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Discover@20-21

Photography: James Mulkeen
Open: Tuesday - Saturday, 10am to 4pm

Build, balance, draw and discover

Discover@20-21, the new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) interactive gallery opened its doors on Thursday 30 October – bringing together creativity and curiosity in spectacular style. Free to visit, it’s a place where science meets art, families meet fun, and every visit sparks something new.

Designed especially for families, the colourful, hands-on gallery is packed with activities that make learning feel like play. From glowing light tables and magnetic walls to spinning illusions and digital art screens, every corner invites children to experiment, imagine and explore.

Young inventors can build landscapes of light, solve circuit mazes, and test their balance on wobbly towers. Budding artists can create dazzling patterns, digital paintings and geometric puzzles – then see their masterpieces projected onto the huge chancel window for everyone to enjoy.

Outside, optical illusions and playful perspective tricks turn science into magic, revealing how shapes, light and movement can fool the eye and spark the mind.

Discover@20-21 is a brilliant new space for families to explore, get creative and have fun together. It’s exciting, hands-on and totally different – a place where children can see how imagination and innovation can shape the world around them.

Cllr Rob Waltham, leader of North Lincolnshire Council

This new feature is something special for Scunthorpe – a space where children can play, experiment and let their imaginations run wild. It shows that learning doesn’t have to be in a classroom – it can happen through laughter, colour and creativity.

Cllr John Davison, cabinet member for safer, stronger communities

Young boy playing with a circular marble maze exhibit while another child uses a touchscreen in the background.
Vibrant discovery space with glowing cube seats, touchscreen tables, and a large stained-glass window at the end of the room.
Child turning large colourful gears on an interactive gear wall while another child stands behind him.
Children playing with foam blocks in front of mirrored panels, with a large illuminated stained-glass window behind them.
Interactive play area with colourful foam blocks, mirrored panels, and a large gear wall inside a neon-lit discovery space.
Child using a large interactive touchscreen while an adult stands beside him in a brightly lit discovery exhibit.
Two children sitting on a bench beneath a glowing ‘DISCOVER’ sign, looking at a booklet together.
Wide view of a neon-lit discovery gallery with touchscreen stations, colourful cube lights, and interactive exhibits.