We’re celebrating 40 years of discovery this year 🥳 We’d love to hear your Techniquest memories, funny stories or favourite exhibits from the last four decades. Head to https://www.techniquest.org/techniquest-at-40-share-your-memories/ to share yours ❤️

On this day in 1840, this photograph of our moon is snapped by famed British-born American scientist John William Draper. It’s the first known photograph of our natural satellite!

Happy Mother’s Day 💐 This year, as well as a cuppa in bed (of course!) why not bring Mum to Techniquest for a day of family fun! Because the best memories are the ones you discover together 💜 🎫 www.techniquest.org

What’s cracking this Easter at Techniquest? 🐣 Why not come and make your own scented bath bombs in the Lab, be amazed by colourful chemistry in our science theatre, and star-gaze in our cosy planetarium! Just two weeks to go 🙌

Loved speaking at the Science Week Careers Fair for secondary schools with StemUntapped and @techniquest.org ✨ So many brilliant questions from students about STEM careers.

This weekend, join one of our team on the exhibition floor to help them de-mystify the crazy world of AI 🤖 [Included in your general admission ticket! Book ahead at techniquest.org]

Today marks the start of #BritishScienceWeek 🧪 Check out britishscienceweek.org for FREE activity packs for all ages, as well as fun facts and even a poster competition!

Tag your engineering friend 💛 #WorldEngineeringDay

Come to our next Home Ed day on Wed 11 March where we’ll explore fairytales, Wales' role in STEM, faraway galaxies and fantastic forces! Adults only pay once for the whole year if you enrol in our Home Educator Adult Pass scheme 😮

Check out all the fun we have planned!👇 💤 Relaxed session: Sun 1 March (10am–12pm) 👶 Toddler Day: Fri 6 March 🧑‍🧑‍🧒 Home Ed Day: Wed 11 March 💥 Bubbles & Blasts live science show until 15 March 💙 Colourful Chemistry live science show from 21 March 🫧 Bath Bomb lab workshop 🧸 Little Bear planetarium show

New Ticket Alert 🎫 ⏰ Get your Techniquest tickets from the start of the Easter holidays, 28th March, all the way up to 22nd May. Check what’s on this spring and book now: https://www.techniquest.org/discover/whats-on/

NEW TODDLER DAY ACTIVITY 📢✨ Get cosy in our snug Planetarium for a story under the night sky and an adventure into space! 📚🚀  (book as an add-on for £2 per person) The Mini Movement will also be joining us for music fun 🎶 ⏰ When? Fri 6 March 10am–5pm. 😃 Who? Under 3s go FREE.

Half-term taken it out of you? 😆 Join us for our next Relaxed Session on Sunday 1 March (10am or 11am) 💙 A calmer way to explore Techniquest, with reduced noise and lighting — we also have sensory packs for hire from the front desk.

Have you spotted RSPB at Techniquest recently? 🦉 They’ve been chatting to our visitors about conservation of birds and nature and what we can all do to protect our wildlife. We’ll be working with @rspbcymru.bsky.social again in the future. Keep your eyes peeled! 👀 #sustainability #rspb

Here’s a fun horse-y fact: The term “horsepower” was coined by engineer James Watt to explain steam engine power using something people already understood – horses! #ChineseNewYear #YearOfTheHorse

Hello half-term 🤩 Visiting Techniquest this week? Just a reminder that we are extending the fun by opening earlier (from 9am) and closing later (at 6pm) ALL WEEK 🙌 Book ahead to avoid disappointment! www.techniquest.org #HalfTerm #cardiff #whatsoncardiff

Half-term plans sorted? 👀 ⏰ A note for the early birds and the snoozers… we open one hour earlier and close one hour later during half-term week. Are you joining us? 🎉 9am–6pm daily Book ahead at http://www.techniquest.org

Celebrating 10 years of Women & Girls in Science Day and here’s to inspiring future scientists, engineers and perhaps an astronaut or two 🪐

🌪️Fancy creating mini tornadoes or making corks POP with dry ice?! Then ‘Air & Flare’ is for you 😄 Our lab workshop (age 7+) is running during weekends in Feb and every day in the half-term holidays 🧪 Perfect for budding scientists… book tickets today! https://www.techniquest.org/events/air-flare/

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 https://www.techniquest.org/events/home-educator-session/

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 😃 https://www.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+ 🎫 https://www.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 https://www.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! https://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! 👇 https://www.techniquest.org/blog/our-2025-year-in-review/ 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.

🚀 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: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures

Only 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. https://www.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: https://tickets.techniquest.org/gift-vouchers/230782?navItem=827683

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 💻