The MAD Museum, Stratford upon Avon

Go MAD in 2012 for Stratford’s newest, most exciting Attraction!

The MAD (Mechanical Art and Design) Museum is based on Sheep Street in Stratford-upon-Avon and houses an intriguing collection of weird and wonderful Kinetic Art, Automata and Steampunk machines from selected artists all over the world. Perfect for the whole family, The MAD Museum contains something to suit all ages and interests. Come and immerse yourself in a wacky world full of quirky creations, intelligent design and interactive entertainment!

For the uninitiated the definitions for the type of art the museum displays are:

- Kinetic Art: Art in motion
- Automata: Self-operating mechanical contraptions
- Steampunk: Intricately elaborate Victorian machines revived with a modern twist

As well as loads of crazy machines consisting of clever movement and smart self-operating mechanical contraptions, The MAD Museum also features awe-inspiring contraptions built up from heavily intricate systems of cogs, nuts and bolts. Think Health Robinson mixed with a Scrapheap Challenge and a hotchpotch of futurist mechanisms and then stir it all up with mind blowing creativity and ingenuity.

The MAD Museum showcases more 100 pieces; both large and small over the space of two floors, there is also a MAD garden full of quirky wind and water sculptures. This museum is set to be the only permanent exhibition of its kind in the UK. Come and see internationally celebrated artists like Willi Reiche, Pascal Bettex, Jennifer Townley and Patrice Hubert, to name but a few!

The MAD Museum is a wonderful place to experience and interact with an extraordinary assortment of both modern and old fashioned, yet highly innovative, machines! It’s an all round pleaser for the whole family (including budding scientists, artists and engineers!), not only does it provide loads of interactive fun, it will interest those who are fascinated by physics, design and clever intricate moving contraptions.