Open City Research annual report 2025
What is research, and who gets to define what research looks like? What role can a science centre, and its audiences have in creating new knowledge?
Get curious about a topic or simply search for what you need right now.
If you can't find what you are looking for, feel free to get in touch.
What is research, and who gets to define what research looks like? What role can a science centre, and its audiences have in creating new knowledge?
It’s our 25th birthday this year and we want to hear your stories, and hopes for the future!
View all events and what's on at We The Curious - everything from special events to daily activities and Planetarium shows.
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.
Visit the Theatre of Curiosity enjoy this retro craft activity!
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 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.
Explore the five tastes in our Kitchen activity.
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.
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.
Head to our Greenhouse to discover how some plants can grow the wrong way up!
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.