Get a closer look at the hissing cockroach

Face your fears with Universeum’s school holiday programme in weeks 7-8. Get up close and touch a tarantula, death’s head cockroaches, giant cockroaches, crickets, mealworms and leeches.

Scary things in secret boxes

Do you dare put your hand in the secret boxes. You can also look at animals through a microscope and taste mealworms, crickets and superworms.

The school holiday programme runs from Saturday 9 February to Sunday 24 February. In addition to the special holiday activities, the programme also includes shark feeding, rainforest safaris and much more besides.

Today’s programme