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After Hours

*This event has now passed, our next After Hours will be in 2025.

For other evening events check out our Planetarium Nights.

Join us for a Re-opening Party! (18+)

After Hours is back! Come and explore the venue after dark with no kids around.

(think Night at the Museum but less scary...)

Highlights:

Bar serving Alcoholic and non-Alcoholic drinks.
A Dj set from the amazing Remy Melee.
Illuminated Inflatable Robots that you can cuddle by Air Giants.
And all your favourite science exhibits...

When

8 Nov

How Much

Pay What You Can: £10, £15 or £20

Where

Across We The Curious

Who for

Adults aged 18+

Times

7pm-10pm

Take a selfie with the TARDIS, climb inside a bubble, run on a giant hamster wheel... this is a chance to explore our two floors without the kids around and celebrate our reopening with us.

Bring friends, grab a drink from the bar and get lost in over 200 intriguing things to do.

What's on

In the Theatre of Curiosity - meet Air Giants, a Bristol based soft robotics studio and their new large-scale work Desert Dreams.
In The Box gallery - join artist Ramona Eve and craft your responses to our current exhibition Hidden Health.
In Open City Lab - Shopping Trolley Secrets (Adult's edition). Pick up a basket in the Mikro Mart and explore the links between the items on the shelves (and your baskets) and real-world research, with Digital Footprints Lab.
In the Studio - explore invisibility in a bespoke VR experience, designed by the Control Alt Delete youth group (Knowle West Media Centre), and artists Megan Clark-Bagnall and Owen Lord.
In the Greenhouse - chat about 'impossible' plants
In the Planetarium - drop in for awe-inspiring views of the known universe in our special meteors show, exclusive to After Hours.

Plus DJ, bar, party prizes.

*Please Note: Photography and filming will be taking place across the venue. If you do not wish to be in any content, please speak to staff on entry.*

Pay What You Can

To celebrate our reopening, we're inviting you to pay what you can for this one.

If you're able to support us as a charity, and pay the standard ticket price of £20, we'd be so grateful.

If that feels out of reach right now, you can opt for £10 or £15.

Good to know

This event is strictly over 18s only.

Our café is closed in the evenings so eat beforehand. There will be

If somebody in your party requires a carer, personal assistant, support worker, then you can book a personal assistant ticket.

For members

If you are a member with us, After Hours is a special event and therefore not part of your package. We'd love you to come, you just need to purchase a ticket!