Address: St Michael's St, St Albans, AL3 4SW, United Kingdom
Phone: +441727751810
Rating: 4.5
based on 141 reviews.
Exhibits and Artifacts
Pros:
"This is a small museum which is packed full of fascinating artifacts from Roman times."
"Great experience, beautiful and well preserved roman mosaics."
"Surprisingly rich collection of roman artefacts, crafts, pottery glassware and amazing wall paintings and mosaics."
"They have displays of original artifacts, skeletons, and some of the most stunning original mosaics in Europe."
"Some of the finest mosaics outside of, err... Rome. Amazingly well preserved large pieces with great detail."
"An amazing display of Iron Age and Roman artefacts."
"Impressive archeological finds include tools and pottery, armour and jewellery, building walls and floors including mosaics, coins, and other things of their everyday life."
Cons:
"Display and exhibit not that great and not worth paying for."
"Boring and expensive!"
"The museum itself is not much really - handful of rooms certainly not worth the £18 we had to pay."
"Whilst the artefacts are interesting, they're display was not particularly exciting or engaging, especially for the kids."
"The theatre was a bit underwhelming in my opinion."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"Staff are amazing, super friendly, attentive and asking if my autistic son needed any further support."
"A special thank you to the knowledgeable staff member who showed me some detailed aspects of the design of the mosaics."
"The staff are friendly and know their stuff."
"The staff are extremely helpful and knowledgeable about the museum and are able to help you."
"The museum staff was very nice and helpful."
"Staff where really helpful especially one lady who was more than happy to answer all my children's questions and really engaged with them."
"Amazing museum with stunning artifacts and knowledgeable staff."
Cons:
"One of the security guards though was very unfriendly towards the children and was overzealous in asking them to keep quiet."
"Liked everything except the lady who was telling year 3 kids that water is boring and wine is exciting."
"Getting the assistants to show what they had set up was hard work!"
Facilities and Accessibility
Pros:
"Good car park in terms of size and price."
"Especially good for schools, as they have cloak rooms and a lunch room in the basement."
"There were lots of toilets in a building outside."
"Well laid out, basement floor with lift access for toilets and Childrens pegs for bags."
"It is very interactive and there is something interesting to do for children from 2- 92."
"Workshops for the school kids really entertaining, dress ups and guessing games."
"Car park not very big but only £2.50 for 3 hours."
Cons:
"You can’t park! They had halved the car park when we got there with hence only about 35 spaces."
"The only snag is the car park is shared with the local park, especially the water play area."
"Very disappointed it was closed when we got there.. Nothing on website until the day about closing."
"No canteen you have to eat on the field and the toilets are disgusting it’s was really smelly and there were pee on the floor."
"Unfortunately we never got to see the museum or the park. After spending over an hour trying to get a parking space we gave up."
"Parking can be tricky, it was full over the weekend and we had to wait for the space to become available."
"The car park got very busy because it's for the park as well so arrive early."
Value and Experience
Pros:
"St Albans residents get free admission if they are able to provide proof of residence."
"The entry fee is relatively low and all in all it is a good place to while away a few hours."
"Great value for money and well worth a visit."
"If you're from St Albans it's free entry."
"A very well thought out and interesting museum and tickets are a very affordable."
"Discounts for residents and free access for carers."
"This place was amazing and such great value."
Cons:
"Unfortunately I visited during a school trip and the students were loud and distracting."
"Pay for parking plus entry fees make it pricey to visit."
"We were a family of five who came along on a rainy day. Staff refused us a family ticket so we had to pay extra."
"Firstly, the girl at the desk charged me full price even though I said I was a resident."