“Would love to take the kids at half term but at £15 a pop per person it is just unaffordable in the current climate. This museum may be wonderful but only if you have full pockets sadly”
“Great idea but in drastic need of an update as hardly changed since I was a kid nearly 20 years ago. Better for children of school age in my opinion.”
“When it comes to museums for children, I’m not sure there is anything that can beat Eureka. Eureka is a children’s science museum based in Halifax, West Yorkshire. It. Is. Amazing! I know you can say that about so many things, I don’t use the word amazing lightly – but it really is. I remember going to Eureka myself as a child and feeling like it was the most wonderful place in the world! Nothing has changed. The museum is really easy to find. It’s well signposted all the way through Halifax and there is a large car park where you can pop your car for 4 hours for £3. The amazing thing about entry is that the ticket price gets you an annual pass. Children under 11 months are free. One to two year olds are £5.25 for entry, and children over three are £12.95. Grown ups are £12.95 too – it can seem expensive when you first pay but the yearly pass makes it so affordable for local families. We bought our new yearly pass at the end of January and we’ve already been twice. In the summer we have just been and spent the day in the huge outdoor sand pit – we didn’t even go inside the museum! If it’s cold, raining or your curiosity get the better of you and you do leave the safety of the sand pit, then you’ll find there are eight different galleries to explore around the museum. Our favourite is the ‘All about me’ gallery, we love the dentists, the climbing wall, the interactive projected pond and the talking robot. The ‘Living and Working Together’ gallery is great fun. It’s all built around a town square with a bank, post office, fountain and mini M&S. The cash machine in the bank allows you to withdraw money (paper money – sorry guys!). It’s fabulous for teaching life skills to littlies. When you grow up you’re going to argue about who gets the last loaf of ciabatta in M&S – so why not start now?”
