Plan Your School Visit

School bookings are available during term time on the following days:

- Halifax: Tuesdays - Fridays
- Wirral: Wednesdays and Thursdays

Our current prices are:
£300 excl. VAT per class (of up to 35 children)
£360 per class incl. VAT

This includes your science show/workshop and accompanying adults.

Yes, we can offer discounts for smaller classes. Please contact us with your class size and we'll let you know.

For the school package we have a minimum group size of 20 children.

We can accommodate up to 3 classes of up to 35 children each with the same arrival time or 6 classes if you are able to stagger the arrival times (subject to availability). 

Classes can book different science shows (depending on size), please make this clear on your enquiry form.  If you have a large group we recommend you book as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

No. Annual Passes are for general museum entry only, so cannot be used for school visits.

No. School bookings are for day admission only, and do not include an Annual Pass upgrade.

No, though we run regular Home Educator days at both venues for Home Educators.

Join our Home Education Mailing List to be the first to hear about our forthcoming events.

You must pay a 50% deposit within 2 weeks of making your booking. The remaining balance is due either in advance or on the day of your visit.
If payment is not received before or on arrival, a £20 invoice charge will be added.

Read our full Schools Terms & Conditions

Please contact us as soon as possible if you need to cancel your booking. The amount of refund to which you are entitled depends on how much notice you give us:

More than 4 weeks: Full refund
Less than 4 weeks: 50% refund – effectively surrendering your deposit.

If cancellation is due to circumstances outside your control such as extreme weather, we will endeavour to change your booking to another suitable date.

If we have to cancel for any reason (e.g. the museum is forced to close) we can either look to rearrange your visit for a later date or reimburse any fees or deposit paid in full.

In order to manage the flow of groups around the museum we stagger the arrival and departure times and each group follows a set itinerary.

If you need to change this, please contact us as soon as possible.

We'll do our best to fulfill your request, however please note that we have limited flexibility, particularly if all other slots for that day have been booked up.

Please contact us as soon as possible if you need to make any changes to your booking.

A slight reduction in numbers will not affect the overall cost of your visit as bookings are taken for classes of up to 35 children and are charged accordingly. However, an increase in numbers may incur additional costs and we will need to check to see if we can accommodate this.

Yes - Risk assessments and other useful documents can be found in our 'Resources' section.

Yes you can. Just contact us to arrange your free preview visit.

Yes, there is free coach parking for school groups. We'll even throw in a free cuppa for your driver.

Don’t panic – traffic jams happen!

Just call our main switchboards to let us know that you’re running late, and roughly by how long (if you know) and we’ll do our best to ensure that your class doesn’t lose out.
- Halifax: 01422 330069
- Wirral: 0151 323 0033

If you arrive early, you can either play outside until you are due to enter or possibly come inside if there is room.

You will be met by one of our trained Enablers, who'll run you through the plan for the day and can answer any questions you have.

Your main group leader should sort out any final payment required. We’ll give your group a welcome talk – including some of the important things you need to know about visiting Eureka! – before taking you into the museum to begin your visit.

Please try to stick to your confirmed arrival time. We operate quite a strict timetable for the day to ensure that groups are suitably spread out across the museum.

Yep - we have large containers (big metal trolleys at Halifax, even bigger blue cages at Wirral) available for you to store coats, bags and lunches in.

We’ll have them ready for you when you get here.

Not quite, you will have a trained members of staff (Enablers) to look after you during your visit.

At Halifax, one Enabler will stay with your group all day and guide you to each area. At Wirral, an Enabler will meet you on arrival and guide you to your first area, and an Enabler will be available in each gallery to support your visit.

Your chosen science show or workshop will be led by another member of our team.

A visit to the Gift shop isn't included in the standard school itinerary but can be added if you would like to - please contact us as soon as possible if you'd like to include this.

If you're visiting Halifax, you can also pre-order goody bags for your pupils for just £4.50 each if you'd prefer. Download our Goody Bag Order Form for more info.

We’re VERY proud to offer two fully accessible venues, with a range of support and facilities available for disabled visitors.
Both venues include a Changing Places facility, chill out room and more.

• Halifax Access Information


• Wirral Access Information

All school visits are allocated an indoor lunch space for 30 mins, followed by 15 mins outdoor play (this will be replaced with indoor activities if the weather is unsuitable).

If you are bringing multiple classes, please be aware that you will not all be seated together and may have different lunch times.

Depending on the type of booking, groups follow a set itinerary with a 30 min science show, 30 min indoor lunch space and set time in each of our main galleries.
This helps you get the most out of the visit and means you won’t clash with other school groups.

Got a question that we haven't covered? Contact us and we'll be happy to help :)