Halloween at the Science Bar

Shows

Extreme Existence: The Dark

Take a journey with us as we peer into the darkness and discover what lurks in the shadows. How do animals survive and thrive at night and in places beyond the sun’s reach? Learn what it takes to live in the dark in this interactive show.

Off With a Bang

Crackle! Whoosh! Pop! Watch as our Learning and Engagement team explains the science behind fireworks with eye-popping experiments that are sure to go off with a BANG! Which colourful chemicals light up our night sky? Come along to find out!

Fear

Are you scared of creepy crawlies? Heights? Gruesome diseases? Join us as we explore the reason why we feel fear and the role it plays in keeping us alive. Take a chilling and thrilling journey through some shocks, disgusting delights and dreadful dangers. You’ll be left smiling from fear to fear!

Spooky Slime

This Halloween, we’re delving into a vat of super-icky stuff to look at the science behind this ever-so spooky substance. Is it solid, is it liquid, or is it something else? Come see it for yourself. There’s more to slime than meets your eyeball.

Drop-in Events

Bat Craft

Bring your little witches and wizards along to make your very own batty friend at the Science Bar this Halloween. This papercraft gives you the chance to start your very own fang-club, which you can take back to your roost.

Show Times:

Daily from 11 October to 2 November: 2pm, 3pm, and 4pm.

Drop-in Event Times:

Daily from 11 October to 2 November: 11:30am to 1pm.

Please note that Halloween dates will be bookable from Tuesday 30 September.