Techniquest
🏴 Science discovery centre in Cardiff, UK
🧬 Charity
🔥 Live science shows
🪐 Planetarium shows
🥽 Lab workshops
🌍 www.techniquest.org
🔗 linktr.ee/Techniquest
- Coming to Home Ed Day next week for the first time? Don't forget to take advantage of the Home Educator Adult Pass — pay once and your adult ticket is free for 12 months 🙌 📆 Wed 11 Feb 2026 10am–5pm 🎫 BOGOF on Live Science Shows techniquest.org/events/home-educato…
- Tickets selling fast! 💕 Book now for Adult Lates: The Love Lab on Thursday 12 Feb 7pm — with even more exciting details just announced 👇 🎤 Live music from Queenie May 💋 Lip Balm Workshop 💘 Valentine’s crafts ❓ A love-themed quiz 🔎 Take a closer look at a real heart 🧪 Live science experiments
- Young superheroes assemble for Toddler Day next week! 🦸 Storytime and make your own superhero mask to take home 🙌 Superhero dress up encouraged 😃 techniquest.org/events/toddler-day/
- Looking for a quieter, calmer way to explore Techniquest? 💤 Our Relaxed Sessions are designed for visitors who prefer a less crowded, low-sensory environment. With adjusted lighting, reduced noise, and a welcoming atmosphere, you can enjoy hands-on science at your own pace…
- Only two more weekends to don your lab-coat and become a super-detective! 🔎 🔬 “Crime Lab” workshop £2.50 add-on to admission 🙎 Age 7+ 🎫 techniquest.org/events/crime-lab/
- 🚨 Tickets have been released for February half-term and all the way up to 27 March 🚨 Book early to secure your half-term spot! Extended opening hours 9am–6pm 🙌 See what’s on techniquest.org/discover/whats-on/
- New year, new opportunity for us to win £1,000 towards our charitable work. Simply enter our name to nominate us to win — it takes less than a minute! movementforgood.com #MovementForGood
- A little birdie told us that @rspb.bsky.social will be with us this Sunday 18 January ahead of the Big Garden Watch on 23–25 Jan 👀 Check them out on the exhibition floor and join in their various activities throughout the day 🐦
- 🛑 Next Stop: Toddler Day Fri 16 Jan 👶 Join us for a magical day of big-kid free exploring, stories, music and hands-on fun! 🐧 Storytime + Make & Take: Poles Apart An adventure with penguins, and make your own snow person. 💷 £3.50 per child
- If you can, here’s the science behind why it’s not that weird! 👇 As temperatures drop, the air becomes drier and molecules move slower, making scents travel differently. That crisp “winter smell” is also boosted by decaying leaves releasing earthy compounds like geosmin… #FactOfTheDay #ScienceFact
- Future rocket scientists and curious minds alike — BLAST OFF! is back 🚀 Join us on weekends this January for our popular live science show as we dive into the challenges and discoveries awaiting us on the journey to space... £2.50 add–on.
- Home Educators: why not kickstart the year with a visit to TQ Home Ed Day next week 👇 💯 Our live science show is all about MATHS 🪐 Star Tours & Little Bear in the planetarium 🧬 DNA Decoded lab workshop 📆 Wed 14 Jan 10am–5pm
- We will be closed all of this week for a post Christmas spruce up (excuse the pun!) 🧼 Back open Saturday 10 January at 10am – we can’t wait for you to join us in 2026! Book your tickets at techniquest.org
- Today, you may be lucky to catch the supermoon, also known as the “Wolf Moon” - look to the east at sunset for a spectacular sight 🤞
- Happy New Year 🥳 We loved every second of 2025 — so much so, we put it into a BLOG! 👇 techniquest.org/blog/our-2025-year-… Here’s to making more fun memories in 2026 💙
- If you’re feeling the need to get out of the house, but don’t fancy lots of noise, why not book our ‘relaxed session’ on Sunday 4 January - it’s the usual Techniquest experience but dialled down a little. Book the 10am or 11am slot.
- Reposted by Techniquest🚀 To the moon, our solar system, the stars and beyond. See our Honorary Fellow, Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, deliver this year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, from today on BBC Four, iPlayer and YouTube: rigb.org/christmas-lectures
- Reposted by TechniquestOnly a few hours to the massive 200th anniversary Christmas Lectures! 🎄 As an independent charity, we are grateful to our community of partners who help us make the Christmas Lectures happen: our title partner CGI, our supporting partner Aberdeen Investments, and our supporters UKRI and Viasat.
- Cabin fever setting in? 🤪 Head down to the Bay for some fresh air, then pop into Techniquest to burn off energy and give those grey cells a workout too 💪 Open at 10am!
