Magna Science Adventure Centre

Magna Science Adventure Centre
Sheffield Road
Templeborough
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 1DX
England

Website

www.visitmagna.co.uk

E-mail

info@magnatrust.co.uk

Telephone

01709 720002

Fax

01709 820092

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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150 foot high and a third of a mile long, the £46m Lottery funded Millennium Commission project, Magna is the UK’s first Science Adventure Centre.

Inside the building, the Magna experience is divided into six parts - Four architecturally stunning and gadget-packed pavilions and two multimedia shows. The pavilions are themed around the four elements.

Earth is an enormous underground cave, reached by low winding tunnels and alleys, the Air pavilion is a 50 foot long ‘zeppelin’ ominously suspended 100 foot overhead, the Water attractions are housed within a gigantic, elegant steel wave and the Fire pavilion is a charred, darkened area surrounded by lightning storms and walls of fire.

Linked by suspended walkways, scissor lifts, stairs and tunnels, each of the pavilions are jam-packed with challenges and games relating to the elemental themes. Race to move rocks with a JCB or explode a rock face in Earth and target giant water canons in Water.

In Air you can spin on the gyroscopic chair and in Fire you can watch an awe-inspiring 5-metre high fire tornado – these are to name but a few.

The two Multimedia shows are a testament to the spiritual roots of the building. Formerly the famous Templeborough Steelworks, the cavernous shed was once the
workplace of 10,000 steelworkers and the recipient of a telegram from PM Jim Callaghan for its services to the industry. These shows bring to life the sounds, sights and intense atmosphere that earned Templeborough the nickname – ‘The Anvil of South Yorkshire’.

The first show is ‘The Face Of Steel’ a 100 foot high floor-to-ceiling 3-D collection of projected film and imagery, this is the largest multi-media display in the UK. Climb amongst the screens and sounds to reach the main walkway and access to the pavilions within heart of the building.

The second show – ‘The Big Melt’ is undoubtedly one of Magna’s most breathtaking features. Heard and seen from almost every part of the building, the show is set around the original Arc furnace, unused since the days of Sheffield’s booming steel industry. In a pyrotechnic and audio display powerful enough to shake everything underfoot and overhead, the steel making process is perfectly re-created (except for the absence of thousands of tons of molten steel of course and the melting temperatures!).

Venue Type:

Science centre

Opening hours

10am-5pm Daily (Check website for seasonal closure dates)

Closed: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day

Admission charges

Please see our website for admission charges: www.visitmagna.co.uk

General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • 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
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Study facilities
Commercial and hire services
  • Licensed for weddings
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Please visit our website at www.visitmagna.co.uk for up to date lists of special events and temporary exibitions. Corporate hire is also avalable, information on request.

Magna Science Adventure Centre
Sheffield Road
Templeborough
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 1DX
England

Website

www.visitmagna.co.uk

E-mail

info@magnatrust.co.uk

Telephone

01709 720002

Fax

01709 820092

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

Architecture, Aviation, Design, Industry, Natural Sciences, Performing Arts, Science and Technology, Social History

Magna Science Adventure Centre
Sheffield Road
Templeborough
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 1DX
England

Website

www.visitmagna.co.uk

E-mail

info@magnatrust.co.uk

Telephone

01709 720002

Fax

01709 820092

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.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

Behind the Scenes Steelworks Tour at Magna

16 May 2010

Join us at Magna as we give you the chance to delve further into the heart of this vast steelworks and join a behind the scenes steelworks tour. The Tour will be led by an ex-steelworker and will conclude with a pie and pea supper in the Fuel Restaurant.
Magna will stay open from 10.00am – 9.00pm with the tour taking place 7.00pm – 9.00pm.
Tickets for the Behind the scenes tours are £15.00 per adult and £10.00 per child and will include the pie and pea supper.
Behind the Scenes tours are advised for children 12years and over.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

When

10am-9pm

Where

Magna

Admission

General Magna admissions will apply.
visitors wishing to take part in the Behind the Scenes tour and not the Magna attraction cad do at £15.00 per adult and £10.00per child

Magna Science Adventure Centre
Sheffield Road
Templeborough
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 1DX
England

Website

www.visitmagna.co.uk

E-mail

info@magnatrust.co.uk

Telephone

01709 720002

Fax

01709 820092

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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