Join our free ‘Art & Airships’ Creative Forum
14 Sep 2021
Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity
Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity – Virtual Exhibition
18 Aug 2021
Take a virtual tour around Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity
Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity – Book Publication
22 Jul 2021 
School Resources
Want to teach your students about Bedford's Airship Heritage? Click here for our schools pack
25 Jun 2021
Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity: Launching 10th July 2021 at The Higgins, Bedford
10 May 2021
An immersive artwork and community-curated exhibition opening 10th July 2021 at The Higgins, Bedford
Airship Dreamers Club
Find out more about Airship Dreamers and explore our fun activities for children and young people
22 Mar 2021
Airship Dreamers: Make An Airship Model With Bethany
We're joined by Bethany who will take us step by step through making an airship model.
25 Feb 2021
Airship Dreamers: Adam’s Science of Flight
Airship Dreamers Club speak to Adam about the science of flight
22 Oct 2020
Airship Dreamers: Rachael Rogan on airships in literature
Literary expert Rachael Rogan takes us through the best children's books featuring airships
22 Oct 2020
Airship Dreamers: Author Vashti Hardy
Author Vashti Hardy talks about her Brightstorm adventure books
22 Oct 2020
Airship Dreamers: Make your own airship mobile
Sita Thomas presents 'how to make your own airship mobile' with artist Mique
22 Oct 2020
Airship Dreamers: Parachute experiment
Sita Thomas and Kristina Castle show us how to make a parachute for a fun experiment
22 Oct 2020
Airship Dreamers: Film cannister rocket
Kristina from Little Science Lab shows us how to make a rocket and conduct an experiment!
22 Oct 2020
Airship Dreamers: Paper Straw Rocket
Sita is joined by Kristina from Little Science Lab who explains how to make a paper rocket
22 Oct 2020
Airship Dreamers: Jane on storytelling
Storyteller Jane Lambourne explains how to create your own airship tale
22 Oct 2020
Creative Lab: Behind the scenes
A short film documenting our Airship Dreams artists creative workshop for next year's art exhibition
21 Oct 2020
BBC Coverage of Airship Dreams
BBC Look East cover R101 90th anniversary incl. interviews with Airship Dreams artist Mike Stubbs
5 Oct 2020
R101 Stories
A short 'unboxing' film featuring an R101 airship historian and the son of R101 survivor J H Binks
5 Oct 2020
Dr Nina Baker Unboxing video
Engineering historian Dr Nina Baker unboxes her airship treasures, with Sita Thomas presenting
22 Sep 2020
R100 90th Anniversary: Top 10 Facts
Lydia Saul from The Higgins Bedford shares some fun R100 facts
29 Jul 2020
R100: Cardington to Canada and Back – with Roger Allton
To celebrate the R100's 90th anniversary Roger Allton tells the story of its maiden voyage to Canada
28 Jul 2020
R100: Building Barnes Wallis’ Giant
Alastair Lawson and Roger Allton from AHT explain how the R100 was made.
28 Jul 2020
About Airship Dreams
Find out more about Airship Dreams, BCA's new place-making project.
2 Jul 2020
Elaine talks Airship Dreams on BBC 3CR
Elaine Midgley, BCA Director, speaks to BBC Three Counties Radio about Airship Dreams!
19 Jun 2020
“Unboxing” video by Alastair Lawson
Sita Thomas presents our first Unboxing video for Airship Dreams!
19 Jun 2020
An introduction to Bedford’s Airship History
Presenter Sita Thomas introduces Bedford's fascinating airship history
19 Jun 2020
Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity is an artistic enquiry into Bedford’s identity as the historical centre of the UK’s airship industry, led by artist Mike Stubbs. Following a call-out to the local community to share memories, artefacts and ideas around the airship for an online archive, the project will culminate in a two-fold exhibition at Higgins Bedford in July 2021, which will bring together innovative digital contemporary art and exciting new community sourced displays, presenting and celebrating the pioneering vision of airship development of the decades.
Supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England, Bedford College, Harpur Trust and Airship Heritage Trust.
