26 September 2014
5pm - 9pm
Treasurer's House (map)
FREE admission
No booking required
No wheelchair access
Journey from the past to the future of power generation at Treasurer’s House.
Find out about industrialist Frank Green (who gave the house to the National Trust) and how his grandfather’s invention revolutionised power stations. Have a go at dressing up as Frank, and find out about how his company is still going strong today.
Then investigate green solutions to the energy crisis – find out about current research into solar panels and have a go at building your own solar-powered creations. Find out how nuclear power works and how radioactive a banana is!
Then venture into the future…will fusion really solve the energy crisis? Enter the Sundome to discover how the Sun works and why researchers are trying to make ‘mini suns’ here on Earth. Find out what plasma balls have to do with making electricity and watch some amazing high voltage demonstrations!
Meet Astronomer John Goodricke. Find out about the discoveries he made within this very building back in 1783, aged only 19!