Weekend plans, sorted 💪 🎟️ One ticket = unlimited entry all day (pop in and out as much as you like!) 🧬 Get hands-on with DNA in the KLA Lab 👻 Be spooked with live science at Ghoul School 🌟 Journey to the stars with new show ‘Little Bear’ or ‘Star Tours’ in the Planetarium

We’re so proud of our Community Engagement & Outreach Officer, Ana, who has been awarded Highly Commended for STEM Rising Star of the Year at the Wales STEM Awards. Llongyfarchiadau!

😱 Adult Lates: Shocktober Fest: are you in…? Tickets are selling spookily fast 💀 What to expect 👇 🧙‍♀️ Fancy dress comp (win 4x tickets to the next adults-only event!) 🥨🍺 Oktoberfest-style feast 🕷 Halloween trail 🎵 Live music 🧪 Spooky live science ✂️ Cursed crafts 📅 Thurs 30 Oct | 7pm till 10.30pm…

Please note we will be closed to the public for staff training on Friday 17 October in the afternoon, and back open on Saturday 18 October as normal! 🎫 Book for the weekend 👇 techniquest.org

Dare to join us for our fun family ‘Spooky Science Halloween Party’?? 👻 📅 25 Oct 5.30–8.30pm 🎫 £12 per person (under-3s go FREE!)  🎃 Trick or Treat Trail 🕷 Fancy Dress competition 💀 Halloween crafts and tattoos 🦇 'Ghoul School' live science show

Have you entered our #SpaceWeek competition yet? ☄️ 🪐 Simply guess the planet from our close-up shot and you could be the lucky winner of a family ticket PLUS planetarium entry during half-term week! Head to our 5th October Facebook post to enter http://bit.ly/4nMzoRN

Look up over the next few evenings and you may be lucky enough to see the incredible Draconid Meteor Shower ☄️ Click the link to read more, and watch the YouTube video all about it, too 👇

It’s #WorldSpaceWeek and the theme for 2025 is 'Living in Space'. Here’s a throwback photo to when the amazing RWCMD puppets took over in the summer – we explored how astronauts live on the ISS - cooking, eating, showering and even going to the toilet 🤩

Welcome back to Cardiff, Mr Tim Peake 👩‍🚀 You can catch him tonight (Mon 6 Oct) at the New Theatre Cardiff – head to their website for any last minute tickets! #TimPeake #Throwback #Astronaut

🚀 World Space Week Competition 🚀 Head over to our Facebook Page* to win an out-of-this-world prize for one lucky family… a family ticket for up to 5 people PLUS Planetarium entry during half-term week 🤩 👀 Simply guess which planet is hiding in this close-up photo!

Good luck to all the Cardiff Half Marathon runners tomorrow 🏃🏾 There are a few road closures around Techniquest due to be in place for the morning — see below for more information.

Relaxed session this Sunday? We’re here for it 😴 Oh ok not us, but you! You can enjoy all the fun of Techniquest, but at a slower pace, with less noise and lower lighting too. Book the 10am or 11am session on Sun 5 Oct* https://www.techniquest.org/events/relaxed-sessions/

Next week is Space Week! Tune in every day, where we’ll be sharing fun facts, events and there may even be some prizes to be won 🤩 To kick-start the fun, check out this new event ‘100 HOURS’ – a global stargazing event for budding astronomers starting TODAY!

If you’ve got it, HAUNT it! ✨👻 The one-month countdown to Shocktober Fest is ON… 🦇 🧙‍♀️ Fancy Dress Comp (win 4x tickets to the next Adults-only event) 🌭🥨🍺 OktoberFest-style Feast 🕷 Halloween Trail 🎵 Live Music 🧪 Spooky Live Science ✂️ Cursed Crafts

Explore, role-play, be amazed by live science and even work in the KLA Lab at Home Ed day next week 👩‍🔬 📅 Wed 8 October 10am–5pm 👀 BOGOF on Live Science Shows

Autumn has arrived, and the germs are creeping back in… 🦠 Just one week left to experience ‘Yucky You’, our ickiest live science show yet 🤢 – and discover the science behind those pesky germs, and what goes on inside our bodies! Grab your tickets now… if you can stomach it!

