COMPLETELY FREE stuff to do in Aberdeen this Week! (April 18th - 25th)

• Tues 22^nd Café Controversial  7pm Satrosphere Science Centre, FREE, NO NEED TO BOOK

GM crops: Raking up the facts  with Professor Howard Davies James Hutton Institute. Come and discuss the science behind the GM crop headlines. Always plenty of opportunity to ask questions at these events (and this should be a great debate!)

• 23rd April - Lunchtime talk! 30 YEARS OF ABERDEEN MARITIME MUSEUM 

John Edwards 12.30-1pm  Booking essential call 01224 337714 

• Wed 23^rd Café Scientifique 7pm Waterstones Union Bridge, FREE, NO NEED TO BOOK

Seeing into old age – Dr Karin Pilz School of Psychology University of Aberdeen – vision often worsens with age but is it the eyes always to blame? Come and discuss the role of the brain in vision-related changes during healthy aging. 

• Thurs 24th - Skeptics in the Pub  - Aberdeen's Witchcraft Trials - 7.30 pm - Cellar 35 

Aberdeen had witches?! Whaaat! And witchcraft trials??! Whaat! This talk is free (in a cellar), there's no need to book - just turn up and there will be  drinks both alcoholic and non alcoholic available to purchase. 

• (NOT FREE) Thurs 24th - VIKINGS LIVE! From the British Museum - 7.00 pm - Cineworld Aberdeen

An exclusive, expertly guided tour of the British Museum's new blockbuster Vikings exhibition. Featuring BIG SHIPS and insight into how these great warriors shaped our modern lives. Also featuring Professor Neil Price from the University of Aberdeen. 

• Thurs 24th - LECTURE - Universal Access to New Essential Medicines - 7pm - Kings Conference Centre, Old Aberdeen. 

The Inaugural Jim Petrie Lecture, delivered by Professor Hans Hogerzeil. Organised by the Medico-Chirurgical Society. Free but you can book places by email or phone 01224 437104.

Not interested in a talk? Why not visit Aberdeen Maritime Museum, the Cruickshank Botanic Gardens or Duthie Park (all COMPLETELY FREE)! 

And if you don't even want to leave your house you can check out virtual exhibitions in Aberdeen too! 

The George Shepherd Pharmaceutical Collection consists of a virtually complete Victorian pharmacy interior and business archive unique in the UK (the LEECHES jar looks very similar to lots of the storage tins in John Lewis...) . The collection was donated to Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums by George Shepherd, one of the last directors of the successful Aberdeen pharmacy business Davidson & Kay. You can view all the images online! 

Booking for the May Festival 2014 is now open. Get tickets now for things like BRIGHT CLUB 2014 (where researchers do comedy) and check out all the MAY-HEM events coming up! 

Seen any other interesting events that I haven't mentioned? Email me!

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