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Welcome to W5!
whowhatwherewhenwhy - W5 - Ireland’s award-winning science and discovery centre at Odyssey in Belfast. With over 190 interactive exhibits in four dynamic areas - START, GO, SEE and DO, W5 crosses the generation divide and offers a great day out for ALL the family!
EVENTS
Collecting the World’s Plant Diversity for Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank with Dr Paul Smith Head of Seed Conservation Kew Gardens
Tuesday 9 March
7.00pm
Dr Paul Smith, Head of the Millennium Seed Bank, explains how seed collectors go about their work, journeying to some of the worlds most remote and dangerous locations in order to save rare and threatened species.
This talk will be illustrated with examples of some of the most challenging plant hunts undertaken and will include a discussion on how plant hunters can have a positive impact on plant conservation in situ. Click here for more information.
To register for this FREE event email pamelajohnson@w5online.co.uk or telephone 028 9046 7719
Lecture Theatre Show
REALLY COOL SHOW
Saturday 13 March
2.00 & 3.30pm
Join us as we shatter flowers and turn the squishiest of bananas hard as nails. We’ll make ice before your very eyes, dazzle you with frosty flowers and introduce the bubble monster from beyond Zero in this Really Cool Show!
Part of the Royal Society´s 350 year celebration.
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Royal Society Local Heroes Talks & Events
To celebrate 350 years of the Royal Society’s excellence in science, W5 is running a series of talks and events for schools and the public to celebrate local scientific heroes, the pioneers, mavericks and geniuses who, for centuries, have changed the way we live and see the world. In March, W5 will be hosting two public lectures, Pop! The Fun and the Physics of Bubbles and Collecting the World’s Plant Diversity for Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, in honour of a few of the many remarkable RS Fellows who have come from or worked in the island of Ireland. For more information click here.
DISCOVER the New Shop at W5
The shop at W5 is a wonderful place to pick up some unusual and educational gifts. We stock a wide range of science kits, toys, books and pocket money items.BIRTHDAY PARTIES
Looking for a unique child´s birthday party? Then check out what W5 can offer with our special Birthday Party Packages.
GIFT AID
W5 is a registered charity. This means W5 is a not-for-profit charitable organisation with educational aims. Making your admission under ´Gift Aid´ will enable W5 to continue its work in formal and informal education. For more information click HERE.
SUNDAY LIFE Terms & Conditions CLICK HERE
whowhatwherewhenwhy Limited Registered Office: Murray House, Murray Street, Belfast BT1 6DN.
A company limited by guarantee registered in Northern Ireland. Reg No: NI 37861.
Accepted as a charity by Her Majesty´s Revenue and Customs under reference XR38795.
VAT Reg No: GB 766 464102
Exhibitions
Titanic: Designed & Built in Belfast
12 March – 10 April 2010 RMS Titanic is one of the world’s most famous ocean ...read more