Event:After Dark: Science on Show
After Dark: Science on Show is a free hands-on science evening suitable for all the family.
Our theme this year is LOVE YOUR PLANET so we’ll have lots of activities connected to sustainability as well as some favourites like the return of the robots.
You’ll be able to meet scientists and engineers from Amgueddfa Cymru and Cardiff University and explore loads of fun, interactive activities all while being in the museum after dark!
What Can I Do?
- Come and meet Mermaid Joanne – a marine biologist with a difference! – she’ll chat to you about the sea.
- Find out how engineers design robots that can crawl through pipes, climb trees or survive underwater.
- Test out your coding skills in our robotzone
- Explore your creativity and sustainability through upcycled crafts
- Find out all about trolls, elves and giant blue jets in the upper atmosphere in the Lightning Exhibition
- Try your hand at orthopaedic surgery – with a sonic screwdriver!#
- Rustle up a bug-based recipe and try a tasty critter
- Find out about the impacts of plastic on marine life – and what you can do about it
- Use a microscope to examine pollen or snails
- Take a Million Year Time Trip by getting hands-on with some fossils
- And lots more!
The museum café and shop will be open during the evening for some snacks and treats.
A partnership event between Amgueddfa Cymru and Cardiff University School of Engineering
Information
Plan your visit
Opening Hours
Our opening hours are changing for the winter season.
From Tuesday 5 November until 28 February 2025, we will be open 10am – 4pm.
Parking
A Visitor Car Park is situated behind the Museum, off Museum Avenue. Visitors parking here will receive a ticket at the point of entry and need to pay £6.50 for the day at a pay-station located at the rear of the car park. Please note that the pay-stations only accept card payments – no cash payments are accepted. Visitors can use any credit/debit cards (except for American Express), or Apple or Android Pay.
Parking is free to blue badge holders. Please use the intercom at the exit barrier to verify your blue badge permit. Disabled parking is also available at the front of the Museum, on Gorsedd Gardens Road.
Visting by public transport, bike or foot?
You can plan your journey using the Traveline Cymru website or by calling their helpline on 0800 464 0000.
Eat, Drink, Shopping
- The Museum café in the Main Hall is open every day 10am-4pm offering a range of drinks and snacks.
- The restaurant is open weekends and bank holidays at 11am-3pm.
Accessibility
If you prefer to visit when we’re less crowded, there are usually fewer people on our site from 3pm each day.
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