{"id":17391,"date":"2016-11-18T15:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T15:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=17391"},"modified":"2016-11-18T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T15:39:13","slug":"techniquest-at-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/techniquest-at-30","title":{"rendered":"Techniquest at 30!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK\u2019s oldest science discovery centre turned 30 this year! And the best bit is it&#8217;s right here in Cardiff.<br \/>\nSince it first opened in 1986 by Professor John Beetlestone and others from Cardiff University, Techniquest has led the way for science museums in the UK.<br \/>\nIn Cardiff bay, the purpose built centre houses an exhibition floor, planetarium and science theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Claire Jones, a local student said, \u201cThe exhibitions are really fun, but they also explain the science behind them.\u201d<br \/>\nTechniquest also designs and makes exhibitions for other science centres.<br \/>\nTechniquest does a lot of work with school groups but that isn\u2019t all they do. They are open to the public everyday, put on daily science shows and host after hours over 18s events.<br \/>\nThey recently drew their anniversary celebrations to a close with a 80s themed after hours event.<br \/>\nOther celebrations have included a roadshow that toured South Wales throughout the summer and the installation of their new imagination playground.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17427\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/creativity-playground-e1479483907640.jpg\" alt=\"creativity-playground\" width=\"625\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/creativity-playground-e1479483907640.jpg 625w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/creativity-playground-e1479483907640-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/creativity-playground-e1479483907640-500x400.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17427\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/creativity-playground-e1479483907640.jpg\" alt=\"creativity-playground\" width=\"625\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/creativity-playground-e1479483907640.jpg 625w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/creativity-playground-e1479483907640-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/11\/creativity-playground-e1479483907640-500x400.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nJust because the celebrations are ending it doesn\u2019t mean the fun is, FabLab will be there every weekend until the end of November offering 3D-printing sessions.<br \/>\nTechniquest offers discounted entry after 2pm on Sundays and their student Wednesdays offer means students get \u00a32 entry on Wednesday afternoons.<br \/>\nSave the date for the next after hours event on the 23rd February 2017 for all the fun of Techniquest with a bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Techniquest&#8217;s 30th anniversary celebrations draw to a close what else does Wales&#8217; science museum have to offer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":17432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-17391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Techniquest at 30! 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