imagination Lab
You are invited to…Lab Life: Making Mechanisms Mechanisms are all around us. They make our lives and jobs easier, often without us consciously recognising them. At Lab Life: Making Mechanisms, you'll be able to explore the crossover between engineering, art and science, with two workshop activities that allow you to create your own automata and sorting,...
You are invited to…Lab Learn: Robot Zoo This event is now fully booked. To celebrate EU Code Week 2018, we're excited to be running a beginner friendly ‘hackathon’ focussed on coding and programming, while fusing technology, science and arts. Lab Learn: Robot Zoo will be a free workshop for school children to play, explore and tinker in...
You are invited to…Tinkering Club: Tinkering With Velocity This event is now fully booked. Join us at the Imagination Lab to satisfy your need for speed! At Tinkering Club: Tinkering With Velocity, we will be playing and experimenting with elasticity, balloon power, electricity, motors and Micro:bits. We’ll be exploring how we make robots, paper aeroplanes,...
A two-day robotics camp to get into the Halloween spirit
A free session for KS2 schoolchildren to tinker with a Rube Goldberg Machine.
You’re invited to… explore, invent and tinker at Lab Late: Building A Rube Goldberg Machine Are you interested in encouraging children's interest in engineering? Want to get hands on and build your own Rube Goldberg Machine? At our next Lab Late, join us and Kids Invent Stuff to get inspired by engineering and get tips and ideas about how...
You are invited to…Tinkering Club: Tinkering With Flight This event is now fully booked. Join us for an extra-special Tinkering Club to explore the topics of electrification and flight, in partnership with Rolls-Royce. There will be two activity stations to spark the imaginations of young inventors. Activity Station One: What could become possible – now and in the future –...
You are invited to…Lab Learn: Pioneering The Power That Matters book now What could become possible – now and in the future – with the power of electrification? We’re partnering with Rolls-Royce to inspire new generations about the challenges and possibilities presented by our future energy demands, as well as introduce the role that electrification...
You are invited to…Lab Life: Pioneering The Power That Matters This event is now fully booked. What could become possible – now and in the future – with the power of electrification? We’re partnering with Rolls-Royce to inspire new generations about the challenges and possibilities presented by our future energy demands, as well as introduce...
Schools and Home Education sessions for 8-12 year olds
