Eureka! The National Children's Museum

Eureka! The National Children's Museum is an interactive educational museum for children, with a focus on learning through play. It is run as an educational charity and not-for-profit organisation. Eureka! is based on the North American model of children's museums, aimed at families with children aged 0–13 and encourages hands-on inter-generational learning.

The Museum for Children was formally constituted as a registered charity in 1985 by Vivien Duffield who was inspired to create the museum after visiting a children's museum in Boston in the United States. The museum is intended for children aged up to 14 with accompanying adults, and it was established with £9 million funding, £7 million of which came from the Clore and Duffield foundations with the rest from grants and private donations. It is located on former British Rail land next to Halifax railway station. Eureka!'s location was suggested by King Charles III who thought the empty site particularly suitable for the museum and believed that it could serve as a stimulus for the regeneration of Halifax. King Charles III opened the museum on 9 July 1992 when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and was its patron until 2002. 

The museum has four main galleries: 

Spark Gallery – Opened July 2017 as part of the museums 25th anniversary celebrations; it is a flexible exhibition space

All About Me – Opened in March 2013; a £2.9 million gallery, lead funded by the Wellcome Trust, exploring the themes of health, well-being and the human body

Living and Working Together – A miniature town square (including a bank, fountain, garage and shops) and house

SoundSpace – An interactive gallery encouraging children to discover the science of sound and music, with the help of Orby the Alien

SoundGarden

Desert Discovery

The Beach – possibly the largest outdoor sandpit in the North of England.

The Wonder Walk – An outdoor sensory trail

Please visit the website of the museum for further information https://www.eureka.org.uk