The Science Gallery Network
Transdisciplinary approaches to education, research and innovation are fundamental to future-proof the university; sparking catalytic conversations, connections and collaborations across networks are instrumental to developing and implementing these approaches.
The Science Gallery Network is an international collaboration of leading universities dedicated to public engagement through interdisciplinary art-science initiatives. The Network seeks to change the world through youth-led perspectives, igniting conversations and collaborations to support young people to find connection, hope and agency through curiosity and creativity.
The Network programmes feature emerging research and ideas from the worlds of science, art, design and technology, presented in connective, participative, and surprising ways. Science Gallery enables a truly global learning experience for university faculty, students and researchers and the local community.
Our Network members recognise that the Science Gallery Network contributes significantly to achieving their key strategic objectives: internationalisation; excellence in research and learning; innovation and entrepreneurship; student recruitment; and community engagement.
By joining the Science Gallery Network, universities can draw on global connections to benefit their local communities, and use their local insights to generate new research with international impact. For a more detailed list of the benefits of the Network, please visit our 'Benefits of the Network' page.
Our Network Locations
The Science Gallery Network has members in Atlanta, Bengaluru, Berlin, Dublin, London, Melbourne, and Monterrey. The Network effect is visible and powerful: staff in different locations train each other; gallery teams on opposite sides of the world collaborate on co-curated exhibitions; directors meet regularly to develop joint projects; and open calls for exhibitions attract thousands of participants from around the world.
To date, 6.5 million visitors have had a Science Gallery experience, and 9500 artists and scientists have collaborated on Science Gallery exhibitions. Each year, over 400 university researchers contribute to Science Gallery programming in over 300 programmes across the Network.
Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin
Since its opening in 2008, more than three million visitors to the nonprofit gallery have experienced over 50 unique exhibitions, ranging from design and violence to light and love, and from contagion and biomimicry to the futures of the human species and play. The Dublin gallery is currently in redevelopment and will reopen later in 2024.
Science Gallery at King's College London
Science Gallery London opened in 2018 at a spectacular location opposite the Shard next to London Bridge Station.
Science Gallery London is a place to grow new ideas across art, science and health. A part of King’s College London, it’s the university’s flagship public gallery situated on King’s Guy’s Campus. It sparks new ways of thinking about some of the most complex contemporary challenges we face. Their work emerges from dialogue and collaborations between communities of artists, academics, students, young people, activists, local organisations and more.
The Gallery brings together a breadth of perspectives to shape and share a programme of exhibitions, residencies, workshops, open discussions, festivals, performances and live research.
Science Gallery at University of Melbourne
Science Gallery at the University of Melbourne opened its doors in 2022 as Melbourne’s most experimental cultural venue, welcoming over 60,000 visitors in its first year. Located in Melbourne Connect, University of Melbourne’s innovation precinct, Science Gallery Melbourne amplifies the voices of young people and provides their audiences with a space to be social and explore new ways of thinking through the disruptive intersection of art and science. The Gallery is part of the Museums & Collections department, forming connections with other collections, galleries and museums at the university as part of the Cultural Commons.
Since opening it has won multiple awards.
Science Gallery Bengaluru
Science Gallery Bengaluru was established with the founding support of the Government of Karnataka and three academic partners—the Indian Institute of Science, the National Centre for Biological Sciences, and the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology. Their motto, ‘Science Culture Experiment’, redefines public engagement in science to move beyond participation towards active experimentation. Opend in 2024, Science Gallery Bengaluru has been hosting online exhibitions, pop-up shows, summer schools, events and mentorship programmes at the intersection of natural, human and social sciences, engineering and the arts.
Science Gallery at Emory University
Atlanta-based Emory University is one of the world’s leading research universities and is known for its academic excellence, outstanding undergraduate experience, and highly ranked professional schools. Their first exhibition HOOKED took place in a temporary gallery space in 2022, followed by JUSTICE in 2023.
Science Gallery at Tecnológico de Monterrey
In 2022, Tecnológico de Monterrey was announced as the newest university member of the Science Gallery Network. This coincided with the opening of JUMPSTART, a pop-up exhibition set to introduce audiences to Science Gallery on the Tecnológico de Monterrey campus, and the official ceremony marking the laying of the foundation stone of the project Expedition, Tec de Monterrey’s innovation centre that will house Science Gallery Monterrey’s building in 2024.