Festival of Science and Curiosity 2025

Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity celebrates Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths with interactive, fun and free events across Nottinghamshire.

Inspire Libraries are delighted to be hosting a selection of FREE events as part of this year's festival during February half-term. 

For children aged 5 - 11 and their families. 

The full festival programme will be available on the Nottinghamshire Festival of Science and Curiosity website.  

• Arnold Library:  NeuroNation: The Brain Lab of Wonder! - Wednesday 19 February, 10am-10:45am, 11am-11:45am & 12am-12:45pm
• Beeston Library: Memory and How Our Brain Works - Monday 17 February, 11am-12pm, 12.30pm-1.30pm & 2pm-3pm
• Bilsthorpe Library:  Let's Talk Vaccines Interactives - Friday 21 February, 1.30pm-2:45pm & 3pm-4.15pm
• Bingham Library:  Stop Motion Animation Workshops - Thursday 20 February, 10am-11.15am, 11.45am-1pm & 1.30pm-2.45pm
• Carlton Library: Bath-bomb Making Workshops - Monday 17 February, 11am-11.20am, 11.30am-11.50am, 12pm-12.20pm, 12.30pm-12.50pm, 1pm-1.20pm  & 1.30pm-1.50pm
• Forest Town Library: Coming soon!
• Harworth and Bircotes Library: Little Robot Storytelling & Activities - Thursday 20 February, 10am-11am, 11.30am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-2.30pm & 3pm-4pm
• Hucknall Library: Stop Motion Animation Workshops - Saturday 15 February, 2pm-2:45pm & 3pm-3:45pm 
• Keyworth Library: A Day in the Life of an Oak Tree - Tuesday 18 February, 10am-11am, 11.30am-12.30pm & 1pm-2pm
  
• Kimberley Library: Ecology Workshops - Friday 21 February, 10am-10:45am, 11am-11:45am & 1:15pm-2pm
• Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library: Maths Puzzle Playground - Monday 17 February, 10am-10.45am, 11am-11.45am, 12pm-12.45pm, 1.30pm-2.15pm & 2.30pm-3.15pm
• Langold Library: Ozobots Workshops - Tuesday 18 February, 2pm-2.45pm & 3pm-3.45pm
• Mansfield Central Library (for schools): Real Science in Schools Symposium - Tuesday 11 February 2025 
• Mansfield Central Library: Science Fun Day - Thursday 20 February, 10am - 2pm.
• Mansfield Central Library: Inflatable Planetarium Shows - Thursday 20 February, 10am-10.45am, 11am-11.45am, 1pm-1.45pm & 2pm-2.45pm
• Newark Library:  Unlock Your Memory Workshops, Wednesday 19 February 12-12:45pm, 1:30-2:15pm & 3-3:45pm
• Ollerton Library:  Entangled Enigmas - Friday 21 February, 10am-10.45am, 11am-11.45am, 12pm-12.45pm, 1.30pm-2.15pm & 2.30pm-3.15pm
• Stapleford Library: Stop Motion Animation Workshops - Saturday 15 February, 10am-10:45am & 11am-11:45am
• Sutton-in-Ashfield Library: Little Robot Storytelling & Activities - Friday 21 February, 10am-11am, 11:30am-12:30pm, 1:30pm-2:30pm & 3pm-4pm
• Worksop Library: The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Workshops - Tuesday 18 February, 10am-10.50am, 11am-11.50am, 1pm-1.50pm & 2pm-2.50pm

The festival is produced by local education charity Ignite!, in collaboration with a wide range of partners across Nottinghamshire. Every February they create opportunities for local people to engage with science and research and express their curiosity.