Welcome to Mysteries and Mayhem – a world of weird science, curiosity and investigation!

As well as all the usual Science Centre fun, there’ll be even more on offer to excite all ages.

What’s included with your general admission ticket:

• Two floors of exciting hands-on exhibits
• Free live science show, Science Spy School
• Huge demos in Science Live
• Nature adventures in Bio:Space
• Forensics Hide and Seek – only available during Mysteries & Mayhem!

Find out more...

There's a mystery to uncover in the Science Theatre! Will you join the Science Spy School and help us shed some light on what’s contained inside the mystery safe? In this brand new science show our Inspirers will be delving into the science of light. Through enlightening experiments and dazzling demos, we’ll illuminate some hidden clues. What will ultraviolet light reveal about our mystery? And watch in awe as the mind, and light, bending epic lasers steal the show and teach us all about refraction. Will you help us solve the mystery and unlock the safe?

There are more mysteries, and a fair bit of mayhem, happening in the rest of the Science Centre as well. Help catch a crook in the Forensic Hide and Seek activity. Head off on a hunt around the Science Centre using forensic science skills to seek out the hidden evidence and catch the thief. Follow the clues and try out the different forensic activities to narrow down the suspects until there is only one remaining. Will fingerprints give away the thief or will forensic ecology, where we use nature to solve the clues, uncover the criminal? Help us and find out!

Over in the Planetarium we’re heading off on a Mission Space adventure in our live presenter-led show. Learn more about the awesome scale of our solar system as you soar among the planets. You'll also discover more about the man-made objects that orbit Earth and find out about some of our other planetary and interstellar space missions. And in subtitled film show, We Are Astronomers, you’ll blast off on a journey from the big bang to the future of astronomy.*

And don’t forget all the other hands-on fun on offer! Discover more about sound, hearing and vibration on the upper floor. Climb inside a giant guitar. Explore the acoustic rocket. And even learn some British Sign Language. On the lower floor blast off on a journey through Explorer:Space. Discover more about what it’s like to live and work in space in our interactive space zone. Plus meet the minibeasts of the South Downs National Park in Bio:Space and be wowed by the huge ‘don’t try this at home’ demos in Science Live. Wow!

*Please note, the Planetarium is an additional £4 cost