The future of food will be revealed in a new exhibition that showcases over 100 bizarre objects – from 3,500-year-old Egyptian bread to cricket burgers and cell-grown salmon.
The interactive event invites visitors to ask themselves the question: What future do you want for your plate and planet?
It looks at the past and present to form a view of the future.
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The exhibition explores how we grow, produce, shop and eat food – and how science can help provide more sustainable practices.
There are also showcase “food milestones” – such as the creation of the first Quorn burger and the first beef steak “grown outside of a cow”.
Visitors will learn stories about everyday foods – like the trademarked McNugget – and the history of farming and the challenging legacy humans now face.
Among the objects displayed is a “fragile” potato leaf collected during the Irish potato famine, as reported by What’s The Jam.
Other items include flu-resistant chicken, a collection of farmland bees and a pressure cooker bioreactor/mini incubator, which formed part of ‘The Shojinmeat Project’.
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The exhibition will also explore biotechnologies that could transform how we create food, the history and future of ecological food production and feature insightful stories from farmers, scientists and community leaders.
The Future of Food is being held at the Science Museum in London from 24 July 2025 to 4 January 2026.
The event, which is aimed at ages seven and up, is free.
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