Science Dino-mite

Dates: 2nd December to 2nd January 2024 Weekends and school holidays
Location: Science Centre
Duration:
Tickets: Included with admission

Enjoy the sights, sounds and science of Christmas past - way past - with the return of Science Dino-mite!

As well as all the usual Science Centre fun, there’ll be even more on offer to excite all ages.

What’s included with your general admission ticket:

  • Dino dig
  • Dino discovery fossil handling
  • Dino interactive activity trail
  • Dino character walk abouts and photo opportunities
  • Free live science show, The Dino Show
  • Two floors of exciting hands-on exhibits
  • Huge demos in Science Live
  • Nature adventures in Bio:Space


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Our Dino Rangers have sprinkled prehistoric cheer ready for a Jurassic adventure this festive season.

Mini palaeontologists are needed to join the Science Centre excavation team in Dino Dig. Grab a brush and start digging to find signs of dinosaurs. And over in Dino Discovery there’s a real fossil handling collection waiting to be discovered. Come and hold real and replica dinosaur fossils that show what these amazing creatures might have been like millions of years ago.

Trixie the baby Triceratops will be out and about meeting friends and posing for some t-riffic photos. And there’s some roar-cus fun in store in the Dino Interactive Activity Trail. How many dinos will you spot on your adventure around the Science Centre?

Get set for some Brontosaurus-sized fun in the brand new live science show, The Dino Show! Join us on a prehistoric adventure to find out how similar dinosaurs are to humans. We’ll be using dino-mite demos and experiments to get to the bottom of what dinosaur head crests and our vocal chords have in common and how both dinosaurs and humans evolved and adapted to their environments. Nothing is going to tricera-top this.

Over in the Planetarium we'll be zooming around space and exploring the Solar System. In live show, Space Rocks!, join us for an out-of-this-world adventure through space as we discover the planets, stars, asteroids and comets that share our Solar System with us. And in subtitled film show, We Are Aliens, join colourful characters on an epic ride through space hunting for evidence of alien life.*

And don’t forget all the other hands-on fun on offer! Discover more about sound, hearing and vibration on the upper floor. Climb inside a giant guitar. Explore the acoustic rocket. And even learn some British Sign Language. On the lower floor blast off on a journey through Explorer:Space. Discover more about what it’s like to live and work in space in our interactive space zone.

*Please note, the Planetarium is an additional £4 cost

Want to enjoy even more festive fun this Christmas?

Upgrade your general admission ticket and blast off on a live-action family festive space adventure at Cosmic Christmas. Watch as Christmas comes to life through an immersive theatrical experience like no other. Live science, magical effects and an out-of-this-world journey through space on the Planetarium dome will come together as a brand new original Christmas tale comes alive. Then let your anticipation build as you meet the man himself and receive a special Christmas gift.

Showtimes

10:30am

11:30am

12:30pm

1:30pm

2:30pm

3:30pm (not so noisy)

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