Glasgow Science Festival - The Hunterian at Science Sunday
Published: 24 April 2019
Sunday 9 June 2019
Sunday 9 June 2019
12.00pm – 3.00pm
Hunterian Museum
Free – no booking required
Join us in the Hunterian Museum for Science Sunday – part of the Glasgow Science Festival. Free science fun for all the family!
Rock Doctors
Have you ever found an intriguing, beautiful, or downright weird rock or gem? Our geology team can help you identify it and learn its amazing story! Plus, get the chance to examine rare rocks and minerals up close and personal through powerful microscopes, and find out more about the amazing inner workings of our planet!
Exploring Minerals
Stones, gems, and minerals can be pretty, massive, or awe-inspiring, but did you know they’ve also improved art, medicine, chemistry, and can even teach us about the origins of the solar system? Come check out the amazing world of geology, and remember…looks can be deceiving!
Find a Fossil
Come be a palaeontologist for a day, and discover ancient fossils like professionals do! Can you uncover fossils alongside our experienced palaeontologists. Learn about what professional fossil hunters do to uncover ancient creatures, while exploring some of Scotland’s most ancient animal residents.
Flaky Paint
How do changes in the environment cause paintings to flake? Come and test for yourself how moisture causes the layers of paintings on wood to flake. Just as James Watt use to test the strength of materials, we will test our models paintings using cold “steam”.
Student Lead Tours
Explore the collections of the Hunterian Museum with the help of our trained guides, and explore Glasgow’s contributions to the world of medicine, palaeontology, and other explorations of the world and universe around us!
Find out more about the Glasgow Science Festival on the GSF website.
First published: 24 April 2019
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