Science Spectacular 2018

“We had the most marvellous time learning all sorts of interesting and thought provoking stuff.”

“Your event was much more than we had hoped and all of us, between the ages of 5 and 70, had a brilliant time.”

Science Spectacular Visitors

On Saturday 20 October 2018, our science researchers ran live experiments and interactive demonstrations for the public as Science Spectacular returned for its seventh year as part of the Manchester Science Festival.

In the Whitworth Hall and Manchester Museum, staff and students challenged over 1,200 visitors to get involved by offering over 40 activities for all ages. There were favourites from last year as well as new ones for visitors to try their hand at. They ranged from from colourful chemistry, dinosaurs and phagecraft, to hunting for meteorites, walking on custard and determining which came first – the chicken or the egg.