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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.

Two children are sat in a science museum opposite each other with a table in the middle of them. They are both wearing headphones

Listen Up

Visit the Theatre of Curiosity enjoy this retro craft activity!

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.

Research Collective

Research Collective sees communities around our city exploring the questions that matter to them - it's about challenging who can be a researcher, what questions are asked, and what the process for investigating them looks like.

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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.

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.

An group of children are in a greenhouse playing with soil in plastic containers and paper bags.

Hanging Gardens

Head to our Greenhouse to discover how some plants can grow the wrong way up!

Eager looking bright eyed students looking at a science show smiling

Education activities

A visit to our two exhibition floors can be combined with practical STEM workshops or longer theme days in our classrooms and laboratories. Students can also enjoy entertaining science shows in our Studio and in the 3D Planetarium.

An adult and a child are stood in a science centre. The adult is putting their face over an air cannon and their hair is flying up. The child is stood next to them with their hands in the air. It's the Summer Holidays.

Summer of Imagination

Enjoy a summer day out packed with hands-on activities, live shows, storytelling and creative experiences for families from 23 July to 1 September.

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.

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New funded schools' programme

BRISTOL educational charity and science centre, We The Curious, has received £149,101 from the John James Bristol Foundation towards a new funded schools' programme aimed at addressing educational inequality in Bristol.