Setting The Stage: 70 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest

About this event

Go behind the sequins of the world's largest live music event and discover how the magic really happens. For 70 years, the Eurovision Song Contest has been at the cutting edge of the biggest innovations in broadcasting, from colour television to LED technology and digital staging. This brand-new exhibition explores the science behind the spectacle, with stories from the performers, technicians and fans that have been at the heart of the Contest for the past seven decades. Setting the Stage: 70 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest is part of a wider programme of events and activities taking place at the museum throughout the year which bring to life themes of performance, stagecraft, and careers in broadcasting. The exhibition will feature a series of interactive displays, allowing visitors to get hands-on with the groundbreaking technologies at the centre of the Contest. An interactive Nil Points Jukebox, will invite visitors to better understand voting technology, giving them the opportunity to cast their vote to rank the competitions most iconic “zeroes”. The interactive offers an entry point into one of the Contest's most debated features; the voting system and its relationship to broader global relations. By revisiting performances that received few or no points, this exhibit considers how voting outcomes, shaped by audience participation and wider dynamics of influence within the Contest, have shaped its legacy. This summer take part in the family friendly activites at the Setting the Stage: Pop Academy 18 July - 31 August 2026. Image by Sarah Louise Bennett Free