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Who is Heath Robinson?
The MAD Museum is currently displaying its first temporary exhibition - The Inventions of Heath Robinson. On view until Sunday 22nd November '15, this exhibition comprises of a special collection of illustrations, posters and books by the iconic British artists, Heath...
October Newsletter
MAD wins at The Coventry & Warwickshire Tourism and Culture Awards 2015
The MAD Museum wins the Bright Ideas Award * originality * inspiration * new thinking * game changing business The glitzy night was organised by the Coventry and Warwickshire chamber of Commerce. 13 prestigious awards and a whole host of respected individuals and...
Winner of the 2015 Summer Design Competition
From Saturday 18th July until Monday 7th September 2015, The MAD Museum held a Summer Design Competition.We asked interested applicants to examine and interact with the museum's MAD Marbles wall, then design a new track part. Over this 7-week competition hundreds of...
September Newsletter
The Inventions of Heath Robinson
Saturday 26th September - Sunday 22nd November 2015 The MAD (Mechanical Art & Design) Museum announces its first major temporary exhibition with works by Heath Robinson (1872–1944), a prolific cartoonist and illustrator best known for his humorous drawings of...
Summer Design Competition
Saturday 18th July until Monday 7th September 2015 Early this year The MAD Museum installed MAD Marbles which is essentially a giant interactive wall for visitors to build their own rolling ball creations on. Using inspiration from around the museum, the wall...
June Newsletter
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The Winner of MAD’s Easter Pop-up Card Competition
From Saturday 28th March until Monday 13th April 2015, The MAD Museum ran a pop-up card competition. The brief was simple, think outside the box to create a crazy gift card, the winning card maker would receive ultimate glory! (oh and a goodie bag full of MAD treats)...
New exhibits
New kinetic artwork rolls in to MAD... A massive thank you to rolling ball artists Robert Moore (UK) and Jelle Bakker (NL) for sending their latest wonderful creations to The MAD Museum. Both have already previously contributed to MAD's display collection and it is a...
Easter at The MAD Museum
3 Reasons to visit The MAD Museum this Easter 1. Several new exhibits to play with. 2.We recently installed a giant make-your-own rolling ball wall. Invent your own course out of all sorts of weird and wonderful components. MAD provides the start and finish lines and...
MAD Feature
Claire Potter, a freelance writer for the Guardian recently visited our MAD Museum. Click here to read her piece (and to see Richard's reply at the bottom) ...
February Half Term
We would just like to say a big thank you to everyone who visited our MAD Museum over February half term. We received record visitor figures and loads of lovely feedback. Thank you very much for keeping us going! ...
MAD interview on BBC Cov & Warks
Last Thursday, in February Half Term our museum's Founder Richard was interviewed by Trish Adudu on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire radio. Listen to it here Richard's 6 minute interview is 1hr 13mins 18secs in.
New Opening Times
As of the start of February Half Term, Saturday 14th February '2015 our opening times will be changing to the following: Opening Times Weekdays Weekends / Holidays* October - March 10:30am - 4:30pm 10:00am - 5:30pm April - September 10:00am - 5:00pm 10:00am...
Laser cutter
Our shiny new A0-sized laser cutter is finally here! We have been busy cutting over the last couple of days and as a result we are pleased to announce that we now have a very limited amount of Simple Marble Machine and Marble Machine #1 (handcranked & motorised...
New Marble machine kits
We now have the 2 marble machine kit types below in stock, however please note we only have a VERY limited quantity and thus they are expected to sell-out quickly. They are available from the museum gift shop priced £24.99. Kits may be purchased over the phone,...
Gift Tickets Now Available
MAD's NEW Gift Tickets Due to popular demand, The MAD Museum is now offering Gift Tickets. These can be purchased from the reception desk at MAD or from the comfort of your living room. Whether you are trying to buy a present for the man who has everything or on the...