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Eureka! The National Children's Museum

Discovery Road, Halifax HX1 2NE, England
01422 330069
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Ranked #4 of 18 attractions in Halifax
Type: Children’s Museums
Owner description: 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... more » Owner description: 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! « less
Useful Information: Activities for older children, Activities for young children
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 June 2013 NEW via mobile

We were expecting brilliance as everyone raves over eureka but it wasn't as good as we were expecting. Our 5 year old thought it was good but didn't really learn a lot as he had already learnt a lot of it at school. Our 11 yr old got a bit bored on most things. Thankfully we used our Tesco clubcard... More

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York, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 June 2013 NEW

First went here over the Christmas holidays so thought it would be packed but even though it was busy the children could still take part in all the activities. Have been again several times and since the near body exhibition opened as well. Still a very exciting and interactive experience. Yes some of the demonstrations are broken but on the... More

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Wakefield, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 June 2013 NEW

Visited at half-term with my two grandchildren and again they had a brilliant time. Only down side was that when I went with my granddaughter to make pixie house in the activity room, a young woman there who appeared to be in charge of 4 young girls, did not seem to be their mother, was continuously drawing on an e-cigarette... More

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Manchester, England
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 June 2013 via mobile

We've been to Eureka before during busy school holidays and it was far too busy for my autistic son so I was a bit dubious about returning but felt that as a lot of kids had gone back to school we'd give it another go - and I'm so glad we did, our 2 year old loved shopping and playing... More

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Wigan, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 June 2013

Everything in this place is awesome, so educational and so much fun. WIll be going again very soon. Bad point, they charge you for the car park!

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2013

My family went to eureka today, perhaps a half term school holiday wasn't the best time to go! It was just too busy! Advice I would give anyone going is.... 1. Be prepared to queue, 2. For God's sake don't use the cafe, it's expensive, noisy, crowded and impossible to find a place to sit when it's busy. 3. Don't... More

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Rebecca R, Customer Relations at Eureka! The National Children's Museum, responded to this review
29 May 2013

Hi Clare, and thanks very much for taking the time to review us. We're happy to hear that you enjoyed the activities and found our staff helpful, and we do recognise that queue times can be frustrating on rainy days in the school holidays. For this reason we encourage our visitors to book online, and this way they can jump... More

Sunderland, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2013

Initially expensive as it cost £10.95 each and my grandaughter who is only 3 had to pay the full entrance fee, no subsidies but the fee comes with an annual pass. Lots to see and do and be involved in and play areas outside include a sandpit. We visited on the Saturday and again on the Sunday

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2013 via mobile

This is an excellent place to visit with many activities! It is also very educational f or kids even for adults!!! The best thing of all is when you go you can pay abd get it FREE for the whole year!!!! I recommend this for people!!!

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Ryde, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2013

This is a hands on museum for the kids, no saying do not touch they are encouraged to touch and find out how things work.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013

With my wife giving birth in August we decided not to have a holiday abroad before the birth, but instead would do different things with our daughter (2 and half years old) every day for a week. After visiting Chester zoo and Play Factore, we decided on Eureka for our third outing. Although it was a pain to get from... More

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