Magazine

Days out

Conrad Astley
7/ 4/2006

WHY don't you ask a rocket scientist? Infuriated parents may have come out with that line after being unable to answer all their children's questions.

But now, youngsters who have looked up in wonder at the night sky will be able to do just that.

Jodrell Bank, home to the Lovell Telescope - one of the world's largest radio telescopes - will be opening its doors next week and families will be invited to put their questions to the centre's top astronomers.

Along with the impressive telescope, Jodrell Bank has a 3D cinema which takes the audience on an the imaginary journey of spacecraft Elysium 7 as it travels to Mars.

Audiences can see the ship's journey from its launch on Earth to its landing on a futuristic Martian colony.

The centre, near Holmes Chapel in Cheshire, will be open at 2pm from Tuesday to Thursday next week. Entrance costs £1.50 for adults, £1 for children aged four to 16 and children under four go free. Call 01477 571 339 or go to www.visitchester.com for more information.

YOUNGSTERS can exercise their artistic skills at Stockport's very own hat museum.

The Hat Works is holding events enabling children to make their own Easter bonnet or top hat to mark the season.

The sessions, suitable for four to 11-year-olds, take place at 10.30am to noon and 1pm to 2.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday.

There will also be sessions allowing youngster to make their own funky Easter cards, at 10.30am- noon and 1pm to 2.30pm on Monday and Tuesday. Tickets to both events cost £3 but booking is essential.

Call the Wellington Road South museum on 0845 833 0975 or visit www.hatworks.org.uk .

CHILDREN can search for Easter eggs every day next week. Staircase House, Stockport's historical museum, below, is holding Easter egg trails every day from tomorrow, throughout the holidays.

Youngsters can search for paper eggs in every room of the museum, draw their own design on the egg when they find it, and even win a chocolate egg at the end of the journey. The events run from 10am-5pm on Saturday, and from 1-5pm on Sunday to Friday.

There will also be glass painting sessions on Tuesday and mobile making on Wednesday, although it is essential to book these events.

Call the Market Place museum on 480 1460 or visit www.staircase house.org.uk.


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