Giant puppets head and shoulders.
Credit: Autin Dance Company.

Earth Day 2025

Thinktank Celebrate Earth Day across our galleries! Drop-in

About Earth Day 2025

Celebrate Earth Day with us at Thinktank!

We’re thrilled to host the incredible Autin Dance Theatre Company to perform the spectacular Out in The Deep Blue at Thinktank.

Out of the Deep Blue is a moving tale about our earth's climate emergency told through dance, movement and masterful puppeteering. This outdoor spectacle features 'Eko', a 13-foot-tall SeaGiant Puppet and 5 world-class performers.

Performances will take place in our Science Garden at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm

Our friendly team will be running extra under to the sea activities to celebrate the day including

  • Under the Sea Object Handling - get hands-on with marine wonders.
  • Ichthyosaur Make and Take - discover what our skeleton specimen might have looked like!
  • Climate Tour - join our expert team for a unique tour around the museum to discover objects and exhibits that help us to understand the fascinating story of our changing planet. Tours take place at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm.
  • Origami Plant Pots - take a step towards going plastic free by making your own origami plant pot, then plant a seed to take away and watch grow at home!
  • LEGO Creature Workshop - join our learning team to create you're own LEGO creature! Additional charge applies, click here to pre book LEGO.
  • Moss Safari - Take a close-up look at moss through a microscope with our Natural Sciences Curator! 1pm - 3:30pm

Join us for this unforgettable Earth Day celebration and explore the wonders of our planet in a whole new way!
 

Accessibility: Thinktank is a modern accessible building with lift access to all floors. For more details and resources see the accessibility page.

Image gallery

  • Large puppet of a person crawling on the floor surrounded by the puppeteers and members of the public.
  • A person look up at a giant puppet and puppeteers. They are outside with trees and grass behind.
  • Giant puppet walking through trees.
  • Giant puppet bending down to look at a person sitting down.
  • Giant puppet holding a child's hand who is in a pushchair, surrounded by a small group of peopple.
  • Giant puppet high fiving a child who is on an adults shoulders.
  • A gallery display featuring a taxidermy turtle with signs that read 'Our Changing Planet'
  • A display of a variety of taxidermy animals including polar bear, peacock, parrot and more.
  • Close up of a corner of a display, it has the words Oceans written on the wall. There is photography showing beneath and above the sea, and a case displaying taxidermy sea birds.
  • An adult and two children looking into a display case containing a fossilised ichthyosaur.
  • An Ichthyosaur skull in glass case with a family looking into it.

Dates and times

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