Museum of Design in Plastics
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Current Exhibition: Seen and unseen
Many plastics objects carry out their jobs in a quiet, understated, unseen way, for example, protective helmets, road signs, and car bumpers. If they do their jobs well, they often function without consideration even when they are in plain sight. There are many unseen applications where plastics are used because of their specialist properties. These applications include leakproof water and gas pipes, and electrically insulating cable covers hidden in the floors, walls, and streets all around us.
This exhibition considers objects which are literally out of sight, along side objects where the materials used may simply be unnoticed.
Before your visit to MoDiP please check for any planned closures advertised on the visiting us page.
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MoDiP collection
The MoDiP collection offers a wide spectrum of objects, from the 19th, 20th & 21st centuries, which illustrate the role of plastics against social and historical contexts.
PHS collection
The Plastics Historical Society, which was formed in 1986, is an independent society affiliated to the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Horners collection
The Worshipful Company of Horners is both an ancient craft guild and a modern City of London Institution promoting the interests of the polymer industry.
Visiting MoDiP
MoDiP has a number of resources which you might find useful:
- To find out more about the museum including an introductory video see About us
- To see what we have in the collection see Collections
- View our physical and digital Learning resources
- To find out more about accessing the collection during our closure please Contact us
We welcome individual and group visits.
The museum is on the first floor of the Arts University Bournemouth library and can be accessed via a lift. For more information about coming to the museum for a visit, to do research, or have a group session, click on the link below.
![Studying the collection](/sites/default/files/styles/dp_large/public/images/front/Focus%20group%202018%20hi%20res_11.jpg?itok=IqGnn3sh)