We The Curious has announced when it plans to unveil its highly-anticipated new exhibition.
The Bristol science centre had hoped to launch its "groundbreaking" Project What If attraction in November, but was thwarted by the timing of the second national lockdown.
Inspired by 10,000 questions collected from every postcode across the city, Project What If cost a total of £6million to create with We The Curious' skeletal team assembling it while the attraction was closed to visitors last year.
And they are now just a few months away from finally being to reveal their work, providing they don't suffer another setback.
If the Government roadmap goes ahead as planned, We The Curious is planning to reopen in the week commencing May 17.
The charity that runs the venue, which revealed its struggles in January, is now waiting for the Government to review the progress of the roadmap in mid-April, which is when they'll look to release tickets.
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About Project What If
Project What If will be the first major science centre exhibition in the UK inspired entirely by the curiosity of a city’s residents.
The project aims to reimagine the science centre experience and will see the foyer and ground floor exhibition spaces completely transformed.
The core of the exhibition will be built around seven questions, selected from the thousands of questions submitted by visitors and Bristol residents over the past three years.
It will be multidisciplinary, which means ideas will be explained in different and often surprising ways, embracing art as well as science while "celebrating and cultivating curiosity".
The transformation is the result of three years’ work exploring and developing the new exhibition and marks the next step in the centre’s evolution.
The seven selected questions will inform seven new exhibition areas - called ‘constellations’ - covering themes such as illness, rainbows, happiness, the universe, invisibility and time.
We The Curious Projects Producer Amelia Howarth said: "Each exhibition area uses high-tech, beautiful design to explore these very different questions in a multitude of ways, covering a huge variety of different disciplines and voices.
"We’ve worked with so many amazing people, from members and volunteers to partners and schools, as well as the question askers themselves.
"We want Bristolians of all ages and backgrounds to be proud of the gorgeous exhibition they helped create and for our exhibition to mirror the diversity and beauty of Bristol.
"We want everyone to feel a part of science and curiosity, at a time where it’s never been more important."
More information can be found on We The Curious' website.
