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Airships XR - May Pop Up Experience

Saturday, 16 May 2026

Time
11:00 - 16:00
Venue
The Higgins, Bedford, MK40 3XD
Price
Free - Please book time slot

Discover Bedford’s airship story in this free pop-up experience that features Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality technology.

Step inside history and explore what it was like to design, fly, and investigate these incredible engineering feats.

Expect to:

Explore a multi-room immersive airship gallery
Step back in time with Virtual Reality into human scale physical environments
Interact with 3D models and the stories behind them as Augmented Reality
Access to a selection of archive, experimental, instructional and generative AI films.

To make the most of this new and exciting experience and to avoid having to wait on the day (we have a limited number of headsets), we highly recommend booking a slot in advance!

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Venue

The Higgins
Castle Lane
Bedford
MK40 3XD

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Dates

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