Eureka! The National Children's Museum

Eureka! The National Children's Museum

Eureka! The National Children's Museum
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Science MuseumsEducational sitesChildren's Museums
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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We're an award-winning children's museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, with more than 400 interactive exhibits which inspire children aged 0-11 to learn about themselves and the world around them through imagination, discovery and, most importantly, play!
Duration: 2-3 hours
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  • Wendy C
    20 contributions
    A great place for children
    This was our second visit with our three year old grandson. It's a smashing place with lots of hands on activities and learning experiences. Our earlier visit was during term time on a sunny day in the afternoon and that was ideal for a young child with mainly children around his age and not overly busy. Today it was a rainy Christmas holiday and extremely busy. It didn't spoil our fun but my one criticism is that the under 5s area was unsupervised by Eureka staff which meant that the popular ball drop machine was several times monopolized by unsupervised older children and the younger ones were pushed out. Our grandson particularly enjoyed the interactive walls.
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled with family
    Written 29 December 2022
  • mand301
    Stockport, United Kingdom75 contributions
    11 year old loved it!!
    Brilliant my 11 year old especially like the all about you bit. I thought she’d be a bit young for the pretend shop and bank but she loved that too. It’s all hands on with lots to do. A few things didn’t work like the pictures of a baby growing in mums tummy but we just moved on to the next bit. We like the illusions and it would have great to see more. The negatives for me is that cafe is quite expensive and you have to pay for parking. The interactive bits could ge better but over all I thought it was great! We spent over 2 hours in there. Itvwas a bit crowded so I’d advise to book before you go.
    Visited January 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 3 January 2023
  • Schmorgan1
    6 contributions
    Good place, but poop food
    Great for young kids though some of the displays that are interactive need more explanation on how to work them, maybe more simply written for younger children. AVOID the cafe. It’s dreadful and expensive. They really need to up their game. Badly organised and the kids sandwiches are poor. Take your own food as there are places to eat it.
    Visited February 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 24 February 2023
  • Woody
    Chester, United Kingdom149 contributions
    Expected a bit more
    Expected a bit more really, nice building, nice view over the river, my son enjoyed it, but it lacked a lot of the interactive stuff you would expect. They seem to opted for monitors with rather not the best interface, which my 4 year old wasn’t to fussed with. I was hoping something like the other science centres for kids like Nemo in Amsterdam or the Detroit science centre which is fun and enjoyable for everyone of all ages.. for the three of us £44, we prob my son got bored after about an hour.. wouldn’t say it’s really a birthday activity, more of school Trip school activity
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 11 March 2023
  • JamieB88
    Bradford, United Kingdom7 contributions
    Absolute chaos
    Far too busy with lots of Scouts groups who were out of control and taking over everything. My 3 year old barely got to go on anything. The prices are a joke really. A 3 year old same price as an adult at £16 is a rip off. And it’s probably the only place I’ve had to pay for car parking at an attraction when you’ve already spent loads on entry tickets. Lot of the activities need updating and a limit on the amount of group bookings
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 12 March 2023
  • Aimee E
    3 contributions
    Not as good as I was expecting
    We visited the museum with our 5 year old daughter. It wasn't quite as good as I was expecting. We have been to far better children's museums (Think Tank in Birmingham and We The Curious in Bristol). It was far too busy especially on the ground floor. A large part of the museum centres around role play, these areas were too busy to be able to play there. We spent about 1.5 hours there but had expected to be there longer. when we went to the Think Tank in Birmingham we were there from 10.30am to 5pm and our daughter was still finding things to be interested in. I was expecting much more from Eureka and I don't think we will be going back with the annual pass.
    Visited March 2023
    Written 15 March 2023
  • Tillin
    Ashford, United Kingdom87 contributions
    Great place for children
    Great place for children to explore and learn at the same time. Our son is 18 months old and he had a great time exploring. Food in the cafe is reasonably priced and very quick service. Great to have an annual ticket too
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 26 March 2023
  • Bea
    1 contribution
    A good morning
    Love that I have an annual pass now, my 3 year old loved it. Lots of things to play with. She loved the role play area. Great fun, reasonably priced. My food was great. Kids box not so much. Only one drink to choose from and the jam sandwich was like a rock and had about a jar of jam plastered all over she couldn't eat it. The only downside to our visit was the 2 schools that were also visiting at the same time. Maybe if your closed on a Monday, have school visits only on this day. They didn't want to share anything, they were running around, had no respect for the things, they were climbing and jumping off things, the teachers were having a nice chat in the corner, so oblivious as what was happening. We tried not to let it ruin our visit, we got to see everything just really didn't have much time on everything as we were overuled by 50 kids.
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 28 March 2023
  • SAM
    6 contributions
    Great potential but too busy and lots needing updating/fixing
    It would probably have been better to visit outside of school holidays as it was very busy and the same pushy children were pushing past other kids to do each of the activities with their uninterested parents leaving them to be rude. I would rather have paid a little more and had them limit the numbers on the day. In terms of the actual some parts were really well thought out (e.g smells to identify, pregnant abdomen that you can feel kick), other bits they had missed opportunities to make them better. It was disappointing how many things didn't work and needed fixing, I would have thought that they would be more on top of repairs (for example the big digestive system display didn't work, the cycling skeleton didn't work, and lots other elements). The staff were really good at interacting with the children and very welcoming. I think when this place opened years ago it was probably fantastic particularly on a term time visit, but 10 years on with little signs of updates/improvements it needs a bit of a once over to justify the admission costs was our feeling.
    Visited April 2023
    Written 12 April 2023
  • Meander42035602511
    1 contribution
    Unimpressed
    Visited today for the first time and was not very impressed. Took my 8 year old son as the website advises that it is suitable for up to 12 year olds. To be honest it was rather chaotic. I appreciate that the museum is interactive but it felt more like a large play area for younger children. My son wanted to leave after 15 minutes and we managed to pursuade him to stay for an hour by diverting into the coffee shop. You have to book a time . We arrived at around 2 and I dont think there any time restrictions at all as it was quite busy at this time.Maybe the experience we had was because it was a busy bank holiday . Unfortunately we left underwhelmed and wont be returning. I dont think that its interesting enough for an 8 year old. Stayed all of an hour which included time in the coffee shop so not good value for money for us today particularly as we travelled to visit.
    Visited May 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 1 May 2023
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Mr&Mrs
Halifax, UK334 contributions
Nov 2023 • Family
Visited hear with my family, my 8 year old and 2 year old loved it.

