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An adult and young child play with a hand-held pricing machine in the Open City Lab at We The Curious. There are yellow shopping baskets with some food containers in them on the table in front of them.

shopping trolley secrets help science

You’re in a local supermarket trying to choose what to have for lunch – what do you pick? If you picked a meal deal (the classic combination of a main, drink and snack), your choice could be useful to science.

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A person's tattooed arm reaching out into some sand, which is covered in contour lines and rainbow-coloured lights

LGBTQIA+ scientists who inspire us

To celebrate Pride, our team of LGBTQIA+ Champions have pulled together a list of incredible scientists whose work and lives continue to inspire us.

An brightly lit open space with tables, boards and activities with the name 'Open City Lab' space illuminated above

Open City Lab

A unique research space dedicated to ‘open city research’ and democratising science.

One of the first volunteers of We The Curious smiling and turning an exhibit with a sand clock while one of the latest volunteers is standing in the foreground smiling.

National volunteer week 2025

This National Volunteer Week, we are reflecting on the almost two decades of incredible people who have volunteered with us, and how they have truly helped shape We The Curious into what it is today.

A space with wooden box-like seating and an elevated cube projector screen

John James Theatre of Curiosity

We The Curious reopened with a bold new experience Project What If, which features the ‘John James Theatre of Curiosity’ – a central discussion space which encourages visitors to explore how science works.

Children enjoying climate change activities

Schools Climate Change Workshops

Through the National Grid Community Grant Programme, £19,775 was donated to fund the development of three new interactive and engaging climate change themed workshops for school children aged between 5 and 16 years old.

A text display that reads why do rainbows make people happy?

Project What If

Following 14 months of closure during the Covid19 pandemic, We The Curious reopened with bold new experience Project What If, which aims to leave people with questions rather than answers.

The main lobby of the We The Curious building

Inclusive and accessible venue

Thanks to generous funding from our supporters, We The Curious made fundamental changes to our venue and ticketing offers to better respond to the needs of our local communities, and overcome barriers people may face to accessing our venue and learning opportunities.

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