Exhibition space with life size 3D woolly mammoth.
Credit: © Fisheye / RBINS.

GIANTS

Exhibition
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Open 2 August - 2 November 2025. Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm. Book

About GIANTS

Step into a world of prehistoric giant animals in this immersive, family-friendly exhibition, featuring life-sized 3D models, nearly complete fossil skeletons, hands-on activities and digital projections.

Journey through time, from 66 million years ago to the present day, to encounter the awe-inspiring creatures that roamed the Earth after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Featuring six life-sized 3D reconstructions and three nearly complete fossil skeletons including:

  • Titanoboa cerrejonensis - The largest rainforest-dwelling snake.
  • Paraceratherium - A prehistoric rhinoceros, the largest land mammal ever known.
  • Otodus megalodon - The largest predatory shark that ever lived.
  • Livyatan melvillei - An ancient whale with massive teeth and cousin of the sperm whale.
  • Megatherium americanum - One of the largest giant sloth species.
  • Smilodon populator - The largest and most iconic Saber-toothed cat.
  • Gigantopithecus blacki - A colossal Asian primate, as large as three orangutans.
  • Panthera spelaea - The cave lion, one of the largest felines to roam the Earth.
  • Mammuthus primigenius - The iconic woolly mammoth.

You’ll get hands-on with activities that let you step into the shoes of a palaeontologist, exploring how fossils are discovered and studied. Plus, the immersive projections will transport you into the ancient environments these giants once roamed.

While these prehistoric giants are long gone, you’ll also be reminded that modern giants - like elephants, whales, and gorilla - still walk among us today, but they are now under threat of extinction. The exhibition also acts as a reminder of nature’s fragility and the urgent need to protect these animals for future generations.

GIANTS has been developed by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and toured by Nomad Exhibitions.

Image gallery

  • An adult and child standing next to a giant 3D whale head with skull and teeth fragment inside.
  • Close up of fossilised prehistoric shark teeth.
  • An exhibition space with 3D whale tail with a family in front.
  • An exhibition space with 3D animal with children in front.
  • An exhibition space with 3D giant ape with children in front with text and graphics on the side.
  • Close up of prehistoric fossil of a primate's jaw.
  • An exhibition space with a child holding a replica fragment of bone.
  • An exhibition space with a animal skeleton and adult and child in front.
  • An exhibition space with a animal skeleton and child in an excavation pit in front.
  • An exhibition space with close up of 3D giant ape and jaw fragment with children in front with text and graphics on the side.
  • An exhibition space with 3D animal with children in front.
  • A family in an exhibition space with giant 3D prehsitoric snake

This family-friendly exhibition runs from Saturday 2 August until Sunday 2 November, Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm. In the Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. 

Pre-book your ticket to guarantee entry. Alternatively, you can buy tickets on arrival (subject to availability).

Book tickets

Ticket prices and information

£15.50 Adult
£8.00 Open Concession (see the Concessions policy)
FREE Child (up to age 15, maximum 3 children per accompanying adult) 

  • Members, Patrons and Friends of Birmingham Museums Trust can book FREE tickets. Become a member.
  • FREE entry for Art Fund National Art Pass holders. The Art Pass must be presented with your ticket.
  • Members of ICOM, the Museum Association and the NMDC reciprocal entry scheme have FREE entry. Proof of membership must be shown on entry to the Gas Hall.
  • The free entry tickets cannot be bought online. All other tickets can be bought online, you will not receive an e-ticket instead show your booking confirmation when entering the exhibition.

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