Visited for the day from Birmingham to see the Terracotta Warriors and can't recommend it highly enough! The exhibition was fabulous, although very popular the entry times are managed really well, giving you time and space to view the exhibits properly. All of the staff were very friendly and helpful, and the cafe was lovely too. We didn't have time to go in the rest of the museum but are planning a return trip!
Loved the museum . The terrace exhibition was absolutely mind blowing . Brilliant and helpful staff .I used my wheelchair for the first time and found access to all points was easy . My only bone of contention is with the cafe . The menu stated that chips were available from 11.00 Not so . We were told that they were not on sale till 11.30 . Also on being asked for help on certain things the lady behind the counter was very unhelpful . Having settled on a sausage sandwich the tea cake was very dry .
Amazing place! Definitely requires patience when using the lift because there's only two but considering the place is free is definitely worth visiting. Staff were helpful and friendly and has a lot of interesting things to look at and is a great place for kids! Parking situation is dire and expensive but it is in the centre of Liverpool so can't blame them.
Very nice museum, walking distance from Lime Street railway station.
Extra like: they have a little wildflower meadow to help pollinators.
The planetarium wasn't open due to a technical problem, but the rest was great. Each storey has a different theme: space and time, dinosaurs and prehistoric life, ancient Egypt and mummies, an aquarium, and one level was having a temporary exhibition about ancient Greek mythology that we didn't visit.
The cafe was great, nice kids' menu, I tried the scouse which was good, the gift shop was amazing, the bathrooms were clean.
Amazing, we paid for the planetarium which was awesome (maybe too relaxing🤣) we paid to see the war of the gods exhibition too, but that was far too much money for the 20 minutes it took to wall around, it really wasn't worth the 16 for 2 adults, at least the kids were free! But all in all its an amazing place, we spent most of the day here, and the kids loved it. I'd happily visit again. Ps the scones were amazing!.
I visited this museum only to see the aquarium. Owing to time constraints, I was unable to see anything else and I enjoyed what I saw.
The only suggestion that I have would be to have at least one member of staff to monitor this section of the museum. I noticed one or two people (namely adults) who were tapping on the glass of some of the displays and this is unacceptable behaviour. It would be prudent to have a member of staff nearby who could intervene in such circumstances.
The displays were absolutely lovely and it was visually enticing to see so many colourful fish.
Great museum, free entrance, kids and adults really enjoyed every floor. The only issue was the lift, it wasn't just being used for those that were unable to use the stairs which then meant those who had to use the lifts were waiting quite a while to get on. Would definitely recommend for all ages. The museum was very child friendly with very helpful and friendly staff.
This museum is free to enter, so please donate a little something when you are inside.
4 floors of exhibits , which are always changing, from space exploration to ancient Egypt. We'll worth a visit to pass a few hours away.
Several exhibitions were tickets only and were getting busy, unfortunately too busy to take my wheelchair bound child with special needs.
Great museum. Exhibitions are over 5 floors and Still operating a one way system up and down the stairs (or may be they just hadn't removed the stickers) but it flowed well. I only saw one lift and there were queues on every floor. Exhibitions were good. Had to pay to see some of them but was able to buy tickets on the phone rather than going back down to the ground floor. Would recommend.
A very big building but many of the exhibits were a bit underwhelming. The Egyptian part was probably the best. Some of the lights didn't work and people used the lift for anything. We had a pram and really needed the lift, but at times it was just unavailable.
What a fantastic little museum, with a bit of everything that kids have loved for decades, from ancient Egyptian mummies to even more ancient dinosaurs, to a planetarium to see above the planet and an aquarium to see the depths below. I would comment on the cost of the cafe, but the midterm is free, and the food is good quality, so think that works out fair. Fantastic for a day out, and it's on the yellow and red open top your bus routes, (not sure about blue though)
Beautiful building and free to enter, although donations are appreciated.
Fun little aquarium and the eygytian exhibition was amazing. A bit thin on the "dinosaur" section as its more of a generic 'animals of the earth' section but otherwise very good!
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