Exhibitions

A major exhibition celebrating our enduring love of the water over the last 100 years. Explore the full spectrum of the design of swimming – from sports performance and fashion, to architecture.
Location: Level -1

A free, annual design challenge for students in years 9, 10 and 11, run by the Design Museum and supported by Deutsche Bank. Registrations are open for schools to enter the competition. From 24 April, visit the display to discover the top ten shortlisted projects alongside the winner idea.
Location: Mezzanine

PLATFORM is an annual display dedicated to showcasing contemporary design practice. The first display in a series will present the fascinating work of Bethan Laura Wood.
Location: Level 1

Discover the urgent research and innovation taking place to design a future for fashion that is both stylish and sustainable. It brings together a diversity of designers from across the fashion industry who are revolutionising the way we create, make, and wear clothes.
Location: Level 2

A free display of new design research responding to the climate crisis. This year's Design Researchers in Residence responded to the theme of ‘Artificial’, questioning the limits of human-centred design in a more-than-human climate crisis. Free entry.
Location: Level 2

Designer Maker User is an introduction to the museum’s collection, looking at the development of modern design through these three interconnected roles. Free entry.
Location: Level 2

Displayed on our tri-wall on Level 2, Fables for our Time is a triptych of stories about environmental urgencies, that uses folktales and a new collection of emoji to examine humanity’s relationship with the natural environment.
Location: Level 2

Visit our garden and explore a vibrant collection of birdhouses by some of London’s most innovative designers. Responding to the challenge of reimagining the humble birdhouse, the display brings together a feast of materials, shapes and concepts. Each creates a space for our feathered friends to live in, and for humans to reflect upon.

Discover what else is coming up.

Some of our exhibitions tour to museums and galleries nationally and internationally.

Discover 25 years of the Design Museum exhibitions.

Donate an exhibition ticket

Did you know that the Design Museum has a funding scheme to donate tickets to community groups? Ticket Mate Fund partners with charities and organisations to distribute free exhibition tickets in the local community.