Magna ( Science Adventure Centre)

Magna ( Science Adventure Centre): Burn It Down (760 words)
by WormThatTurned - written on 08.07.08 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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Magna Science Adventure Centre Sheffield Road Templeborough Rotherham S60 1DX South Yorkshire England 150 foot high and a third of a mile long, the £46m Lottery funded Millennium Commission project, Magna is the UK's first Science Adventure Centre. I visited recently but is it any good ? OPENING TIMES Magna is open daily from 10am to 5pm. CONTACT DETAILS General information (Tel) : 01709 720002 General information (Fax) : 01709 820092 E-mail : info@magnatrust.co.uk Website : www.visitmagna.co.uk ADMISSION Adults £9.95 / £9.00 (Peak/ off ...

Good And Bad! (1679 words)
by TUVOK - written on 08.04.02 (Very useful, 699 readings)
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Magna is a Science Museum situated in Rotherham in old steel foundries, its reasonably close to Meadowhall but I recommend a car to get there as it actually fairly out of the way and beyond regular walking distance from there. I went as a guest as a friend of mine works there as part of one of the exhibitions they are currently running, the Living Robots. Now this opinion is my personal experience and not necessarily that of others (obviously), we didn't get all the way round, partly because it's so big and also because of what happened with my daughter (see below). On arrival you go through the red hall entrance (many red lights!) where there ...

Magna ( Science Adventure Centre): DID YOU KNOW............? (2715 words)
by chrissypops - written on 24.05.01 (Very useful, 285 readings)
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Have you ever been to an educational centre for children and really enjoyed yourself? Have you come away with some useful information which you had never known before? Did you ever go to an educational centre and your kids got bored because you wouldn't let them have a go in the interactive stuff? Well Magna is one of those places. Magna opened in April 2001 and is based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Its easy to get to from the M1 motorway. Just take Junction 33 if you are travelling from the south or Junction 34 if you are travelling from the north. Just follow the signs "Magna" through to Templeborough where one of the biggest steel works ...