Event: Star Attractions

Join us for a fun day of FREE out of this world activities for all the family including:

• 3-D space shows with AstroCymru
• Space themed family workshops
  Special space themed workshops for younger visitors.
  Clore Discovery Centre.

Book on arrival at Reception Desk

In the Main Hall, 10-4pm:

• Discover how astronomers explore the sky at multiple wavelengths using the Herschel and Planck space telescopes, with Cardiff University.
• See displays from the University of South Wales astronomy group, including images from the Faulkes Telescope Project.
• Find out about local astronomical societies.
• Test your knowledge of space rocks and the first telescopes with our challenging quiz.
• Experience star-gazing through the ages – find out what it was like to look through Galileo and Newton’s telescopes, and how today’s high-tech instruments compare.
• So you think you’ve found a meteorite? Bring it in and our museum scientists will identify it for you.
• Explore the Museum’s meteorite collection, and use our impact simulator to discover the effects of a meteorite hitting your home town.
• Discover our nearest planets on a giant model of the solar system, and find out how much you know about the planets in our fun quiz.
• Look through specialist solar telescopes with Cardiff Astronomical Society, so that you can directly observe the Sun, see sunspots and prominences safely. (Weather permitting.)