Fact Sheets

QUESTACON’S TRAVELLING EXHIBITION BORN OR BUILT?—OUR ROBOTIC FUTURE EXPLORES THE BLURRING LINES BETWEEN HUMANITY AND TECHNOLOGY. BORN OR BUILT? EXAMINES THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMANS AND MACHINES, PONDERS OUR OVERLAPPING SHARED FUTURE, AND QUESTIONS THE CHOICES WE WILL MAKE TO GET THERE.

QUESTACON'S FUNDAMENTAL EXHIBITION EXPLORES CLASSIC SCIENCE IN EXCITING WAYS, FOCUSING ON FORCES, ELECTROMAGNETISM, LIGHT, ANGULAR MOMENTUM, AND FLUIDS.

QUESTACON’S AWESOME EARTH EXHIBITION ALLOWS VISITORS TO DISCOVER THE DRIVING FORCES OF OUR WORLD AND EXPERIENCE THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF PLANET EARTH.

QUESTACON’S Q LAB EXHIBITION IS A DYNAMIC AND EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT THAT PROVIDES VISITORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, FIND THEIR OWN ANSWERS, AND ENGAGE WITH SCIENTIFIC CONTENT IN AN OPEN-ENDED, CURIOSITY-DRIVEN MANNER.

THE SHED IMMERSES VISITORS IN THE INVENTION AND INNOVATION PROCESS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO GET HANDS-ON. IT’S A SPACE FOR ALL AGES TO IMAGINE, CREATE AND COLLABORATE. 

QUESTACON’S MINI Q—FUN FOR 0–6 YEAR OLDS (MINI Q) EXHIBITION ALLOWS YOUNG CHILDREN TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR INNER SCIENTIST BY PROVIDING ENRICHING SCIENCE LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

QUESTACON’S EXCITE@Q EXHIBITION PROVIDES VISITORS WITH A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE THAT BENDS BOTH MIND AND MUSCLE.

QUESTACON’S THE MOON INVITES VISITORS TO RELAX, REFLECT AND BASK UNDER A GIANT GLOWING MOON. VISITORS WILL BE MESMERISED BY DETAILED IMAGERY OF THE LUNAR SURFACE, AND EXPLORE A DYNAMIC RANGE OF DISPLAYS AND ACTIVITIES ABOUT SPACE.

QUESTACON’S BYTE WISE ENGAGES VISITORS WITH CHALLENGES DRAWN FROM MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. 

QUESTACON’S COLOUR EXHIBITION ALLOWS VISITORS TO DISCOVER HOW LIGHT INFLUENCES COLOUR AND HOW WE ALL SEE COLOUR DIFFERENTLY.

QUESTACON’S TRAVELLING EXHIBITION EARTH QUEST— OUTER SPACE TO INNER EARTH TAKES VISITORS ON A VOYAGE FROM THE OUTER LIMITS OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY TO THE VERY CENTRE OF PLANET EARTH.

QUESTACON’S FASCINATING SCIENCE EXHIBITION COVERS EVERYDAY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND PROBLEM SOLVING PUZZLES.

QUESTACON’S IMAGINATION FACTORY— INVENT AND PLAY EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE BASIC MECHANICAL TOOLS AND SIMPLE MACHINES USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

QUESTACON’S MATHAMAZING EXHIBITION ENCOURAGES VISITORS TO EXPLORE MATHS CONCEPTS PLAYFULLY THROUGH LOGIC PUZZLES AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS.

QUESTACON’S PERCEPTION DECEPTION EXHIBITION LETS VISITORS DISCOVER THE WORLD INSIDE THEIR HEADS AND EXPLORES HOW PEOPLE MAY PERCEIVE THE SAME THING IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

QUESTACON’S SCIENCE ON THE MOVE EXHIBITION IS AN INTRIGUING EXPLORATION OF A BROAD RANGE OF SCIENTIFIC THEMES INCLUDING THE PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC, SOUND, HUMAN BIOLOGY, LIGHT, FORCE, MOTION, ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.