MAD News
Find out what we've been up to recently...Stratford upon Avon’s Arts Festival Arts Trail
A Treasure Hunt with a Difference! Escape Community Art and The MAD Museum have teamed up with the Stratford upon Avon Arts Festival to offer an enjoyable Arts Trail that the whole family will enjoy! ...
When Gavin Hewitt visited The MAD Museum
Last Saturday (27th April, 2013), the highly distinguished, award winning BBC European Editor, Gavin Hewitt came to The MAD Museum. Gavin had travelled to Stratford upon Avon to give a talk about Europe –A Continent in Crisis in the Stratford Literary Festival, so we...
Easter Egg-travaganza Competition
Looking for Something Egg-citingly Different to do with the Kids this Easter Holiday? The MAD Museum, based in Stratford upon Avon showcases over 100 pieces of Kinetic Art and Automata. This Easter...
A Date with a Difference
Don’t know about you, but us at The MAD Museum have got into the loving mood! So much so that this Valentine’s day we would like to offer all couples a warming 2 for 1 discount on our admissions prices. This Thursday 14th February, treat your other half to a trip for...
Meet the Team at The MAD Museum…
Richard Simmons - Founder The MAD (Mechanical Art & Design) Museum has been a lifelong dream for founder, Richard Simmons who first had the idea for a mechanical museum over 20 years ago. Having spotted a great venue in Stratford upon...
A little MADness reaches Miami!
MAD Museum founder, Richard Simmons recently returned from a short trip away to Miami, USA. While there, he went to The Miami Science Museum and was incredibly impressed with the vast assortment of things to see and do there! The rich insights into scientific...
A Year at MAD
Happy New Year! Since a new year has just rolled over, I thought now was a good time to tell you what we have been up to since The MAD Museum opened last March and also to mention a little about our plans for the year ahead. ---- The MAD Museum opened its doors on...
Looking for an Amazing Christmas Present with a Difference?
Due to ongoing requests from our visitors, the MAD (Mechanical Art & Design) Museum in Stratford upon Avon has now launched a new online shop! Pick from an eclectic assortment of wind-up toys, sound machines, marble runs, bubble robots, IQ tests, weird science...
Halloween Half Term Competition
This Halloween design your very own trick –or- treat creation for The MAD Museum! Draw or Make a supernatural invention for your chance to win hair-raising MAD prizes. This spooktober get in the Halloween mood at The MAD Museum, Stratford upon Avon. Expect the...
MAD Clockwork Collaborations with the Royal Shakespeare Company
The MAD Museum is proud to be working in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company for their Christmas production of ‘The Mouse and His Child’. Based on the book by Russell Hoban, a clockwork mouse and his child embark on a series of adventures in order to...
Science Lessons With A Difference
We are pleased to announce, The MAD Museum will shortly be teaming up with Mad Science to provide primary schools and children’s groups with a fun and educational outing! This unique package consists of an inspirational tour around The MAD Museum given by our...
The Arrival of The MAD Cart
Yesterday after a long anticipated (and very excitable) wait, our MAD Cart finally rolled into town. All the way from Scotland to Stratford upon Avon nonetheless! ...
MAD Promotional Video
We have recently filmed, edited and polished off our much anticipated MAD Video.......Please have a look and let us know what you think. https://youtu.be/ArvFSzDu2iw We also have a shorter (30 second) version too..... https://youtu.be/BXXEwLusHtM Come...
Where’s The MAD Inventor? The MAD Museum’s Summer Competition
Meet The MAD Museum’s newest member of the family, The MAD Inventor- Throughout the summer holiday The MAD Museum will be holding a fun-filled Where’s Wally inspired “Where’s The MAD Inventor?” competition. Find him hidden in and around an impressive concoction...
Keep up with the MADness- Summer Newsletter
Over the last couple of months, we’ve had a few new amazing additions to our crazy museum – welcome to the family: Jelle Bakker’s Marble MADhouse (image below) Tim Donald’s Growing Old Disgracefully Alan Westby’s two pieces of automata: Lost in Space and Landing...
It’s a wrap!
Wednesday 11th July saw the visit of a film crew to help us create our own promotional video. We closed the museum for the morning in order to allow the filming of several different scenes, shot in various locations in and around MAD. All of our "actors" performed...
Did you join us for some Jubilee MADness??
To celebrate 60 years of the Queen’s reign, The MAD Museum held a weirdly wonderful competition that proved to be fun for the whole family. Contenders had 9 chances to win goodie bags full of crazy and eccentric MAD prizes! For Saturday 2nd June up until Sunday 10th...
Forbes Magazine mentions The MAD Museum
Take a look at The MAD Museum mention in Forbes' Top 10 List of Things Not to Miss in England This Year! You'll find us featured at number 2 in their piece about Stratford's Shakespeare Festival....