- Merry Christmas, everyone 🎄 Here’s a favourite creation from our Create & Shape Zone 😃 Here’s to sparking lots more curiosity and creativity in 2026 🙌
- Who remembers when Santa and his reindeer touched down on our solar panels to recharge this time last year? Fingers crossed he does the same again and we may just get a glimpse 🤩 Happy Christmas Eve, everyone 🎄
- The diamond is missing 💎👀 A terrible theft has happened at Techniquest, and it’s up to you to don your lab coat and become a super-sleuth! 🕵️♂️ Book into our latest lab workshop CRIME LAB - on weekends in January from 27 Dec. techniquest.org/events/crime-lab/
- No more stuff! Why not give the experience of 'play' as a gift this year? 🎁 Send a gift voucher straight to their inbox with a personalised message! Click here to buy: tickets.techniquest.org/gift-vouchers/23078…
- Today, comet 31/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth, which is only the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system! ☄️ Get your telescopes out! (link to read more in comments)
- It’s Twins Day 👯 Here are 5 competitive exhibits for twins (or siblings/ friends/ parents alike!) 👇 ⭐️ Rocket Launcher ⭐️ Hanging Bar ⭐️ Wiggly Wire ⭐️ Pull yourself up! ⭐️ You against the World Tell us your favourite exhibit to do as a pair 👇
- On this day in 1903 in North Carolina, the Wright brothers made the first sustained motorised flight for 12 seconds! Orville piloted the plane while Wilbur ran alongside the craft. #shouldhaveusedreindeers 😉
- 🎄🎄 Our Christmas opening hours are 10am–5pm from Friday 19 December until 4 January* 🎄🎄 And don’t forget, Santa is visiting every weekend before Christmas! (*Closed 24–26 December and 1 January)
- Today and tomorrow (13/14 Dec), the Geminid meteor shower will be peaking in the skies… this meteor shower is known for being bright and colourful, made up of debris trailing the asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Let us know if you see it!
- Thanks to those who came to last night’s event Adults Only: A Big Kid’s Christmas – what a brilliant night full of festive cheer 🎄🥂 Plans are already underway for our next one around Valentine’s Day – here are a few snaps from last year’s “Love You To The Moon & Back” 💘
- Cardiff Bay is sparkling with festive magic✨ If you’re heading down to enjoy the lights, a hot choc or bite to eat, don’t forget to check out what else is on! From catching Santa at TQ, to bumping into T-Rex at the Red Dragon Centre 🦖, there’s plenty to discover! 👉 www.visitcardiffbay.info/events
- On this day 1815, Ada Lovelace was born. In 1843, she wrote what’s widely recognised as the world’s first computer program, decades before computers as we know them existed! Her insight that machines could follow instructions (and even be creative!) laid foundations for modern computing 💻
- There’s one more week to help us win £1000! Simply enter our name to nominate us to win – it takes less than a minute! movementforgood.com
- Big thanks to the families who've visited for Home Ed Days in 2025 🙌 We’ve covered everything from oceans to space in our live science shows, forensics to brain surgery in our lab workshops and we’ve journeyed to the moon and beyond via our planetarium! 😄 Let us know your favourite part 👇
- Just TWO SLEEPS – are you coming? 🥳 Last few tickets remaining 🎫 Grab your besties, and come and have a play on the exhibits with a drink in hand, live music, magical science, Christmas crafts and super-fun activities! Book now techniquest.org/events/adult-lates-…
- Our naughty elves are ready for the Festive Family Party this weekend, are you? Still a few tickets left 🥳 Come and celebrate with the family after dark – there’ll be live science, Christmas crafts & activities, and Santa will be doing the rounds if your little one would like to meet him 🎅 🤳
- It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Coffee Mania 🎄 Be sure to swing by for a festive hot drink and a tasty treat—the perfect way to recharge during your Techniquest visit! 🍰☕️
- Stuck for Christmas gifts? 🎁 Why not pop in to our shop in the Bay for some unique stocking fillers and brilliant STEM-related gifts for the loved ones in your life! Slime, fidgets, puzzles, science books — and some adorable cuddly toys!
- Santa has arrived at Techniquest 🎅🏼🙌 Book your tickets for weekends before the big day to meet him and grab a Santa selfie 🤳 www.techniquest.org
- It’s #DisabilityDay, a chance to highlight how we’re working to make Techniquest welcoming and accessible for all. 💬 “There was a quiet place for my daughter, which was brilliant as she’s autistic.” 💬 “A really nice, cheerful place for kids and accessible for wheelchairs.”
- News just in! We have the amazing Florence Knight performing at Xmas Adult Lates on December 11th 🎵🎵 PLUS Super-fun busking activities on the floor which may or may not involve FIRE 🔥 and CHOCOLATE 🍫 🎫 Early Bird SOLD OUT. Tickets £17 incl. welcome drink.
