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is housed in the old Mansfield Brewery building, now converted into
a high tech Discovery Centre full of exciting and fun things to
see and do.
Be amazed at how invention
happens and how it succeeds and fails - produce your own designs
on modern, light-box drawing boards and 3D Computer Aided Design
computers - test materials to destruction - try to run an assembly
line and puzzle out the mysteries of bar codes - use a robot to
assemble the finished product - put your head into a virtual fizzy
drinks factory - star on a newspaper front page and then print
it
- try to recycle waste and find natural resource.
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You can choose from one of the ten kits
shown above - Yes you actually design and build a model product of your
own, test and package it and then take it home! What will you choose -
space rocket, speed buggy or the torch - whatever you choose you will
have great fun building your kit.
Making it! will stimulate, educate,
entertain and amaze you, whether you are six or sixty six.
We supply everything you need (it's included
in the admission price) you will receive a basket of components to
construct your chosen kit.
But that's not all - we've got an oral
history archive - shop and family friendly cafe - inside/outside area to
eat your packed lunch - plenty of nearby parking and bus/train stations
within a ten minute walk.
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