this museum is so full of exciting things for children to do and see and its impossible to list everything but the best was the planetarium and my six year old grandson was fascinated by the night skies , stars, astronauts and space travel. The dinosaur show was a bit scary as it was so realistic. This cost 3pounds and... More

Our Grandkids had been on previous occasions and had raved about how good this Museum was. My wife and I were in town for my Birthday (66) and we wanted to see for ourselves how good it was and to be able to discuss it with the kids. I have to say it was fabulous and being free it is... More

We visited during half term (we're both teachers) so it was obviously busy with a range of children and adults, especially from 1.30 onwards. We visited the dinosaur exhibition but weren't particularly impressed. However, if you have young children up to about 12), it would be fab for them. Very young children found the animatronic dinosaurs a little scary -... More

Our 4 year old loved the dinosaur exhibition and the rest of the museum was fab too, a great few hours out and a good coffee shop too More

We went when the dinosaur exhibition was on during half term. We prebooked tickets on the Internet for a timed admission of 11am. By the time we arrived there were no tickets left for the children's planetarium showing despite it being half term holidays! They had 3 adult shows and only one for under 7's in the afternoon and we... More

Lots of stairs....although small lifts are available! Lots of exhibits, very varied and interesting. Coffee shop choices are a bit limited. More

if you like history you will love this from all over the uk and beyond well worth a visit its worth it More

Caught the train and we arrived at !0.30am and stayed just two hours (including sitting down for a coffee) - We could no longer stand the pushing, shoving, and pushchairs everywhere, (they were even being carried up the stairway because the lifts were too full) and toddlers crawling around your feet, obviously too young to understand or enjoy any of... More

We all really enjoyed this museum, it was so educational yet fun. We visited the Dinosaur exhibition which was an additional cost but was great. The gift shop wasn't too pricey and the cafe was lovely. More