Are you looking for an engaging and educational trip for your students? Why not visit Dundee Science Centre?
The Centre is open to pre-booked school visits Monday to Friday in term time. Exhibition-only visits include 2 hours on the exhibition floor with a member of our Science Communicator team, who will aid your group in exploring our exciting exhibits and activities.
If you have any further questions regarding exhibition-only visits, or you cannot find the information you are looking for, please feel free to contact us at either learning@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk or 01382 228800
Further Information
Dates & times
We offer both morning and afternoon sessions for school visits, with morning visits running from 10am to 12pm, and afternoon visits running from 12pm-2pm.
Capacity and age range
We are able accommodate up to 120 children per timeslot, and welcome pupils from nursery level up to S6. Larger groups may be split into smaller groups to better facilitate your visit around the exhibitions, with a maximum of 33 students per group. Each group will be guided around the centre by a member of our Science Communicator team, ensuring that all zones of the centre are visited.
Please note that your visit may coincide with another school visiting, and depending on group sizes you may share the exhibition floor with another school.
Lunch Space
Space to eat a packed lunch is available to pre-book as part of your visit, however lunch time is not included within the session times – meaning this will add 30 minutes to your visit, with the total time spent at the centre increased to 2 hours 30 minutes.
If you require lunch space as part of your booking, please toggle this on the booking page. Whilst we try to accommodate any lunch period at the end of a morning session (12pm-12:30pm) or at the beginning of an afternoon session (11:30am-12pm), due to operational constraints and capacity this may be accommodated during your session. Please also note that due to seating capacity in our lunch spaces any larger group may be scheduled to have split lunchtimes.
Cost & Funding
The cost of an exhibition only visit is £5.50 per pupil, with any accompanying adults free of charge. We may also be able to offer funding to support with these costs, however this is dependant on the location of your school – For more information on funding please click here.
Unless otherwise requested, an invoice will be sent to the booking email within 48 hours after your visit for any admission costs – this ensures we only charge for the number of pupils who are present on the day. Please contact us if you would like to pay by cheque or cash/card on the day.