Science Gallery London

What Science Gallery London does

Science Gallery London is a non-profit cultural venue and exhibition platform operated as part of King's College London, located on the university's Guy's Campus adjacent to London Bridge station. Founded in September 2018, the gallery develops free interdisciplinary exhibitions, events, artist residencies, and educational programmes at the intersection of art, science, and health, serving general public visitors, King's College London academics and students, young people aged 15–25, and practicing artists. Programming is organised around themed seasons (e.g., AI: Who's Looking After Me?, Quantum Untangled, ON EDGE, Threads of Protest) developed in collaboration with King's research departments and partner institutions.

The gallery does not develop proprietary technology products; its technical activity is limited to commissioning and integrating installations such as Cat Royale (computer vision and robotics for animal welfare observation) and event infrastructure that uses Eventbrite, TicketTailor, and Google Calendar for ticketing. Its core technology is curatorial and exhibition design, supported by a content library of programmes, podcasts, and digital media, and an on-site café.

Revenue derives from King's College London institutional funding (aligned with the university's Vision 2029 / Strategy 2030), grant and foundation funding (notably Wellcome Trust), commercial venue hire, and ancillary café income. The freemium pricing model — free entry to all exhibitions and events — maximises public reach but relies entirely on institutional and philanthropic support. The gallery is a member of the Global Science Gallery Network pioneered by Trinity College Dublin, with sister galleries in Atlanta, Bengaluru, Melbourne, and Monterrey. On 17 April 2026, King's College London and Science Gallery International confirmed the venue will close later in 2026, with programming continuing through the end of the 2025-26 academic year.

Name

Science Gallery London

Legal name

Science Gallery London

Website

https://london.sciencegallery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Science Gallery London is a non-profit free cultural venue, part of King's College London, delivering interdisciplinary exhibitions and residencies at the intersection of art, science, and health. It serves public visitors, KCL academics, young people, and artists, and is closing in 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural and Public Engagement Venue

NAICS

Museums (712110), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Science & Technology Museums (THAJADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Public cultural venue
• Art science exhibitions
• Interdisciplinary programming
• Artist residency programmes
• University public engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding: Primary funding from King's College London as part of the university's cultural and knowledge exchange activities. The gallery delivers King's Vision 2029 strategy by connecting art, science and health to drive innovation.
2. Venue Hire: The gallery offers venue hire services for events and functions, generating revenue from external bookings of the space.
3. Foundation and Grant Funding: Supported by organisations such as Wellcome Trust and participates in grant-funded projects and residencies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Science Gallery London is a free public cultural venue that delivers rotating exhibition seasons, public events, artist residencies, and educational programmes exploring the intersection of art, science, and health. It also offers paid venue hire for external events and produces digital content such as podcasts and zines, operating as part of King's College London and the Global Science Gallery Network.

Product overview

Science Gallery London operates as a free cultural venue and exhibition space at King's College London's Guy's Campus. The offering comprises rotating exhibition seasons (Quantum Untangled, AI: Who's Looking After Me?, ON EDGE, Threads of Protest, Vital Signs) exploring intersections of art, science, and health, alongside venue hire services, an on-site café, artist residency programmes (King's Artists, Just Futures, Studio Quantum, Making Time), group visit offerings, and digital content including podcasts and zines. The gallery hosts events, panel discussions, and workshops, with ticketing managed through Eventbrite and TicketTailor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quantum Untangled exhibition season A major free exhibition and events season exploring quantum physics through art, science, and interdisciplinary collaboration, targeted at the general public and the King's research community.
• AI: Who's Looking After Me? exhibition season Free exhibition season examining AI in healthcare, justice systems, and daily life through 13 artistic collaborations including 7 original commissions, for the general public, researchers, and policymakers.
• ON EDGE: Living in an Age of Anxiety exhibition season Exhibition season exploring anxiety through art, science, and young people's perspectives, delivered in collaboration with King's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, aimed at young people and the general public.
• DARK MATTER exhibition season Exhibition season exploring one of the biggest questions in physics—what makes up the Universe—drawing on research from King's College London Department of Physics, for the general public and research community.
• SPARE PARTS: Rethinking Human Repair exhibition season Exhibition season exploring the art, science, ethics, and technology of human repair and alteration, for the general public and academic audiences.
• HOOKED: When Want Becomes Need exhibition season Science Gallery London's inaugural opening exhibition season at its permanent new home at King's College London, Guy's Campus, for the general public.
• Threads of Protest exhibition Exhibition combining textile works, personal testimonies, and academic research to explore inequality in maternity care and advocate for better birth experiences, drawing on research into human rights in childbirth, for the general public.
• Vital Signs: another world is possible exhibition Multisensory and responsive environment exploring vital signs through heat energy using thermochromic materials at human and environmental scale, for the general public.
• The Art of Care: Through the Eyes of Tomorrow's Doctors exhibition Concluding exhibition for Science Gallery London before closure, featuring creative reflections by 496 second-year medical students from King's College London on care, community, and clinical learning during GP placements.
• Science Gallery London Venue Hire Commercial venue rental service offering the gallery spaces at King's College London's Guy's Campus for external events, meetings, and functions.
• Artist Residencies programme A programme of artist residencies including the King's Artists scheme placing artists within university faculties, Just Futures residencies for young people, Studio Quantum London residency in partnership with Goethe-Institut, and Making Time in partnership with Artangel.
• Group Visits service Organised group visit bookings for schools, community groups, and other organisations visiting the gallery, with enquiries handled via [email protected].

