Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery

• Encounter James and his minibeast friends inside the Giant Peach and zoom in on their minute world with the aid of the amazing video microscope.
• Explore Sound with the BFG. Play on his giant pipe organ and find out how sound is made with lots of exciting experiments.
• Discover life underground and buried treasures from the past as you crawl along Fantastic Mr Fox’s tunnel.
• Dress up in Victorian school clothes under the watchful eye of Miss Trunchbull and play some games from yesteryear.
• Investigate the unfamiliar and often bizarre inventions from the past with Mr Willy Wonka, the greatest inventor of them all.
• Find out what’s missing from Roald Dahl’s tuck box.
• Walk through the Discovery Gallery and through an enormous book into Matilda’s Library.
• Here you will find an inviting room full of books where you can discover more about Dahl’s life and work. You can listen to a story, watch a video, or just dip into your favourite Dahl book.

Here you will find things to baffle your brain and boggle your eyes….

• Things are turned upside-down, back-to-front, and are often not what they seem. Investigate reflections with Magic Mirrors, and test your skill on the amazing eyeball maze.
• Freeze your own shadow or write a message on the magic writing wall, and watch it fade before your eyes.
• Send yourself by television like Mike Teavee in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• See the Twits’ upside-down room and feel the things hidden in their wall.
• Discover the optical toys that amazed children in Victorian times.
• Turn the world upside-down inside the camera obscura.