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Family Fun Day
Join us on 1st March 2025 for the 'Engineering Our Future: Family Fun Day' in Alice Perry Engineering Building at University of Galway, where we celebrate Engineering as part of the Engineers Week 2025! The Family Fun Day will provide plenty of science and engineering shows, workshops and hands-on activities that will inspire young (and older!!) people and help them learn about the world around us!
This is a free event. Most activities do not require pre-booking. For some shows and workshops, there are a limited number of tickets that can be booked in advance using the links given in the table below. Bookings will be open at 12pm on Friday, 7th February 2025. All shows will have free tickets available on the day on a first-come-first-served basis.
Free parking for visitors will be available on 1st March 2025 throughout the main campus (staff & student parking). Please, park in designated places only. A campus map is available at https://www.universityofgalway.ie/buildings/maps/
Zinc cafe will be open during the day in the Alice Perry Engineering building for teas, coffees and light snacks. If you would like to bring a packed lunch, there are places available to sit inside in the Alice Perry Engineering building and outside.
Activity |
Target Age Group |
Time |
Location |
Booking |
‘The Bee Science’ show |
5-12 yr |
10:30 am, 12 pm, 1:30 pm, 3 pm |
ENG-G047 |
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‘Chemistry of the Celts’ show |
All |
11 am, 1 pm, |
ENG-G018 |
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Movie screening ‘Dream Big’ |
All |
10 am, 12pm, 2 pm |
ENG-017 |
No booking required |
Movie screening ‘John Phillip Holland: Submarine Inventor’ |
All |
11 am, 1 pm, 3pm |
ENG-017 |
No booking required |
‘Up the pipe’ workshop |
7-10 yr |
11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm |
ENG-G042 |
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Fantastic DNA with Cell EXPLORERS |
8-12 yr |
11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3pm |
ENG-G008 |
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Build a Biomaterial (Slime!) |
All |
All day |
ENG-G024 |
No booking required |
Leg to legless |
All |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
Fun with 3D printing and Robotics |
All |
All day |
ENG-G012 |
No booking required |
What are structures? |
6 yr+ |
All day |
ENG-G002 |
No booking required |
Free LEGO play area |
All |
All day |
ENG-G002 |
No booking required |
Build your own wind turbine |
7 yr+ |
All day |
ENG-G002 |
No booking required |
Free STEM play area |
All |
All day |
ENG-G007 |
No booking required |
Sensory room |
All |
All day |
ENG-1044 |
No booking required |
Reel-y good energy |
4 - 12 yr |
All day |
Foyer |
No booking required |
Virtual Reality & Engineering |
All |
All day |
Foyer |
No booking required |
How can cameras help us see beyond our eyes? |
All |
All day |
Foyer |
No booking required |
GEEC |
All |
All day |
Foyer |
No booking required |
Face painting |
All |
All day |
Foyer |
No booking required |
Climate Connected: Stories of Change |
18 yr+ |
All day |
Foyer |
No booking required |
Learn how to retrofit your home |
All |
All day |
Car park |
No booking required |
For any queries contact:
Jamie Goggins (jamie.goggins@universityofgalway.ie),
Magdalena Hajdukiewicz (magdalena.hajdukiewicz@universityofgalway.ie) or
William Finnegan (william.finnegan@universityofgalway.ie).