The Swindon Imaginarium.
This half term, the team behind the acclaimed Festival of Tomorrow has launched their Swindon Imaginarium. It’s a brand-new free ‘pop-up’ space in the Brunel Centre in Swindon.
Swindon Imaginarium invites families, children, and curious minds of all ages to step inside a space where science and the arts collide. This unique initiative promises hands-on activities and free workshops. All designed to spark creativity, curiosity, and conversation around the ideas and innovations shaping our future.
Swindon Imaginarium invites families, children, and curious minds of all ages to step inside a space where science and the arts collide. This unique initiative promises hands-on activities and free workshops. All designed to spark creativity, curiosity, and conversation around the ideas and innovations shaping our future.
Building on the success of the festival of tomorrow
The enthusiasm for the festival of tomorrow, earlier this year, blew us away’ said organiser, Louise Halliday.
Families told us how much they valued opportunities to get hands-on with science and creativity. And the chance to chat with role models from the worlds of research and arts. We wanted to create something to help keep that sense of playful curiosity going throughout the year. Swindon Imaginarium will be a relaxed, welcoming place for everyone to explore, create and play.’
The project is possible thanks to:
- Funding from UK Research and Innovation
- A grant from Sustainable Futures Programme, funded by the Community Benefit Fund created through the Science Museum Group Wroughton Solar Park. And managed by Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation. With the help of Swindon and Wiltshire Institute of Technology.
Families can expect to find different activities and workshops taking place every day throughout the half-term. All facilitated by local artists, science communicators and friendly researchers from institutions such as Diamond Light Source, Southampton Clinical Unit, the University of Bath and the University of Oxford.
Visitors can look forward to activities such as:
- making music with chemistry
- exploring the science of how autumn leaves change colour
- learning about prehistoric times while making their own ‘fossil’,
- sculpting nature-inspired wall hangings or trying out brain-boggling giant drawing machines.
Swindon Imaginarium will be open daily between 10am to 4pm until Saturday 1 November. It has an inspiring programme of free activities suitable for all ages. From interactive workshops to creative challenges and cosy crafts there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Entry is completely free.
For updates, visit the Festival of Tomorrow website www.festivaloftomorrow.com. Or follow Festival of Tomorrow on social media.
