Research

Following the filming I had to make sure I understood some of the background of Magna and the steel industry itself. For this I had to do some research in to Magna and how it came to start and how it came to be what it is today which is an attraction for people to walk round.

I decided to visit the website and see what they had to offer and understand a little more on the history of the building itself.

The Magna Website Click Here

Magna first opened as an attraction in late 2001 and has since then won many awards based on there efforts to educate people on the steel industry.

I found out that its got quite a lot to offer not only for older generations wanting to find out what their older family had to do for a living but also had quite a lot of entertainment for the younger generations to find out. Having been to Magna before on several school trips when I was younger I was able to understand a little about this and what the steel industry had to offer for towns in the 70s and before.

Magna now is split in to four main areas.

Air Pavilion

More than 15 metres overhead, high up in the rafters of the building is the Air Pavilion. This giant suspended 'zeppelin' is home to an array of exciting hands-on air-themed activities. Visitors can create stunning patterns with air cannons, witness a selection of humorous and disastrous attempts at early flight, take a spin on a gyroscopic chair and examine the air in our own bodies.

We can't see it, smell it or taste it.

There's 5,200 million, million tonnes of it surrounding the Earth.

We need it to breathe.

This is the story of air. How it creates forces, motion and sounds.

Earth Pavilion

Filled with chunky hands-on games and attractions, such as real-life JCBs to control, hoppers and buckets to race and fill, and a quarry to explode.

This earthy experience is guaranteed to get your adrenalin pumping and sort the workers from the shirkers and the foremen from the labourers!

Fire Pavilion

The blazing Fire Pavilion is a perfect place to dry off after the fun of the waves in the Water Pavilion. The burning atmosphere creates the perfect ambience for the awesome five-metre fire tornado and the clanging and banging of the electromagnetic crane - just some of the mesmerizing attractions available to touch, feel and experiment with in this pavilion.

Make cables glow red hot and paint heat patterns with your hands. Melt steel and race with an electromagnetic crane. Feel the flow of heat and watch crystals as they melt. Find out how heat causes change.

Water Pavilion

Hours of 'soaking fun' are to be had in the Water Pavilion. This wonderfully lit giant steel wave houses a selection of interactive games and challenges that explore the astonishing nature of water. The huge, steel Water Wheel seems to power the whole pavilion and raining clouds overhead mean that your chances of staying dry in 'Water' are very slim!

We drink it. Wash in it. Swim in it and life depends on it. It's 60% of our bodyweight and covers 70% of the Earth's surface. It carves landscapes and creates floods, monsoons, rivers and oceans.

Now you can throw it about, get wet, squirt and spurt. Turn wheels and race to lift it. Flush yourself away in the Water Pavilion.