Magna Science Museum, Sheffield

Living in Rotherham, I am amazed we have not properly visited this museum of Science before our visit last Friday, especially with my old job of being a science teacher. It has never been top of my list of places to try, but last week when we wanted to take the kids out for the day during half term, we decided as the weather was a bit iffy, to head to Magna as it is fairly close to home, and a visit takes most families around 4 hours according to their website. The site is a former steel mill, which was given a large amount of lottery funding to turn the site into an interactive science museum ... more

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 ... more

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 peak) Children/ Concessions £7.95 / £7.00 Family of 3 £25 ... more

Magna science museum was formerly an old steel works, My husband and I took our son who is 12 years old and our daughter who is 5 years old to Magna the new science museum in Rotherham which opened over the Easter period. We decide to go there because of the television advertisement which made it look really good and all hands on for the kids. We were all looking forward to the outing very much, anyway the day came we drove from Hull approx 62 miles to Magna, as soon as we arrived we parked the car in the massive carpark free of charge, and began to queue, what a wait we queued for 1 hour and ... more

I happened to stumble on this day out, after being bought a Bungee jump for Christmas, but I'll talk about that later. This exciting and educational museum/adventure centre is very accessible, situated on the A6178 Sheffield Road, just off the M1 motorway at Junction 34, just outside Rotherham in Sheffield. It takes just over an hour to get to from the Midlands, and is open 10am-5pm every day except 24-27th December and on New Years Day. I should think it is easily accessed by public transport, although I went by car and parked in the car park right by the entrance doors. It is accessible for ... more