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Glasgow Science Festival at the Riverside Museum

Glasgow Science Festival will be at the Riverside Museum daily from 6th to 16th June with dozens of free activities for all ages!

Glasgow Science Festival at the Riverside Museum

About Glasgow Science Festival at the Riverside Museum

6th Jun 2024 to 16th Jun 2024
11am - 3pm
Riverside Museum
100 Pointhouse Place, Glasgow West End G3 8RS
Free but booking required
Event organiser/part of Glasgow Science Festival
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We will be exploring how Glasgow's Transforming through the themes of transport, innovation, engineering and technology. Test your spatial skills building LEGO, play ‘laser golf’, try build your own perfectly balanced bridge and act out a comedy script with a robot.

Activities change daily, so please the website for our timetable.

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