Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Exhibition

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Eight-foot tall creations from Henson’s Workshop, spaceships, androids, as well as Douglas Adams’ nose, are just some of the remarkable things visitors will experience at the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Exhibition at the Science Museum.

Open from 28 May, the exhibition will take visitors on a journey from Arthur Dent’s kitchen to the far reaches of outer space. The witty and satirical narrative of Douglas Adams’ iconic story will be brought to life against a backdrop of large scale and richly designed sets from the motion picture.

The exhibition will not only focus on Adams’ intriguing and irreverent creations, but also provide a fun and engaging exploration of the science featured in his work from teleportation and supercomputers to parallel universes and the big bang.

Divided into ten immersive zones including the Vogon ship, the Heart of Gold and the Planet Factory Showroom, the exhibition features recreations of the sets, plus over 200 props, creatures and costumes featured in the blockbuster.

Exhibition Highlights include:
• The actual Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as seen in the film
• The eight-foot tall Vogon Captain Jeltz, designed and built by Henson’s Creature Workshop, plus footage illustrating the Vogons in action
• A reading of Vogon poetry
• The interior of the Heart of Gold Spaceship
• Marvin the Paranoid Android - life-size costume used in the movie
• Deep Thought - the ultimate computer, set in a temple themed zone, complete with computer terminals allowing visitors to ask the ‘ultimate question’
• Behind the scenes footage of Garth Jennings, Nick Goldsmith, Stephen Fry and Martin Freeman
• Concept artwork commissioned and created for the film and one-off signed sketches inspired by Hitchhiker’s from the fashion industry’s most innovative designers including Ben de Lisi, Stephen Jones and Wayne Hemmingway

“At the Science Museum, we are constantly striving for new and innovative ways to engage the public with science, and the Hitchhiker’s exhibition is a fantastic opportunity to do this,” said Jon Tucker, Head of Science Museum.

“The book is a wonderful icon of science fiction and the Museum has a long history of interest in this area. I hope the exhibition will help us show more visitors that thinking about science, including of course the meaning of life, the universe and everything, is fascinating and fun.”

Robbie Stamp, Executive Producer of the film and the Science Museum exhibition said: “Of all the things that we are doing in addition to actually, finally, making the movie, I think that the idea of an exhibition about Hitchhiker’s at the Science Museum would have pleased Douglas enormously. He loved the company of scientists!”

Science Museum Event Highlights:
The Science Museum will also be creating an exciting new range of events for families and adults to accompany the exhibition including:
• Exactly 42 minutes of stand up comedy about Life, the Universe and everything from the Science Museum’s Punkscientists
• A new Hitchhiker’s drama character who will bring to life the Hitchhiker’s phenomenon
• Exciting and educational family events which focus on the science and the humour within Hitchhiker’s
• The Hitchhiker’s Exhibition Museum Trail links to some of the wonderful objects in the Museum’s permanent collection. Visitors will able to see how science fiction writers such as Jules Verne, HG Wells and Arthur C Clarke inspired scientists and rocket design, as well as many other fascinating stories.
• The Science Museum IMAX Cinema will screen 'The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy' in 2D (please note this film will not be in IMAX format or 3D and will not occupy the full screen.)
• The Dana Centre will be programming a series of adult-only events on the science of Hitchhiker’s throughout June.

…The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Exhibition promises to be one Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster of an exhibition…