Lord Mayor’s Valantines Ball
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Saturday 16 February 2019
National Railway Museum
It’s the event you have all been waiting for... the Lord Mayor’s Valentines Ball will take place on the 16 Feb 2019 at the National Railway Museum. This promises to be an unforgettable night with great food, big band, indoor croquet lawn and casino! Get your tickets online now.
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February half term | National Railway Museum
This February half term we’re on a mission to future-proof our lifestyle with a theme of energy and sustainability. Can you work together to find new ways to power our trains, reduce our waste and protect our planet?
How many vegetables would it have taken to power the 1.73 billion rail journeys made in Great Britain last year? How could kites inspire a totally new way of powering our network that doesn’t rely on burning fuel?
Tell us what you think while you take part in new challenges, classic shows and live demonstrations this February half term.
Highlights include...
The wind tower
Great Hall | Free
Take on our biggest challenge and build a vehicle capable of floating in a bid to reach the top of the leaderboard. Can you conquer the tower of wind?
Make your own biogas
Learning Space | £3
Suitable for ages 7+
If you've ever wanted to make your own biogas, now's your chance. Book yourself onto this Technology in Play workshop to make some fuel from plastic bottles, balloons and blended vegetables—tickets are now on sale.
Pop-up Science
Great Hall | Free
Could a potato power the railways of the future? Should carriages have wind turbines on the roof? Help our explainers explore renewable energy in these fun hands-on science shows.
Passenger Puzzle
Station Hall | Free | Weekdays only
Suitable for ages 7+
Design your own carriage and use renewable energy to power it—but you must meet all of your passengers' needs without grinding to a halt.
Daily activities Keeping things moving during half term, we've also got interactive storytelling in Imagination Station, a talk on railway legend Stephenson's Rocket and our classic Turntable demo in Great Hall.
National Railway Museum (NRM York)
★ Leeman Rd, York, YO26 4XJ
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