Brighton Science Festival - What can you do for FREE?

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The festival continues into half-term and there’s plenty of events to keep the kids amused, even a good range for FREE. Our handy guide below to £0 events below will help keep your budget in tact but maximise fun family time together:

Arthropod Arts
Sun 16th Feb – Sat 22nd Feb
20-22 High Street, Rottingdean, BN2 7HR
Drop in for all ages.

Join scientists and artists at Arthropod Arts and help create enormous sculptures of arthropods using stone, wood, card and plastic.

Sun 16 February 10:00am – 4:00pm
Mon 17 February 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Fri 21 February 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Sat 22 February 12:00pm – 4:00pm

Into The Blue
Sunday 16th February – Sunday 31st August
Hove Museum and Art Gallery

This family friendly exhibition of all things blue, from the collections of the Royal Pavilion & Museums, is a journey of discovery in science, history and art. Using the blue objects as a starting point the exhibits lead to the discovery of some fascinating facts and intriguing questions.
Regency Silhouette Workshop
Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th February, 12.00pm - 5.30pm
The Regency Town House
Recommended age 7+

Learn about the history of silhouettes and discover how they were produced. You can try making one for yourself to take home.
Sessions on each day at 12:00pm, 2:00pm & 4:00pm. (Sessions are 70-80 mins)
FREE, but booking necessary via nick@rth.org.uk
Shape Maker Play
Wednesday 19 February, 11.00am - 4.00pm
Recommended age 3+
Emporium, London Road, Brighton

Discover the fantastical world of Miller Goodman toys at the Emporium. Bring your creativity and play with their open-ended toys.

Peace Paper Workshop
Thursday 20 February, 10.00am - 4.00pm
Phoenix Gallery, 10 - 14 Waterloo Place, Brighton BN2 9NB

Help American artists Drew Matott and Margaret Mahan to create paper from old clothes, learn about the technology of papermaking and the history of the Peace Paper Project

Marine Discovery Day
Friday 21 February, 10.30am - 3.30pm
The Booth Museum

Bring your fossils, fish or flotsam to show the experts. Professor Pobble and his team will be talking about the geology of our coast and answering your questions about our Sussex coastline.
10:30am-12:30pm
1:30pm-3:30pm

Physics Busking
Saturday 22 February
Outside Churchill Square

A glorious fusion of ingenious engineering and hilarious street theatre, pop along to Churchill Square shopping centre and expect the unexpected!
SciActiHack
Saturday 22 Feb 11am - 6pm & Sunday 23rd Feb 10am – 3pm
Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, BN1 4AJ
Recommended age 11+.

A dream team of multi-disciplinary scientists, engineers, designers for a hackathon create new weather or climate related activities and resources.
Venue subject to change – please check the Lighthouse website before attending.

B.Radical w/ Exploring Senses
Saturday 22 February, 12.00pm - 10.00pm
Brighton Youth Centre, 64 Edward Street, BN2 0JR
Recommended age 11+

Drive a hydrogen car, learn how to defend yourself from a zombie attack, navigate Lego Mindstorm robots, feed yourself into a 3D printer and much more!
Sunday Assembly
Sunday 23 February, 11.00am
St. Andrew’s Church, Waterloo Street, BN3 1AQ

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