{"id":384083,"date":"2025-08-30T03:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384083\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T03:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:12:14","slug":"i-went-to-an-adult-night-at-one-of-wales-best-childrens-museum-and-had-so-much-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384083\/","title":{"rendered":"I went to an adult night at one of Wales’ best children\u2019s museum and had so much fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Museums really are for all ages and this is a great idea from one of Wales’ best museums for children\"TwoWhen else do you get to stand in a set of giant teeth?(Image: Steph Colderick)<\/p>\n

Museums. The words can bring feelings of dread and disappointment into adults when they think of dusty old places, full of wordy signs and not much else.<\/p>\n

Or you can picture an environment full of screaming kids, stressed-out parents, and general chaos. The adult-only night I went along to at Techniquest<\/a> was nothing like this, and instead, us adults had total free rein of one of Wales’ best children’s museums,<\/a> and it proved that Techniquest was not just for children.<\/p>\n

I have been wanting to go along to an adult night at Techniquest, the science museum in Cardiff Bay<\/a>, ever since I moved to Cardiff<\/a>, as it always intrigued me, but I didn’t fancy going and being surrounded by over-excited children.<\/p>\n

Going to the adult night meant that I could be the overexcited child instead, and I could run around, press all the buttons, explore the oceans, send tennis balls flying into the air, and more, all without worrying about accidentally knocking over a toddler.<\/p>\n

\"WomanInstead, I could be the over-excited child(Image: Steph Colderick)<\/p>\n

Prices for the adult night at Techniquest range, with early bird prices starting at \u00a312 and standard prices are \u00a317.<\/p>\n

I paid \u00a317 for my ticket and thought it was well worth the money.<\/p>\n

It is normally \u00a312.75 for adults to enter Techniquest, and with the \u00a317 ticket, I got an alcoholic welcome drink included and access to the show.<\/p>\n

It was more than worth \u00a317 to have the alcoholic drink included and just free rein of Techniquest, surrounded by other adults.<\/p>\n

The museum stays open later into the evening. We got there at 7pm and didn’t leave until 10pm.<\/p>\n

Because it only being adults, there was a bar, and there was food, and it just made the whole experience so much more pleasant and fun than if I had gone along during the day.<\/p>\n

I was like a big kid in Techniquest, I could really understand why children enjoy it so much, as I darted from station to station, taking it all in.<\/p>\n

I was not expecting it to be so interactive, or for it to be so big with so much to see and do, and this was one of the best parts; you are so absorbed, and there is so much to enjoy.<\/p>\n

It really was a lot of fun and a brilliant way to spend the evening; one moment a vacuum cleaner is lifting you off the floor, the next you are experiencing a tornado or an earthquake, or you are firing tennis balls into the air and then trying to work out riddles.<\/p>\n

And even better? No screens. After a full day at work, where I personally stare at a lot of screens, it was brilliant to go out and do something interactive.<\/p>\n

Actually using my hands, getting involved, going to see the live show, and chatting to my friends the whole way through meant it was a very fun and interesting evening.<\/p>\n

Techniquest is running its next adult night on Thursday, October 30, which has a Halloween theme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Museums really are for all ages and this is a great idea from one of Wales’ best museums…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,12502,22307,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-384083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cardiff","10":"tag-cardiff-bay","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115115533612231513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}