Visiting Us

At the National Space Centre, our Discovery Team offer day trips, in-house STEM workshops, Simulated Space Missions, shows in the UK's largest Planetarium, teacher training and even sleepovers in the Centre itself!

The National Space Centre welcomes over 80,000 school children each year for out-of-the-classroom learning day trips, however, there is also a wide range of workshops and online activities which we offer to schools and educational venues.

 

  1. School children sat around a table, cheering.

    Educational Groups - Day Visit

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  2. School children observing a science experiment which is producing smoke.

    Activities

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  3. Our Planetarium seats, seen from the side on. The screen is also brightly lit up, with a blue hue.

    Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium

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  4. A presenter from the Education team presenting a PowerPoint to a classroom in the background, with a child and their parent shown in the foreground, listening.

    Home Education Day

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  5. One person is reading off a small piece of paper, another person looks at them. They are both smiling.

    Primary Teacher Training

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  6. Child in a Scouting Uniform playing with an orrery.

    Scouting and Guiding Events

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  7. Five smiling children, in pyjamas, with teddy bears and sleeping bags, laying down in front of a giant globe.

    Sleepovers

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  8. Two school children, one dressed in an astronaut costume, with the other helping adjust their helmet, stood in a Mars base.

    1 hour Space Mission Experience

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  9. Teen in Our Solar System gallery
    National Space Centre

    Calendar

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  10. An example of a gallery trail being held up, in the National Space Centre.

    Gallery Trails

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  11. An Education Presenter holding an air pressure control, with a child and their parent interacting with the controller.

    Accessibility

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