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The Ri will be closed to the public from Wednesday 16 to Wednesday 23 July. We will then be closed for building works from Monday 28 July to Friday 12 September (inclusive), apart from our popular Summer Holiday Workshops for children.

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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Fractal fun (ages 7–8)

Fri 28 Jul 2023

Patterns within patterns within patterns? It must be fractals!

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In-person
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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Discovering Pascal’s triangle (ages 9–11)

Thu 27 Jul 2023

Explore some amazing patterns hiding with a seemingly simple shape - the triangle.

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In-person
Students point excitedly

Workshops

Holiday workshops: Discovering Pascal’s triangle (ages 7–8)

Thu 27 Jul 2023

Explore some amazing patterns hiding with a seemingly simple shape - the triangle.

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In-person / Livestream
A Christmas tree decorated with test tubes

Talks and shows

Christmas: A chemistry carol

Tue 19 Dec 2023

Join us for a special night of festive science to round off our season of events!

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In-person
A cartoon of a cow looking in a crystal ball

Talks and shows

Tim Harford: the truth detective

Sat 23 Sep 2023

Discover the amazing power of science to understand our often strange world.

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In-person
a man holding a newspaper on fire

Talks and shows

Foolproof: A psychologist’s guide to tackling misinformation

Tue 01 Aug 2023

Explore the exciting and unexpected ways behavioural psychology can help tackle misinformation.

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In-person
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Workshops

Forensics (ages 15–18)

Fri 01 Sep 2023

Experience what it would be like to work in a forensics lab by investigating a fictional crime scene.

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In-person
Ginny holding a cuddly toy

Talks and shows

Amazing animals

Thu 17 Aug 2023

Are you smarter than a chimp? A crow? How about a slime mould? Find out in this interactive theatre show!

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In-person
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Family Fun Day

Family fun day: Cool stuff

Sat 22 Jul 2023

A fun day of interactive science for the whole family.

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In-person
An illustration of sharks underwater

Talks and shows

Everything you know about sharks is wrong!

Sun 16 Jul 2023

Find out how cool these fantastic fish really are.

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