Try your hand at a whole host of superb science-based activities around the museum on 16th and 17th March as we celebrate British Science Week with Newcastle University.
Drop-in activities to run throughout the day:
- Study spectroscopy in The 1900s Pit Village lamp cabin and experiment to see how different metals and atoms have different colours.
- Sweet enough? Taste test sugars and sweeteners in The 1900s Town Masonic Hall.
- Learn about blood group chemistry in The 1900s Town Masonic Hall.
- Build your own berry solar cells in the 1950s welfare hall.
- Discover how medicines were developed in the 1950s welfare hall.
- See blacksmithing demonstrations at The 1940s Farm.
- Try your hand at Truchet tiles at 1820s Pockerley Old Hall.
- Learn about butter-making at 1950s Spain’s Field Farm.
Timed activities through the day:
- Colourful Chemistry lecture in The 1900s Pit Village chapel, 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
- Royal Society Discussion in the upper classroom of The 1900s Pit Village school (Saturday) and band hall (Sunday) at 11.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm and 2pm.
- Photography workshop (20 minutes) in The 1900s Town Bank Board Room (spaces must be booked at the bank on the day of your visit, on a first come, first served basis), 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm and 3pm.
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Use your Beamish Unlimited Pass or Friends of Beamish membership to take part in our Science Weekend.
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