Glasgow Science Festival at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Glasgow Science Festival is live at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens from Fri 7th to Sun 16th June. Join us in the Kibble Palace from 11-3pm each day for loads of free activities suitable for all ages. Get creative in the Germs Galore culture lab, drive an underwater robot in Oban and learn about evolution while playing classic fairground games with a twist. Activities change daily, so please check each day below for our timetable.

Venue: Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Kibble Palace Great Western Rd, Glasgow, G12 0UE
Date: Friday 7th to Sunday 16th June
Time: Daily between 11-3pm
Booking Public: Free, no booking required
Booking Schools: Free, bookings being taken for Primary 4-7 classes, Fri 7th, Mon 10th to Fri 14th June. Book through this BookItBee Link.

With thanks to our funders the Scottish Government, the University of Glasgow and Friends of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Thanks also to our venue host, the Glasgow Botanics and Glasgow City Council.

Kibble Palace with trees and butterflies at the front

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Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by robots, plants, petri dishes and a rhino.

Friday 7th June

Join us for audio installations, underwater robots, dancing sand & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by people planting a tree and searching for bugs.

Saturday 8th June

Join us for a tick hunt, temporary tattoos, seed planting & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by people with plants, a steam engine and the sun in the sky.

Sunday 9th June

Join us for developing brains, echolocation, natural hazards & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by people in lab coats holding test tubes, and an eye with an eye test sheet.

Monday 10th June

Join us for 3D printed ticks, model bacteria, fairground games & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by a lady in a lab coat holding DNA, three petri dishes growing bacteria and a pile of fresh produce.

Tuesday 11th June

Join us for strawberry DNA, Germs Galore, evolution & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by a bottle of medicine and a box surrounded by various scientific apparatus such as a bunsen burner and a magnifying glass.

Wednesday 12th June

Join us for mysterious materials, listen to your blood flow, storytelling & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surrounded by a man painting a petri dish on cavas, and a group of women and a child wearing lab coats.

Thursday 13th June

Join us for splatter art, making bouncy balls, glowing bacteria & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, in front is a bridge with a person catching butterflies and behind is a rainbow.

Friday 14th June

Join us for balancing bridges, bacteria-inspired art, LEDs & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surounded by an eye with an eye test sheet, and a lady holding DNA and petri dishes.

Saturday 15th June

Join us for sleep demons, seedlings, symmetry & more!

Cartoon image of the Kibble Palace in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens surounded a lady doing yoga, two people planting a tree and musical notes.

Sunday 16th June

Join us for yoga, audio installations, sustainable plastics & more!