Verulamium Museum Reviews Summary

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."