Eureka opens consultation with visitors on how it plans to open children's museum

In order to support the national effort to control the COVID-19 pandemic,the museum is currently closed.

The vast majority of our staff have been furloughed, with the remaining skeleton staff working a reduced number of hours, and focussed on bringing families #EurekaAtHome resources for fun and facts during its closure, safeguarding the museum building and grounds, and preparing for how to safely reopen Eureka! when the time is right.

The museum has opened a consultation with visitors to shape its reopening plans.

Leigh-Anne Stradeski, Eureka! Chief Executive, said: "A lot of our visitors do not know that Eureka! The National Children’s Museum is a charity, which receives no ongoing funding from Government.

"The Eureka! experience is designed to engage young children with the world around them through a variety of fun learning and play opportunities in science, technology, engineering, arts and maths.

"This has never been so crucial, and we are proud to be helping to secure the next generation of scientists and technological experts along with our Science Centre counterparts all around the country.

"The COVID-19 crisis is having an immediate and serious impact on all charitable and cultural organisations such as Eureka! who depend on generating income from ticket sales, our shop, our café and car parks, all of which is no longer possible.

Since making the difficult decision to close Eureka! on 20 March 2020 we have been touched by the number of visitors who have sent messages of support to us and our staff. If you are able to turn that support into a small donation, we would be very grateful."

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