We The Curious - the harbourside science museum
We The Curious on Millennium Square: Bristol's hands-on harbourside science museum. Planetarium, exhibits on light and sound, fully wheelchair accessible.
We The Curious (formerly At-Bristol) is the best rainy-day option in the city. It occupies a curved silver building on Millennium Square, shares a plaza with the Bristol Aquarium, and holds two floors of hands-on exhibits plus a planetarium under a separate geodesic dome.
Ticket tip
The annual pass pays for itself on the second visit. If you are visiting with children and likely to go twice, buy the pass at the ticket desk rather than a day pass. Combined tickets with a planetarium show are cheaper than buying separately.
What to see
Ground floor: hands-on science benches, a pulley-rig, a human heart demonstration, optical illusions. First floor: a darker set of exhibits on sound, light, and perception - including a small dark-room experience that lets two strangers meet only as voices. The planetarium shows rotate roughly monthly.
Access
Fully accessible. Lifts, accessible toilets, baby change on both floors, free cloakroom.
This attraction is Stop 02 on the Bristol Insight circuit. Book at wethecurious.org.