Welcome to Questacon

We're creating a better future through engagement with science, technology and innovation across Australia.

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Open 9 am to 5 pm every day

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Mangroves – Tales from the Tide

Featured Exhibition
- Until November 2025
- Gallery 8
Mini Q - Major redevelopment announcement

Event
- 1 June 2025
- Parkes
CURIOSITY: Building Breakthroughs in LEGO® Bricks

Featured Exhibition
- Until May 2025
- Gallery 1
Discovery Quest

Event
- Every day
- Parkes
Science Time: Autumn

Workshop
- Bookings open 2 May 2025
- Blue Door Room
Engineering is Elementary Workshops – NSW

Workshop
- 13 to 20 May 2025
- Armidale, Tamworth, Dubbo, Bathurst

WHAT'S ON

Acknowledgement of Country

Questacon acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians and first scientists, makers and innovators of this land and their continuing connection to Country.
We pay our respect to the Elders past, and present.

Artwork by Lynnice Letty Church

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Did you know

Some animals can ‘see’ Earth’s magnetic field! Migrating birds and sea turtles use the Earth’s magnetic field to find their way to distant nesting sites.

Make a magnetic fidget toy

Did you know

Human ears cannot hear all sounds. For a human to hear something, the object making the sound needs to vibrate between 20 and 20,000 times each second!

Make some noise

Welcome to Questacon

Mangroves – Tales from the Tide

Mini Q - Major redevelopment announcement

CURIOSITY: Building Breakthroughs in LEGO® Bricks

Discovery Quest

​Science Time: Autumn

Engineering is Elementary Workshops – NSW

Acknowledgement of Country

Have your say

Science Time: Autumn