The Royal Institution of Great Britain

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Eating and Drinking

The Ri Bar + Kitchen is the perfect place for a bite to eat at lunch time or cocktail and sharing board before or after the show. The cafe at the foot of the five storey glass atrium serves delicious cakes and coffee and has free WiFi.
Heritage tour of the Royal Institution

We run group tours of the history and heritage of the RI, its buildings and exhibition, led by a member of the Collections Department.
eGuide: the interactive guide to the RI exhibition

Bringing the stories of RI people and experiments to life.
Science in the making exhibition

Explore over 200 years of history making science. From the odds and ends that became the first elecrical transformer to the tube that told us why the sky is blue, you can see the objects that Ri scientists built and used in some of the world's most famous experiments over the last 200 years. Explore Faraday's original 1850?s magnetic laboratory!
Opening times and how to find us

Opening times and how to find us