MAD News
Find out what we've been up to recently...Read All About it…. in this week’s Stratford Observer!
Last week the Editor of the Stratford Observer, Steve Hayes and his photographer came to have a look round our crazy world of mechanical contraptions. Iain Simmons and Mike Abbotts gave them a grand tour of The MAD Museum and then answered a few questions. See the...
Go MAD!
The MAD Museum's mechanical doors are now finally open! Come and see the exciting assortment of Kinetic Art, Automata and Steampunk for yourself! Located on Sheep Street in Stratford upon Avon, The MAD Museum's collection involves a colourful medley of whirring,...
The MAD Museum Launches!
The long awaited opening of The MAD Museum (Mechanical Art and Design) has now arrived and with an enthusiastic attendance to the launch party of over 200 people, it was a great success! In attendance on the evening were the Mayor of Stratford upon Avon, the Sherriff...
Premier Inn Launch
Here's a photo from the recent Premier Inn launch for the chain's newest hotel, where we were asked to provide one of our kinetic artworks to help add some magic to proceedings: The machine we exhibited was a rolling ball...
Garden transformed
The MAD garden has gone from this.... to this, in less than 3 weeks...
The hard work continues….
With just 4 weeks to go (yes, four!) until our official opening, unsurprisingly the hard work is continuing in earnest over at the museum. Painters, electricians, gardeners, carpenters, installation men, lighting consultants, security engineers....you name them,...
The MAD Garden
The hard work at the museum continues in earnest, and we finally were able to make a start on the garden last week. With the help of a few diggers and dumper trucks, it was only a few days before the area went from looking like this: ...
Pascal Bettex- Le Mechanisms De L’Argent
Last Friday, February 10th, saw the museum take delivery of a fantastic machine by the Swiss Kinetic Artist Pascal Bettex. It is in fact the first machine to be fully set-up and installed inside the museum. Here's a sneak preview, but to see it in action you'll have...
Exhibiting at Kinetica 2012
So, last week was spent at the Kinetica Art Fair in London. We got to know a lot of people at the fair, both other artists as well as the visiting public. It was great to meet so many new faces. Here are some photos of our exhibition stand: ...
Kinetica Art Fair
Just an update on the Kinetica event in London next week: as mentioned The MAD Museum have secured an exhibition stand at this year's show and will therefore be in attendance at Kinetica from February 8th-12th. We will be featuring some work by Kinetic Artist Jennifer...
Premier Inn Launch
Premier Inn are opening a brand new hotel in Stratford-Upon-Avon next month, and to celebrate they will be holding an official launch on the evening of March 5th. The famous hotel chain have kindly invited The MAD Museum to display one of its Kinetic Art works at the...
The Chevy is almost back!
A few weeks ago, I excitedly announced that we had purchased a 1939 Chevrolet Pick-up truck to use as the official vehicle for the MAD Museum. As yet however, The MAD team haven't had a chance to take the new wheels out on the road, as it has been undergoing extensive...
Paint job
The upper floor of the museum has been given a proper makeover, with the new colours totally transforming the look of the room. Downstairs to follow shortly: ...
Back to London
We were back in London on Tuesday to take in The Science Museum and Ripley's Believe It or Not. We enjoyed them both immensely, although perhaps we got slightly carried away in The Science Museum gift shop.... ...
Men at Work
With The MAD Museum opening in a matter of weeks, we've been getting our hands dirty over in Stratford in order to get the building ready for the public. Here are some recent photos: Painting the staff room... Building plinths galore...
Kinetica Exhibition 2012
We are delighted to announce that The MAD Museum will be at the Kinetica Art Fair in London next month. We have just secured a place at the exhibition, which runs from 9th - 12th February 2012. We look forward to meeting lots of kinetic artists and seeing their...
Automata Exhibition
We visited the Allen Gallery in Alton, Hampshire on Tuesday, to see some examples of high quality automata. The exhibition was part of the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre's touring exhibition. Many of the works featured are by English creator Paul Spooner, and there are...
Willi Reiche
German kinetic artist Willi Reiche will kindly be loaning us some of his work, which will be on display in the museum when it opens next year. Check out his machines that will be featured: Kick or Kiss Les Gammas...