Science Gets Curious: Discover, Experiment and Play at Twist Museum’s Science Week
This summer, science isn’t just something you read about… it’s something you do. As part of the Curious Minds Festival 2025, Twist Museum is proud to present Science Week: a jam-packed programme of live demos, hands-on activities, interactive experiments and mind-bending moments that bring the weird, wonderful world of science to life.
Taking place in the heart of Oxford Street, Twist isn’t your average London museum. It’s an illusion museum where art, science, and perception collide, a one-of-a-kind immersive experience that lets kids and adults step into the science behind the senses. During Science Week, we’re taking that to a whole new level with special workshops, guest appearances by real-life scientists and inventors, and engaging experiments that’ll have curious minds buzzing.
🔬 Try These Fun Science Experiments at Home
To get ready for Science Week, why not start experimenting at home? These kid-friendly activities are safe, simple, and seriously cool:
🌀 Make a Liquid Tornado
What you need: A clear plastic bottle, water, glitter or food colouring, and dish soap.
Fill the bottle with water, add a drop of dish soap and a pinch of glitter. Twist the bottle in a circular motion and watch a mini tornado form! This is a great way to see centripetal force in action.
🌈 Create a Rainbow in Milk
What you need: Whole milk, food colouring, dish soap, a shallow dish, and a cotton swab.
Pour the milk into the dish, add drops of food colouring, then dip the cotton swab in dish soap and touch the milk’s surface — the colours will burst and swirl like magic! It’s a fun way to explore surface tension.
👀 DIY Optical Illusion Spinner
What you need: Cardboard, a pencil, markers, and string.
Draw two images on opposite sides of the cardboard circle (like a fish on one side, and a bowl on the other), thread with string, and spin! Watch the images blend into one — an early version of animation and a great intro to how your brain and eyes interpret movement.
🧠 Why Science at Twist?
Science Week at Twist isn’t about sitting and listening — it’s about doing, questioning, exploring and, most importantly, having fun. Our interactive exhibits and illusion-based installations challenge how we see, think and feel — making Twist one of the best museums in London for families, school groups, and explorers of all ages.
From experiments with sound and light to exploring the science of colour, perception, memory, and more, this is your chance to get hands-on with the questions that make us say, ‘How does that work?’.
Whether you’re already booked in or just browsing for unique things to do in London, Twist’s Science Week is one of the top immersive experiences in town — and definitely one of the must-visit London attractions this summer.
🎟️ Plan Your Visit
Science Week at Twist Museum runs from 28th July – 3rd August as part of the Curious Minds Festival 2025. Tickets are available now.
👉 Book now at www.twistmuseum.com and let your curiosity take over.
