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Enginuity - Ironbridge - workshop using craft materials

Discover more about Chinese inventions at Enginuity

Discover more about the inventions, science and technologies from the East at the Made in China Workshops at Enginuity, Ironbridge, during the summer school holidays…

Ed Vere - Pop Up Festival of Stories

Free pop up festival of stories in Ironbridge

A free Pop Up Festival of Stories will be celebrating children’s literature in Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge on 19th April 2014 (Easter Saturday)…

Enginuity - Flight Workshop - half term event - Ironbridge

Bored? Use your Enginuity and build a rocket this half term

Design and build a pneumatic rocket from craft materials and discover the fun of flying during February half-term at Enginuity, near Ironbridge, Shropshire…

Enginuity, Ironbridge

Help make a giant glow-in-the-dark sculpture for Museums at Night

As part of Museums at Night, the annual late night festival of arts, culture and heritage, Enginuity, is inviting the public to visit the museum free of charge…

Meccanuity 2013 - Poetry Composing Machine 1 by Chris Shute (Photo: Bob Thompson)

See an amazing display of working Meccano models at Enginuity, Ironbridge

Working Meccano models created by Telford and Ironbridge Meccano Society are on display at Enginuity, one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums, over the spring bank holiday weekend from Saturday 4th to Monday 6th May…

Enginuity Craft Workshop

Bored? Build a rocket!

Design and build a pneumatic rocket from craft materials and discover the fun of flying during the February half-term week at Enginuity, near Ironbridge, Shropshire…

Meccano display at Enginuity (Photo Dave Harvey)

Marvel at Meccano models

See a fascinating display of Meccano models at Enginuity in Coalbrookdale, near Ironbridge on Saturday, 9th February…

Meccanuity 2012 exhibition, Meccano Models at Enginuity, Ironbridge: 5th - 7th May

Meccano Mania at Ironbridge

Visit the Enginuity design and technology centre over the Spring bank holiday weekend and see an amazing display of working Meccano models…

Curiosity of the Week

The quirky wonders of Wigtown
Martyr's Stake in Wigtown

The annual Wigtown Book Festival opens this week. So, we thought it was a good time to take a look at this quirky Scottish town for our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Solo cinema and scientific sounds at Flatpack Festival
Flatpack Festival 2022, Design by Keith Dodds and Illustration by Jacques Kleynhans

Flatpack Festival brings an eclectic mix of shows, screenings and activities that surprise and delight audiences to venues across Birmingham…

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