Broken interactives, shoddy tatty labels, clay pipes stuck with blutack with pieces dropped off! Doesnt seem at all of museum standard. Odd scrappy notes to say items on loan from the Grosvenor Museum. We went on the last tour at 4.30pm but very little time given to browse on own and rushed through a room and no time to look at any of the interpretation panels. The shop items have no prices. You are guided throughout- knowledgeable guide but double up as front desk person too. A strange set up to be honest. Odd mix of periods too- a bit confusing as covered Romans but also Saxons, medieval so a real mishmash of hands on. We live in Chester and found it a bit of an embarrassment.

We had our first visit to Deva yesterday and really enjoyed it. Really informative, interesting and our guide was great. My 10 year old absolutely loved it, he’s autistic and doesn’t like too many people or too much noise but it was only a small group on the tour which was great. Would definitely recommend

Pros: Very informative, funny at times, great displays, got kids involved. Cons: Older teen thought it was more geared towards younger kids (but he joined in anyway and put on a good show!), one young lad was 'targeted' verbally as he kept getting an answer wrong, was a but much, narrator kept doing a 'silly voice' which was a bit annoying! On the whole it was interesting and fun.

Really enjoyed our visit to the Discovery Centre which offers a ‘ Dungeon’ type experience. The staff were all great, engaging and entertaining - although not too sure I enjoyed being the Roman called Stinkus!! HaHa. The presentation at the end was really informative though a little too quick! If you’re in Chester, head in and have a little fun!

Entertaining time. The actors were engaging and our attention was held as we went through the various ’scenes’. The children (3,5 and 8) also greatly enjoyed the activities at the end of the show - dressing up, being archaeologists and Roman games.

I visited here with two of my friends on a Sunday lunchtime, and we were the only people on the tour. The person on the box office was really friendly and helpful and made us laugh so much. The talk was a cross between horrible histories and the dungeon type experience, but it was not really scary at all. We moved around through different rooms and settings and had a different guides dressed up in costumes telling us about the history. There was a lot of audience participation which was okay but quite difficult as there were only three of us and it did become a little bit embarrassing at times, especially as we were grown-ups. I think this is more for children. It may have been better if the guides had tailored the experience slightly to more adult scene. A nice way to spend an hour, especially if you have children.