Glasgow Science Festival 2026

Glasgow Science Festival at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Glasgow Science Festival is live at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens from Fri 5 to Sun 14 June. Join us in the Kibble Palace from 11am to 3pm each day for loads of free activities suitable for all ages.

Build a brain, get crafty as we repurpose discarded fishing gear, choose a science themed temporary tattoo and pot your own plants! Activities change daily, so please check the website for our timetable. Kindly supported by the University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund.

Venue: Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Kibble Palace Great Western Rd, Glasgow, G12 0UE
Date: Fri 5 to Sun 14 June
Time: 11am to 3pm daily
Booking for Public Audiences: No booking required
Booking for Schools: Booking required via the Eventbrite link
Cost: Free

With thanks to our funders the Scottish Government and the University of Glasgow. Additional thanks to our sponsors of GSF at the Botanics, the Friends of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Thanks also to our venue host, the Glasgow Botanics and Glasgow City Council. This event is supported in part by the University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund.

Kibble Palace with trees and butterflies at the front

Glasgow Botanic Gardens

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Schools booking required via the Eventbrite link

This event is kindly supported by the Friends of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by robots, plants, petri dishes and a rhino.

Friday 5 June

Join us to explore a blood vessel road map, build a 3D model brain, discover how polar animals survive and more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by people planting a tree and searching for bugs.

Saturday 6 June

Join us to sow seeds, learn how your brain works with our beanbag challenge, create and test a blood vessel tube network and more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by people with plants, a steam engine and the sun in the sky.

Sunday 7 June

Join us to create your own pipe cleaner neuron, try out vision-changing glasses, see real mosquitoes under a microscope and more!!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by people in lab coats holding test tubes, and an eye with an eye test sheet.

Monday 8 June

Join us to experience what the world would look like if you can’t see all the colours, watch Artist Ann Witheridge live-paint a portrait, test your dental skills and more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by a lady in a lab coat holding DNA, three petri dishes growing bacteria and a pile of fresh produce.

Tuesday 9 June

Join us to make your own colour changing flower, build a wind turbine, colour in a 3D printed tick and more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by a bottle of medicine and a box surrounded by various scientific apparatus such as a bunsen burner and a magnifying glass.

Wednesday 10 June

Join us to extract DNA from strawberries, listen to the sound of your own blood flowing, find out what Glasgow’s foxes get up to at night and more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by a man painting a petri dish on cavas, and a group of women and a child wearing lab coats.

Thursday 11 June

Join us to find out how noise can impact communication in the animal kingdom, create a house for a mouse, learn how to take care of cells in the lab and more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, in front is a bridge with a person catching butterflies and behind is a rainbow.

Friday 12 June

Join us to discover the future of medicine, create your own chromosome bookmark, design your own cancer-fighting bugs and more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surounded by an eye with an eye test sheet, and a lady holding DNA and petri dishes.

Saturday 13 June

Join us to use your maths skills to decode messages, see a fruit fly up close, design your own cancer-fighting bugs and more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surounded a lady doing yoga, two people planting a tree and musical notes.

Sunday 14 June

Join us to learn about the amazing science behind flowers, create your own secret codes, repurpose discarded fishing gear and more!