Big thanks to Wales247 for the feature! 🎃👻🧪 We’ve got plenty of spooktacular fun lined up this October — take a look at what’s in store 👇

👀 We currently have vacancies for Seasonal Staff and a Project Manager! “It was like being in a BIG family environment. I’ve enjoyed every day…” Fancy being part of the family? Click the link to read more & apply 👇

Tickets have been released for Oct half-term and all the way up to 18 Dec 🙌 Book early to secure your spot! As well as all of our brilliant hands-on exhibits, we’ll have 👇

Next Friday 3 October is Toddler Day 👶 Join us for big-kid free exploring, music with Happy Hands, and ‘Room on the Broom’ story-telling and make & take 🧹 Under 3s go free! 🎟 Book at https://www.techniquest.org/events/toddler-day/

It’s Fairtrade Fortnight! 🌱 Did you know that every cup of coffee, hot chocolate, and even the sugar at our on-site coffee shop Coffee Mania is Fairtrade? 🎃 Pumpkin spice latte season? Well… if you insist!

It’s International Day of Sign Language 👋 Come and try our two-person exhibit “Show Me a Sign” which allows you to practice signing, and have fun with a partner at the same time 🙌

Great to welcome Save a Life Cymru who were here last week filming for the upcoming Restart a Heart campaign ♥️ On 1 October, they are aiming to beat their own Guinness World Record with the most amount of YouTube views on how to do CPR…

🍂 Did you know? The stunning reds and purples we see in autumn leaves aren’t just for show – they’re caused by sugars trapped in the leaf’s sap! As chlorophyll fades, these sugars create those magical autumn shades we all love as the season changes. Nature’s chemistry lab is all around us 🧡♥️💜

Parents! Keep the mess out of your own homes and bring the little devils to the Techniquest Halloween party instead 👻 Our first-ever 'Spooky Science Halloween Party' is suitable for all the family, and for a bargain £12 per person, you get all of this 👇

Fancy extracting the DNA from a strawberry? 🍓🧬 Join us on weekends until 19 October in our ‘DNA Decoded’ lab workshop where you can do just this, and more! Suitable for age 7+ for £2.50 per person (book alongside general admission) https://www.techniquest.org/events/dna-decoded/

Thanks to @walesonline.bsky.social for including us in their Top 12 Halloween Events in Cardiff 🎃

We're looking for a technical wizard to join our team 🪄 Applications for Full Time Maintenance Technician (Exhibits) are closing this Monday, 15 September!

Did you know our brains generate enough electricity to power a small light bulb? At rest, your brain produces about 20 watts of power — enough to keep an LED bulb glowing! 💡 #BrainPower #FactOfTheDay

🐻 Thrilled to announce an enchanting new planetarium show ‘Little Bear’, especially for the under-7s — a charming way to inspire your little ones to look up at the stars 💫 Catch it on weekends & school holidays for £2.50pp (add on to general admission).

Look up around 7:30pm tonight to catch a Total Lunar Eclipse 🌑 The Moon will rise low on the horizon and take on a deep red glow as Earth’s shadow passes over it… Peak: 7:33pm BST | Ends: 9:55pm Best view: a clear high vantage spot looking east. 👀 Don’t miss it!

Looking for a fun day out with your little one?  Toddler Day is back! 🧸 Join us next Friday 12 September where they can explore hands-on exhibits, water play, role play, music with Happy Hands, and story-time and make & take sessions too* *£3.50 extra per child

Why do our noses get snotty and our skin turn spotty? 🤢 If your little ones (ages 5+) love all things gross, Yucky You is the perfect show for them 😉 It's bursting with facts, audience interaction & plenty of explosive surprises 🔥 Catch it on weekends between 6 Sept–5 Oct!

