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Tactile Universe

Interactive activities

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Event date
Saturday 8 February 2020, 2pm to 6pm
Location
York Barbican (Map)
Audience
Open to the public
Admission
Free admission

Event details

Come along and get hands-on with Tactile Universe. Make a scale model of the Solar System or a 3D galaxy to take away. Have a go at feeling galaxies as well as seeing them using resources specially designed to make astronomy accessible to the visually impaired.

Meet the researcher: Dr Emily Brunsden, Dr Josie Rawes, Josh Nonet-Black, Department of Physics, University of York

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA

Partners

University of York logo
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Venue details

Wheelchair accessible