About In Bloom

Play and interact with musical light sculpture 'In Bloom' at the National Museum of Rural Life.

On display in the museum’s Garden Detectives gallery, 'In Bloom' was developed by art studio Kumquat Lab to represent a plant being pollinated.

The sculpture resembles the stems of a plant with ten luminous spheres as its flowers. Pass your hands under the flower-spheres to ‘pollinate’ them, and watch as they change colour and play a musical note.

See how the colour of each sphere changes to mirror the rising notes they play, and interact with the sculpture alone or with others for a unique light and sound experience for all ages.

Accessibility and facilities

Getting around the museum

The museum galleries and displays are accessible via lifts and a continuous ramp at a gradient of 1:16.

Lift dimensions can be found on the AccessAble website.

You can check our museum map or ask a member of our Visitor Experience team for the nearest lift.

Facilities

There are toilets on both floors of the museum. These include accessible toilets and baby changing facilities.

The toilets on the first floor are situated to the left of the information desk as you enter the museum. The toilets on the ground floor are next to the People gallery.

Seating

There is seating throughout the main museum building if you need a rest.

Lighting and noise

The lighting levels in some of the galleries are low for the protection of the exhibits.

Visit our accessibility page for full access information for the National Museum of Rural Life.

Supported by

In Bloomis supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Site Menu.

In Bloom

About In Bloom

Accessibility and facilities

Supported by

Plan your visit

Plan your visit

You might also like

Relaxed Morning: National Museum of Rural Life

Tractor Tots

Spring Explorers