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

Book here

‘Chemistry of the Celts’ show

All

11 am, 1 pm,
3 pm

ENG-G018

Book here

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

Book here

Fantastic DNA with Cell EXPLORERS

8-12 yr

11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3pm

ENG-G008

Book here

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).