EVENTS
Public Events at INTECH
In addition to our large hands-on exhibition and regular planetarium shows, we also run special events. The table below lists events that are open to public visitors.
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Notes on pricing:
£6/£5 stand-alone ticket price (with concessionary rate)
+£2.20 the plus sign indicates that this price is in addition to the cost of entry to INTECH
Free* free with a ticket to INTECH
FREE completely free!
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Date(s) |
Event |
Information |
Details |
| July 26 - Sept 3 |
Hampshire schools summer holiday |
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| July 24 - Sep 3 | Planetarium show | Live shows see the schedule for when these popular shows will be running. | Various
+£2.20
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| Weekdays July 26 - Sep 3 |
Special Event | Hands on Activities and Demos in the venue. Look out for our University volunteers who will be running a variety of drop-in activities in the exhibition. | Various Free* |
| Mondays & Tuesdays July 26 - Aug 31 |
Special Event | The Balloon Man. Our resident children's entertainer. Balloons, magic and music! | 11:30pm, 12:30pm, 1:30pm & 2:30pm Free* |
| Thurs Sept 2 |
Special Event | Meet the Scientist. Affelia Wibisono (Royal Holloway) talks about tectonic plates. Small group talk/discussion. | 12:15pm, 1:30pm & 2:30pm Free* age 7+ |
| Weds Sept 8 |
Space Lecture | The Case for our Cosmic Ancestry (Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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Sat
Sept 11 |
Special event | How not to be Afraid of the Dark. A very special poetry/theatre/astronomy event for adults, featuring Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Pre-booking on |
7pm
£10
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Weds
Sept 22 |
4th Wednesday Lecture | Powering the Future - the physics of fusion (Dr Melanie Windridge) | 6:30pm £6/£5/£3 age 13+ |
| Sat 9 & Sun 10 Oct |
Family day | World Space Week 2010. Join Astrium, Arqiva, regional Universities and more for a festival of all things space. Displays and activities. Competition (details tbc) with Jon Tickle presenting prizes on Sunday! No pre-booking, further details to come. | All currently planned activities are Free* |
| Sat 9 & Sun 10 Oct |
Planetarium show | To Infinity and Back: a space and satellite show by Astrium. This hugely popular live show by real space engineers returns to INTECH as part of World Space Week. | Times tbc +£2.20 |
| Weds Oct 13 |
Space Lecture | What's New in the Solar System (Dr Robin Catchpole) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
| Oct 25 - Oct 29 |
Hampshire schools Half Term holiday |
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| Weds Oct 27 |
4th Wednesday Lecture | Galileo & the stolen telescope (Richard Ellam) | 6:30pm £6/£5/£3 |
| Weds Nov 3 |
4th Wednesday Lecture |
An extra lecture sneaking into our series for National Pathology Week: Can we stop Alzeimer's disease? (Prof James Nicoll) |
6:30pm £6/£5/£3 |
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Wed
Nov 10 |
Special event | Stargazing Event (incl. Telescope Clinic). Formerly known as Telescope Amnesty. Regional Astronomy Societies let you look through their telescopes and give one-to-one advice to anyone bringing their own kit along. |
FREE |
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Wed
Nov 10 |
/ Planetarium Show | Tour of the Night Sky (Ninian Boyle). Live planetarium show about what you can see in the sky at this time of year. Running as part of the Space Lecture series. | 8:30pm £6/£5 age 8+ only |
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Wed
Nov 24 |
4th Wednesday Lecture | Sand Mysteries (Michael Welland) | 6:30pm £6/£5/£3 |
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Sun
Dec 5
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Special event | Astronomy Day. Events for keen amateur astronomers. All details tbc, please check back closer to date. | 10am-4pm details tbc |
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Wed
Dec 8 |
Infra-red Astronomy (Dr Paul Roche) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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| Dec 20 - Jan 3 2011 |
Hampshire schools Christmas holiday |
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Wed
Jan 12 |
Life on Mars (Dr Steve Cutts) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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Wed
Jan 26 |
Special event | Stargazing Event (incl. Telescope Clinic). Formerly known as Telescope Amnesty. Regional Astronomy Societies let you look through their telescopes and give one-to-one advice to anyone bringing their own kit along. |
FREE |
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Wed
Jan 26 |
Planetarium Show | Live Planetarium Show about what you can see in the sky at this time of year. Running as part of the 4th Weds lecture series. Details tbc | evening details tbc |
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Feb 9 |
In the Beginning... assembling the Universe from the simplicity of pure energy to the complexity of the human brain (Dr Francisco Diego) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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| Feb 21 - 25 |
Hampshire schools Half Term holiday |
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Wed
Mar 9 |
Aurora - Amazing Light Shows in the Sky (Prof Betty Lanchester) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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| Apr 11-25 |
Hampshire schools Easter holiday |
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Wed
Apr 13 |
What's Wrong with the Sun? (Dr Stuart Clark) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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Wed
May 11 |
Songs of the Stars (Prof Donald Kurtz) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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| May 30 - June 3 |
Hampshire schools Half Term holiday |
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Wed
Jun 8 |
Dark Energy and the Ever-Expanding Universe (Dr Carolin Crawford) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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Wed
July 13 |
Astrobiology - the Hunt for Alien Life (Dr Lewis Dartnell) | 6:30pm £6/£5 age 11+ |
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