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Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage

Educational charity We The Curious, has received a £173,400 grant from the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage through The National Lottery Heritage Fund, part of the Government's £1.57bn support package to support the culture sector.

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John James Theatre of Curiosity

Educational charity We The Curious reopening (2021) with a bold new experience Project What If, which will feature the ‘John James Theatre of Curiosity’ – a central discussion space which encourages visitors to explore how science works.

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Open City Lab

Educational charity We The Curious reopening (2021) with a bold new exhibition Project What If, which will feature ‘Open City Lab’ – a unique research space dedicated to ‘open source science’ and democratising science.

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BUMP roller disco to replace Millennium Square ice rink

As part of We The Curious’ climate emergency declaration earlier this year, and pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030, there will not be a temporary seasonal ice rink this winter; BUMP roller disco will instead run on Millennium Square from 15 November – 5 January.

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Climate emergency declaration

We The Curious was the first science centre in the world to declare a climate emergency; with the pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030.

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Inhale

Inhale by artist Luke Jerram highlights Bristol’s air pollution problem. It represents a diesel soot particle, known as size PM2.5, which is found in the air that we breathe. The sculpture is 3 million times larger than the actual particle.

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