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Eric McMillan
Eric McMillan, (born in Sheffield, England, in 1942) is a Canadian designer who began his career designing exhibitions. By an extraordinary opportunity in 1972, he started designing play areas and elements that encouraged children to learn through play. The concepts were composed of a great variety of materials. He has been referred to as "The father of soft play". Early life He was born in 1942 in the midst of an Airstrike, air-raid to a working class mother in Sheffield: Stillbirth, still-born but revived by the midwife who dipped him alternately in buckets of cold and warm water. At the age of five he moved to North Manchester, cared for by the wife of his World War I, blind grandfather. Short sight, Requiring glasses that he refused to wear or order to fight off bullying, he attended nine schools between five and fifteen, leaving from List of schools in Salford, St Boniface's RC School, Higher Broughton, at the School-leaving age, age of 15, barely literacy, literate. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eureka! (museum)
Eureka! The National Children's Museum is an interactive educational museum for children in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, with a focus on learning through play. It is run as an educational charity and not-for-profit organisation. Eureka! is based on the North American model of children's museums, aimed at families with children aged 0–11 and encourages hands-on inter-generational learning. History The Museum for Children was formally constituted as a registered charity in 1985 by Vivien Duffield who was inspired to create the museum after visiting a children's museum in Boston in the United States. The museum is intended for children aged up to 12 with accompanying adults, and it was established with £9 million funding, £7 million of which came from the Clore and Duffield foundations with the rest from grants and private donations. It is located on former British Rail land next to Halifax railway station. Eureka!'s location was suggested by King Charles III who t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
