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BIG BANG – Summer Space Fair

Over 1,100 people attended our big finale to Street Cosmos phase 1, and launch of Light Years, at TCR Hub Barnard Castle.

What a day!

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Indoors - The Street Cosmos Showcase

Big Bang was a 2-in-1 event. Indoors at TCR Hub, we hosted our Street Cosmos Showcase.

5 unique installations and exhibitions made by our Street Cosmos community collaborators Blackhall Community Centre, Gaunless Gateway Big Local and TCR Hub, with scientists from Durham University.

They were:

  1. METEORITES – AN INVESTIGATION – By Gaunless Gateway Big Local, Little Chefs Big Chefs, Auckland Youth and Community Centre, Sarah Stamp.
  2. THE BLACKHALL WORMHOLE – By Blackhall Community Centre, Daisy Arts.
  3. DO YOU WANNA TO BUILD A SPACEMAN? – By Daisy Arts, Blackhall Community Centre.
  4. THE ASTRONAUT’S STUDIO – By TCR Hub, Mack Sproates.
  5. TRASHION CAPSULE COLLECTION – By TCR Hub, including workshop with Helen Schell.

Outdoors - Light Years

Across the vast grounds of TCR Hub, we hosted free activities to launch Light Years.

Light Years is a 3-year programme of dynamic art-science collaborations that will celebrate the 1,200 year history of space science in County Durham, shine a spotlight on worldclass research and innovation in next generation spacetech, and invites the public to explore the really big questions of the universe.

Part of the Into the Light, a place-based creative collaboration that will drive long-lasting growth in County Durham. Led by Durham County Council.

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Get Involved

We’d love to hear from you! If you are a community member who’d like to bring Street Museum to your neighbourhood, or a cultural, arts or science organisation looking to connect with your communities in a direct way, a technology company with a relevant new product, or you’re just interested and want to know more – just drop Ged a line on [email protected].