How cities work

Enter an immersive cityscape full of magical, tactile experiences to discover how the city works. Peek inside buildings, duck underground, and explore the streets to find out what’s going on above your head and beneath your feet.

This spectacular exhibition has been developed in collaboration with illustrator and city fanatic James Gulliver Hancock, and is adapted from the bestselling book How Cities Work from Lonely Planet Kids.

See and hear the city come to life with interactive animations, bustling sounds and something new to uncover on every street corner.

Pop on a hard hat and step onto a lively construction site, design your ultimate building of the future or make the city move from day to night at your fingertips. What will you create? It’s the city as you’ve never experienced it before!

Recommended for children aged 2 to 8 years.

Tour history

Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
10 June – 8 October 2023

Orange Regional Museum, NSW
9 April – 17 July 2022

Leeton Art Gallery & Museum, NSW
6 November 2021 – 31 January 2022

National Wool Museum, Geelong, VIC
23 November 2020 – 11 July 2021

The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, QLD
28 February – 30 August 2020

Past exhibition

  • Past exhibition

This exhibition toured from 2020 to 2023.