Spark curiosity & discover the joy of science at our Home Ed Day! 📅 Kick off your 2025/26 home ed journey next Wed 10 Sept (and every month after!) with a day of fun, hands-on STEM learning. 👩‍👩‍👧 Tag a homeschooling friend ⬇️ and secure your spot now:

Shutting up shop… 🪫 Thanks to all those who’ve visited this summer - we’ve had a blast!  Now it’s time to give Techniquest a little TLC this week 💙

🚆 If you are planning to visit by train this weekend, just a warning that there are no trains running from Cardiff city centre to Cardiff Bay between 30 Aug and 5 Sept, (there are replacement bus services). See more at https://tfw.wales

📢 We’re hiring! Maintenance Technician (Exhibits), full-time, closing date Monday 15 September. Interested? Find out more and apply here. 👇 www.techniquest.org/about/join-o... #jobs #recruitment #careers #cardiff #cardiffbay

On this day in 1896, Léon Theremin — inventor of the touchless theremin — was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Can you play a tune on the Techniquest Theremin? 🎶

Stay & play all day 🥳 Grab a wristband, and come and go as much as you like for the rest of the day! Exploring is hungry work so when you need to, pop through our gift shop to Coffee Mania – their cakes & ice creams are a real treat 🧁 🕙 Open all weekend, inc BH Mon 10am–5pm.

Brilliantly Bad Ideas: have you seen it yet? 💡 Inspired by our friends Wallace & Gromit, our latest live science show is packed full of contraptions, comedy, and of course a few bangs along the way 💥 Book here: https://www.techniquest.org/events/brilliantly-bad-ideas/

Two Fun Facts (to impress your friends with) 👇 🧊 The coldest surface temperature ever recorded on Earth was −98°C! Measured from satellite on an ice sheet ridge in Antarctica, this is colder than dry ice and would instantly freeze exposed skin…

Have you done the Wallace & Gromit trail yet? 📲 🐶 🚨 It ends on 31 Aug!   Find and follow the markers to embark on a unique trail to help Wallace & Gromit ready their rocket for blast off 🚀 Each marker unlocks a different reality scene, challenging you to complete tasks and tick off the checklist ☑️

Bank holiday incoming ↩️ and we're ready to welcome you ALL weekend 10am–5pm including BH Monday🥳 Here’s a recent Google review 👇

Closing on Monday! Do you enjoy hands-on problem-solving, practical tasks, and working in a lively, visitor-focused environment? We're looking for a Maintenance Technician (Building) to join our team 🛠 #hiring #cardiffjobs #jobsincardiff #cardiff www.techniquest.org/about/join-o...

New ticket alert 🚨 Tickets have been released for the period of 6 Sept to 24 Oct (just before half term) so get booking! 🤢 For slime & toilet-humour lovers, everyone’s favourite science show ‘Yucky You’ will be back — add as an extra at check-out 👍 https://tickets.techniquest.org/tickets

⚡️Did you know? Lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun. A lightning bolt can reach 30,000 °C, while the Sun’s surface is around 5,500 °C 🔥 📸 Plasma Sphere

We’re over halfway through our Summer of Invention - let’s go, WEEK FOUR! Have you visited us yet? 🫶🏼 Don’t forget to tag us in your posts and stories — we’d love to share your adventures! https://www.techniquest.org/events/summer-of-invention/

Look up to the sky over the next few days to see the Perseids Meteor Shower — if there’s a clear sky, it will have a meteor rate of about 100 visible shooting stars per hour, and will peak on Tuesday or Wednesday this week! ✨

Saving the pennies this summer? 🐷 Don’t forget we offer a discount if you book a late entry ticket, with admission from 3pm. See what’s on and book: https://www.techniquest.org/discover/whats-on/

On this day in 1774, English chemist Joseph Priestley discovered the element of oxygen, which is vital to our life on Earth, by isolating it in its gaseous state 💨 📸 Find the Cloud Rings exhibit on the first floor.