SCIENCE FICTION AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM

The Science Museum’s new exhibition, Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination, leaves DAVID V BARRETT feeling slightly overwhelmed – but he finds it’s the small details in this blockbuster show that really connect.

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the Science Museum’s major new exhibition, Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination. It’s big, it’s noisy, it’s colourful, it has spacesuits and Robbie the Robot and a DarthVader helmet and a Dalek. But if you just look at the big objects as you walk through, you’ll miss so much that is worth spending time on. “Human science fiction lets your imaginations take you to destinations far beyond Earth,” says a sign near the beginning. “You take a creative approach to problem-solving too – soon your technology may let you travel to amazing places that once seemed impossible to reach.” Science fiction is supposed to be exciting, inspiring and informative, says curator Glyn Morgan, and that’s what this exhibition aims to be. We…

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