Techniquest

Stuart Street
Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan
CF10 5BW
Wales

Website

www.techniquest.org

E-mail

marketing@techniquest.org

Telephone

029 20475475

Fax

029 20482517

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Techniquest exhibition floor
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Where can you launch a rocket, sink an oil rig, move half a ton of granite and study a colony of ants…all in one day? Techniquest, the hands-on science centre in Cardiff Bay.
The educational charity has well over 120 interactive exhibits on its main exhibition floor from a hot air balloon, and hydrogen rocket, down to chunky puzzles which challenge you to solve them.
There’s also a Science Theatre – which stages curriculum linked shows for schools during term time…and shows for all the family at weekends and in the holidays.

Techniquest also has a Planetarium, which means that you can gaze at the night sky – whatever the time of day, or weather.

Venue Type:

Museum, Science centre, Environmental or ecological centre, Architecture centre

 Opening hours

09.30-16.30 schooldays
10.00-17.00 all other times

 Admission charges

See website

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Auditorium
  • Cafeteria
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Stuart Street
Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan
CF10 5BW
Wales

Website

www.techniquest.org

E-mail

marketing@techniquest.org

Telephone

029 20475475

Fax

029 20482517

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Natural Sciences, Science and Technology

Stuart Street
Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan
CF10 5BW
Wales

Website

www.techniquest.org

E-mail

marketing@techniquest.org

Telephone

029 20475475

Fax

029 20482517

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Virtual Exhibits

http://www.techniquest.org/virtual/#

 Face to face resources

School visits

Techniquest's location – in the redeveloped Cardiff Bay – is ideal for a complete range of learning opportunities in science, geography, history, and more. Techniquest provides education programmes appropriate to schoolchildren of all ages, from Foundation Phase to A-level.
Every visiting school group can see a show or presentation in the Science Theatre or Planetarium, or take part in a workshop in the Laboratory (subject to availability). The exhibition has over 120 interactive exhibits that cover all aspects of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). Please allow 2 ½ hours for your visit.
School visits are so well organised that teachers can relax and focus on the learnin

How to obtain

For more details call our bookings team on 029 20 475476
Cost generally £3.95 for pupils, supervising adults admitted free of charge.

 Resources

Toddler Days

http://www.techniquest.org/whatson/cardiff_toddlers.php

Techniquest in Cardiff invites parents to bring their little ones to this special day specifically designed both for parents and toddlers. For just £4.60 per adult (toddlers are admitted free of charge) parents can enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee in our café. Special activities for toddlers include storytelling and Make and Take activities on the exhibition floor. Techniquest is buggy-friendly, with nappy-changing facilities, lockers and a café that can heat baby food and milk.

How to obtain

An adult's entrance to Toddler Days cost £4.60 and toddlers are free. Friends of Techniquest are admitted free of charge. Groups of 10 or more should book in advance by calling 02920 475476.

Stuart Street
Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan
CF10 5BW
Wales

Website

www.techniquest.org

E-mail

marketing@techniquest.org

Telephone

029 20475475

Fax

029 20482517

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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