Joining the Play Revolution

A common misconception about Eureka! is that we are a commercial visitor attraction …many people simply don’t know we are a non-profit charity.  This is something we hope to tackle in the coming months, as we give you, our visitors, a lot more information about the work we do in the museum and beyond in our outreach programmes.

As an educational charity we receive no government funding. Our museum and activities are funded by our admission fees, fundraising and commercial activities like our shop and cafe. Therefore, every single voluntary donation makes an incredible difference.

Our next major project is the development of our new flagship exhibition Me and My World.  This will replace the much loved Me and My Body gallery, but don’t worry – we will make sure we retain and update some of your favourite exhibits!  The new exhibition will cost a grand total of £2.9m of which we have already raised £2.1m, so we are well on our way to reaching this total but there is still a lot of work to do.

As one of the thousands of people that read our blog every year, we hope you can do one simple thing to help out.  Quite simply, we need 5 minutes of your time.  Eureka! has registered on the Co-operative Revolution campaign where you can vote for your favourite revolution.  Eureka! of course is leading the play revolution so simply follow the link provided and register your vote.  The most popular revolution in each region will be awarded £5,000 and if all our readers take a few minutes to do this, we’re in with a good chance! 

It won’t cost you a penny, and will help us achieve our vision of an exhibition which will inspire a whole new group of children who, like their parents before them, will look back on days spent at Eureka! as some of the most magical learning moments of their childhood.

You can register and vote online on the Co-operative Revolution website.

Kate Goldring is the Fundraising Manager at Eureka! The National Children's Museum.