Eureka!

What can I say...I'm a big kid! I was wary that disappointment would follow after a visit to Eureka! much like the dismay I felt after a recent visit to Tropical World - everything always seems much grander and exciting as a kid. Having not visited for at least 8 years this was not the case & although not a scratch on Magna, it held its own. For an educational environment it was fun and engaging, plus the younger cousins I attended with couldn't get enough of it ...worth the admission fee I'm not entirely sure though.

Everything is easily accessible, brightly coloured and invites a hands on experience where exhibition sets make noises, produce images, provide information and test initiative; emphasis on interactive learning.

What is appreciated is that Eureka! is the complete polar opposite of the museums you'd ordinarily see in the Yorkshire area, Royal Armouries being a good example and the Leeds Museum springs to mind, that is a museum with artifacts encased in glass cabinets.

It ticks all the boxes as a kids science museum, however from an adults point of view it wasn't particularly challenging and was a stretch to keep focus for the duration.