Techniquest

Techniquest Celebrating 40 years of discovery
💡100+ hands-on exhibits
🫟 New for 2026: Create & Shape zone
💥 Live science shows
🪐 Planetarium
🧑‍🔬 Lab workshops
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Techniquest is the UK’s longest established science centre. Founded in 1986, by Professor John Beetlestone and his colleagues from Cardiff University, its first site was the gas showroom opposite Cardiff Castle. In 1988 it moved to a pre-fabricated industrial building in Cardiff Bay, with 100 exhibits; it was here that it launched its education programmes for schools. In 1995 it moved to its curre

nt site, the UK’s first purpose-built science centre, in Cardiff Bay. The building was formerly a heavy engineering plant; Paul Koralek of ABK Architects designed Techniquest around the framework of the original building. TECHNIQUEST TODAY
Techniquest builds its own exhibits in its workshops in Cardiff. It is one of the leading commercial exhibit builders in the UK, selling exhibits and programmes to science centres around the world. This commercial activity is an essential income stream for delivering Techniquest’s mission. Techniquest was the first science centre in the UK to have Governing Member status in the Association of Science and Technology Centres (ASTC).

E=TQ² : anyone remember this original billboard promoting the ‘new' Techniquest?Can you name the YEAR? 👇
27/05/2026

E=TQ² : anyone remember this original billboard promoting the ‘new' Techniquest?

Can you name the YEAR? 👇

Heatwave getting to you? 🥵Come and cool off in the hurricane 🌀 (oh, and we have air con too)
26/05/2026

Heatwave getting to you? 🥵

Come and cool off in the hurricane 🌀 (oh, and we have air con too)

25/05/2026

Sliding into half term be like…

Book now 🙌

Visiting us this week? Make sure you check out our new air-conditioned Create & Shape zone on the second floor! Where wi...
24/05/2026

Visiting us this week? Make sure you check out our new air-conditioned Create & Shape zone on the second floor! Where will your creativity lead you? 🧩🧱✏️

23/05/2026

Make it a day at the Bay this half term 🌊☀️

Did you know you can come and go as you please — simply keep your wristbands on, explore, pop out to the Bay for a walk or a re-fuel, then come back for more fun 🤩

Book your tickets now (Link in bio) 🧪

On Sale! After Hours is back in August for a solar eclipse afterparty 😎🥂Come and celebrate this rare celestial event wit...
22/05/2026

On Sale! After Hours is back in August for a solar eclipse afterparty 😎🥂

Come and celebrate this rare celestial event with like-minded folk. We’ll be hosting astronomy talks, planetarium shows and food and drink stalls, plus a games area in collaboration with Cardiff board game connoisseurs, Chance & Counters.

This is the closest the UK will get to a full eclipse until 2090!

📆 Wed 12 Aug, 7:30pm–11:00pm

🍸 Ages 18+

🎫 £12 Early Bird / £17 Regular

Book now! https://www.techniquest.org/events/after-hours-eclipsed/

Half term plans? If you have curious minds at home, come along to Techniquest! Here’s what’s on 👇🛁 Make your own Bath Bo...
19/05/2026

Half term plans? If you have curious minds at home, come along to Techniquest! Here’s what’s on 👇

🛁 Make your own Bath Bomb in the Lab
💥 Bubbles & Blasts Live Science Show
🧸 Little Bear Planetarium Show for under-7s
💫 Star Tours Planetarium Show for 7+
🌼 Create & Shape activities including origami, K’Nex & Spirographs
🤩 100+ hands-on interactive exhibits

Book ahead 🎫

15/05/2026

Happy !

We want to say a huge thanks to all the amazing families who visit Techniquest and make every day so special 💙

What better way to celebrate than joining us this weekend and make some new memories as a family – we can’t wait to welcome you!

Over two hundred years ago today, the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ was born 🕯️Here’s a fun fact you may not have known 👇Florence...
12/05/2026

Over two hundred years ago today, the ‘Lady with the Lamp’ was born 🕯️

Here’s a fun fact you may not have known 👇

Florence Nightingale invented a special type of chart (often called a coxcomb diagram) to show that more soldiers were dying from poor hygiene than from battle wounds - and it actually convinced the government to change hospital conditions during the Crimean War 📊

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‘A Lady with a lamp shall stand. In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic Womanhood.’

'Santa Filomena' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — 1857

🫶 We’re hiring! Join our team 🫶Love bringing science to life and sparking curiosity in others? You might be perfect for ...
11/05/2026

🫶 We’re hiring! Join our team 🫶

Love bringing science to life and sparking curiosity in others? You might be perfect for our Visitor Experience Presenter role.

Or maybe you’re super organised, people-focused, and excited about supporting events and education? Check out our Events & Outreach Administrator position.

⏳ Only one week left to apply - don’t miss out!

👉 https://www.techniquest.org/about/join-our-team/

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Techniquest, Stuart Street
Cardiff
CF105BW

Telephone

+442920475475

Website

http://www.linktr.ee/techniquest

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