Their is so much for the little ones to eplay with and enjoy, brilliant role-playing such as the Halifax Bank, supermarket and the all about me section.

Its rather educational for the adults as the kids can run wild with so much interaction, brought back some memories from myself and husband being hear when we were kids.

Definitely recommend visiting more than once, Great price for the year so you can return free off charge.
Written 16 November 2023
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Steff Higgins
12 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
Excellent day out. Really lovely venue - lots to do and plenty of space. You have to pre book tickets- this ensured that the museum wasn’t too full. The interactive house is fabulous and our children loved decorating and bringing to life the interactive butterflies.
Written 2 November 2023
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Sez2041
Kingston-upon-Hull, UK11 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
Today we visited Eureka approximately 20 years since I visited on a school trip, now with my 8 and 4 year old.
Unfortunately, it didn’t quite live up to what I was expecting. Granted, I did visit on a wet Tuesday during the half term, however, I did wonder if the pre-booking was essential or if they did just allow anyone and everyone in. The museum was so so busy that you had to shout to hold a conversation and my children were quite often pushed off of what they were looking at by other children. It didn’t seem practical to have that many people crammed into some of the areas and in the end, we left.
We definitely don’t believe the circa £64 entrance fee we paid for a family of four was justifiable and we certainly won’t be returning, even with the free return entry.
Written 31 October 2023
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Diane B
Leeds, UK11 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
First visit to this fantastic children’s museum. Much to keep our four year old granddaughter occupied and interested however the food in the cafe was disgusting, actually inedible. Why the emphasis on healthy eating in the museum and then service ultra processed inedible rubbish in the cafe. Even the chips were flaccid.
Written 28 October 2023
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Rebecca W
York, UK18 contributions
Jun 2023 • Family
We had a wonderful trip to Eureka that took me straight back to my childhood, the kids loved all the interactive play and found the science sections fascinating. We can't wait to visit again.
Written 25 October 2023
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Clare C
1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Family
Ok after reading so many reviews about this place, we spontaneously decided to go today after years of wanting to take my kids- who are 4 & 11 years old…. And honestly I didn’t get hype - my youngest found it loud, Not sure if maybe we just went on a bad day where it was very busy and we couldn’t get to things or activities, my youngest was pushed off certain activities or pushed in front of, when she wanted to have a go. She asked to go home and my eldest didn’t seemed to enjoy himself either really- I left a little deflated, that I traveled all that way and wasn’t ‘wow’ed… sorry for a bad review but it’s just how we felt
Written 21 October 2023
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Adventure39474401383
1 contribution
Sep 2023 • Family
First time we’ve been here and we had to travel from Nottingham. Upon arrival we were greeted by Bradley (tall lad) who needs a pay rise as he was great! All staff were useful and the museum was full of nice surprises and interesting exhibits on every turn. Outstanding! Worth the visit!
Written 30 September 2023
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Jacks
26 contributions
Sep 2023 • Family
I was really impressed presuming it has had a recent refurbishment as it was very clean nearly everything was working staff were friendly very happy with cafe choice available
It really is a fantastic museum was easy parking thanks to everyone who keep it maintained to such a high standard
Written 30 September 2023
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Tim H
Lincoln, UK1,895 contributions
Sep 2023 • Family
Top marks too Eureka. We brought our children here 25 years ago and now visited with Grandchildren. It still looks as good as new, despite the constant attention of little hands. Fantastic job from the team that keeps it up to date and in full working order.
Written 30 September 2023
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Kate K
49 contributions
Sep 2023 • Family
We visited for the Home Education day with children 8 and 6yrs. Our 6yr old absolutely loved the bee workshop and would have liked to be able to buy some honey because he said it was so nice. I’d visit again for a Home Ed day because it was well organised and the staff running the workshops were very friendly as were the staff in the cafe. The workshops were just the right length of time to allow for exploring the rest of the museum without rushing, in fact we didn’t have time to go to the drop in ones although we would next time as I wouldn’t bother with the sound zone downstairs as it was disappointing. Upstairs was wonderful. Our children loved exploring this area.

There were several things not working such as a car, an interactive screen a light display upstairs, the display at the entrance, a game that had jammed as someone had pressed all the buttons too enthusiastically etc but it was quiet enough not to matter and I’m not surprised some stuff is broken with the way some parents let their children treat it. I did find it irritating that some people had brought toddlers just to run around as we were in the middle of an activity when a toddler came up and started pressing random buttons meaning we had to start all over again! Similarly the AI robot seemed great but we struggled to hear it over the noise.

Overall and most importantly the children enjoyed their day and loved the workshops. They said the upstairs area was their favourite.
Written 29 September 2023
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  • Tue - Fri 10:00 - 16:00
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