The Glasgow Science Centre has announced it has reopened to keep budding explorers happy during the summer holidays.
The exciting attraction has lots of surprises instore for Scots families with The Explore! gallery on the first floor aimed at budding scientists aged four upwards.
Filled with new, interactive exhibits that will inspire and excite youngsters, including a new thermal imaging camera that will let them see their bodies’ temperatures; a giant pulley system that explains how force works and other fun ways to discover about magnets, surface tension and gravity with black ferrofluid.
Visitors will be challenged to pop tennis balls out of giant tubes, make patterns in sand and build a 1.5m arch out of big blocks.
All the exhibits are hands-on and designed to be as fun as they are educational.
The Explore! gallery is supported by the Inspiring Science Fund – a partnership between UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Wellcome.
The team has also been busy during lockdown with other improvements. As restrictions were lifted, they installed a new Changing Places toilet and family room and refurbished the entrance.
Stephen Breslin, chief executive of Glasgow Science Centre, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome visitors back to Glasgow Science Centre with so many new exhibits and improved facilities.
“The Explore! gallery is our vision for interactive exhibits that allow users to investigate scientific phenomena in a fun, accessible way.
"We are all scientists, and this gallery will ignite everyone’s interest in science, whether they are four or seventy-four.”
Visitors will notice that the outside of Glasgow Science Centre is undergoing a makeover.
Breslin continued: “Work is ongoing at the front of the Glasgow Science Centre. We’ll soon have a new bike path and shed, a wetland moat and new science-inspired sculptures. We hope to have all of this finished by late summer.”
Glasgow Science Centre is open 10am-5pm during the school holidays. Visits must be prebooked through the website, masks are required for everyone over five years old and social distancing is in place.
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