Techniquest
@techniquest.org
🏴 Science discovery centre in Cardiff, UK
🧬 Charity
🔥 Live science shows
🪐 Planetarium shows
🥽 Lab workshops
🌍 www.techniquest.org
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🧬 Charity
🔥 Live science shows
🪐 Planetarium shows
🥽 Lab workshops
🌍 www.techniquest.org
🔗 linktr.ee/Techniquest
New year, new opportunity for us to win £1,000 towards our charitable work.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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
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 🐦
Check them out on the exhibition floor and join in their various activities throughout the day 🐦
January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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 🐦
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
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
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 AM
🛑 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
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
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
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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
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.
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.
Technispace: Blast Off! • Techniquest
In this live science show we explore the potential problems that we may face as we follow the footsteps of the great cosmonauts and astronauts before us.
www.techniquest.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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.
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
💯 Our live science show is all about MATHS
🪐 Star Tours & Little Bear in the planetarium
🧬 DNA Decoded lab workshop
📆 Wed 14 Jan 10am–5pm
January 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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
💯 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
Back open Saturday 10 January at 10am – we can’t wait for you to join us in 2026!
Book your tickets at techniquest.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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
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 🤞
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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 💙
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 💙
Our 2025 Year-in-Review • Techniquest
This was a year typified by collaboration and expansion — not just in-centre, but out in the community, too. As we look back on our 2025, here are 10 things we’re especially proud of achieving this year.
www.techniquest.org
January 1, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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 💙
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.
Book the 10am or 11am slot.
December 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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.
Book the 10am or 11am slot.
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🚀 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
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
CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on an epic voyage through time and space, in the 2025 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚀 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
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
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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.
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.
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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.
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!
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!
December 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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!
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 🙌
Here’s a favourite creation from our Create & Shape Zone 😃
Here’s to sparking lots more curiosity and creativity in 2026 🙌
December 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone 🎄
Here’s a favourite creation from our Create & Shape Zone 😃
Here’s to sparking lots more curiosity and creativity in 2026 🙌
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 🎄
Happy Christmas Eve, everyone 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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 🎄
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/
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/
December 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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/
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
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
December 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
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)
Get your telescopes out! (link to read more in comments)
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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)
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 👇
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 👇
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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 👇
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 😉
#shouldhaveusedreindeers 😉
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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 😉
#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)
And don’t forget, Santa is visiting every weekend before Christmas!
(*Closed 24–26 December and 1 January)
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🎄🎄 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)
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!
Let us know if you see it!
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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!
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” 💘
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” 💘
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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” 💘
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
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
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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
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 💻
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 💻
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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 💻
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 💻