Have a Steampunk Easter at Eureka!
Eureka! in Halifax is bringing Steampunk and science together for a madcap, zigzag journey through the amazing world of science and technology this Easter holiday – on every day from Saturday 6th to Sunday 28th April!
Throughout the holidays, head to Professor Spark’s lab to witness the amazing properties of light and sound, and experience Tricks & Tomfoolery as the Eureka! Steampunk Scientists teach you how to fool your mind!
Take your tinkerers into the Eureka! Imagination Space to try their hand at a range of maker activities and crafts, from having a go at code breaking as they learn about morse code, creating mechanical noisy machines out of upcycled junk, making your own drawing bot or completing a large scale marble-run. Check out the Eureka! website to see what’s happening each day: www.eureka.org.uk
For Easter Weekend, families are also invited to hop-along to meet a truly unique Easter Bunny, created by Same Difference Arts, at Eureka! from Friday 19th to Monday 22nd April.
Eureka!’s Steampunk Science Easter event is supported by First News, a weekly newspaper for children.
All activities are included in the price of admission or free to Eureka! Annual Pass Holders.
The Eureka! Steampunk Scientists
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About Eureka! The National Children’s Museum
Based in Halifax, next to the main railway station, Eureka! is the UK’s only national children’s museum. Since it opened in 1992, Eureka! has brought smiles to the faces of more than 7.5m visitors. During that time, it has attracted £22 million of capital investment, employed more than 2500 people, won 60 local, national and international awards and changed the face of the sector by spearheading a more immersive and interactive approach to traditional museums throughout Britain.
The 4500sqm building features 400 hands-on experiences over six main galleries, with the newest space - Spark Gallery - currently home to the innovative digiPlaySpace, a temporary digital arts exhibition which opened in July as part of Eureka!’s 25th celebrations and has now been extended to run until Easter 2018.
Funded primarily by Arts Council England and the Foyle Foundation, with in-kind support from Graham Construction, digiPlaySpace consists of 14 digital interactives created by artists from around the world. The exhibition is a small part of a much larger exhibition curated each year by the Toronto International Film Festival. It was responsible for the busiest summer the museum has had since 2014, which followed the opening of the Wellcome Trust-funded All About Me gallery.
Eureka! is a charity which is entirely dependent on earned revenue to sustain operations and ensure families from all backgrounds can benefit from the play and learning opportunities offered.
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