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40,000 visitors attended the Quantum Untangled season
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• King's College LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience Gallery London is an integral part of King's College London, delivering the university's Vision 2029 strategy by connecting art, science and health. King's research is at the core of the programme, and the gallery enhances the experience of King's academics, students, visitors, and local communities.
• Trinity College DublincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience Gallery London is part of the Global Science Gallery Network pioneered by Trinity College Dublin, which includes galleries in Atlanta, Bengaluru, Melbourne, and Monterrey.
• FutureEverythingmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-curated the AI: Who's Looking After Me? season (2023-2024) with 13 artistic collaborations including 7 original commissions, exploring AI's role in care and wellbeing.
• London Quantum ClusterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with the London Quantum Cluster for events during the Quantum Untangled season.
• King's Digital Futures InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with King's Digital Futures Institute on events and programming, including the Festival of Storytelling.
• Goethe-InstitutmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Goethe-Institut for the Studio Quantum artist residency programme, hosting the UK residency for writers and poets exploring quantum physics.
• ArtangelmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the Making Time programme and other projects, including the exhibition 'The Directors' exploring lived experience of psychosis.
• The Cosmic HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with The Cosmic House for Quantum Untangled events and the Post-Modern Cosmologies series.
• Radar (Loughborough University), Warwick Institute of Engagement, Stanley Picker GalleryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners on the Making Time artist residency programme supporting artists exploring materials science.
• Lakeside Arts, University of NottinghammajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuantum Untangled was an adaptation of 'Cosmic Titans: Art, Science and the Quantum Universe', a touring exhibition from Lakeside Arts and ARTlab, University of Nottingham.
• National Centre for Creative HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Creative Health programming, including events in honour of Lord Howarth of Newport CBE and panel discussions on creativity in healthcare.
• BBC World ServicemajorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnered for a special edition of the BBC Global News Podcast 'Artificial Intelligence - who cares?' recorded at Science Gallery London.
• Bethlem GalleryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on exhibitions including 'Something Glamorous, Something Awkward' and tapestry works by Amber Roper.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Design Museum London: London museum at the intersection of design, technology, and culture with temporary exhibitions and an education programme. Comparable in offering themed temporary exhibitions, though ticket-priced rather than free, and broader in design remit than Science Gallery London's art-science-health focus.
• Tate Modern: Major free-admission London gallery with a much larger permanent footprint. While its focus is contemporary art rather than science, it competes for the same cultural-visitor audience and provides a comparable large-scale venue-hire and event-hosting platform.
• Barbican Centre: London arts centre hosting interdisciplinary exhibitions, events, residencies, and venue hire. Comparable as a multi-format cultural venue hosting art-science crossover programming (e.g., AI-focused exhibitions and immersive installations) for similar urban cultural audiences.
• Natural History Museum London: Free-admission London museum with permanent science collections and themed temporary exhibitions. Comparable as a free London science-focused cultural venue with public engagement programming, though operating at significantly larger scale and with a natural-history rather than art-science-health remit.
• Science Museum (London): London's flagship science museum, offering free general admission with a much broader collection-based remit. Comparable in the science-museum category but operates at far greater scale, with permanent collections rather than the rotating thematic seasons that define Science Gallery London.

Direct peers

• Science Gallery Atlanta: North American node of the Global Science Gallery Network, applying the same free-admission, art-science, youth-engagement model. Operates as a sibling venue under the shared Science Gallery International framework, directly comparable in programmatic format and audience positioning.
• Science Gallery Melbourne: Another Global Science Gallery Network venue with the same interdisciplinary art-science exhibition format, free admission, and youth-focused programming. Operates on a shared curatorial and brand framework pioneered by Trinity College Dublin.
• Science Gallery Bengaluru: Sister venue in the Global Science Gallery Network operating on the same model — free exhibitions at the intersection of art and science, young-people programming, and residency schemes. Closest direct peer given shared brand, programmatic standards, and curatorial lineage from Trinity College Dublin.
• Science Gallery International: The originating organization of the Global Science Gallery Network based at Trinity College Dublin. Sets the programmatic standards, branding, and partnership model that Science Gallery London operates within, and is the umbrella entity involved in the London closure announcement.
• Wellcome Collection: Free London venue exploring the intersection of science, medicine, art, and culture, operated by the Wellcome Trust. Directly comparable to Science Gallery London's free-admission model, science-and-health thematic focus, and partnership with a major research/funder institution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/science-gallery-london

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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