Top Floor Cafe in Liverpool

Lovely museum, always happy to visit. Unfortunately it has been closed for some time as National Museums Liverpool is refusing to pay its employees a cost of living bonus (as they "can't afford it")... It's great museum is free but maybe a small fee can start being implemented? Or an annual ticket. We want the museum back and it also needs to be modernised ❤️

Give staff the pay rise they deserve

it's a joke, isn't it, it's closed because of a strike. right, they know that they're not disappointing anyone else, just the children. UK 2024👎

Great museum across several floors and free to enter. There is an aquarium and planetarium which you can book a slot for free at the desk on ground floor. There is a lot of replicas in the museum especially on the animal/dinosaur floor but family still always have a lovely time. There is also a cafe and gift shop on ground floor.

Very busy during holiday period but a good place with loads of fun facts an artifacts

Was a great place to go but now they are on strike so pretty screwed for an afternoon out with the kids

Lovely museum, great choice of exhibitions, can be difficult to navigate though with many floors and limited lift space and some of the exhibits are broken and run down, especially in the insect area

Superb museum, especially for one with free entry! Paid money to visit much worse museums than this one.

Great place brilliant atmosphere

Excellent few hours to spend the day and only give a donation, which is great value 👍

Been here first time but glad I made it. now, it's a great museum. There's so much to look at and brilliant place to take kids with you or made a family tour because there's a lot for kids. Keep them busy for a couple of hours. I like the aquarium area, butterflies, Egyptian mummy section and many more. BTW just one lift for big massive building and couple of floors not enough. Stair case was full busy. It's free entry then why not enjoy. Superb location just in front of train station.

Visited this museum before , but today's visit was disappointing, because it was closed.

A wonderful place that you must visit 😍 I highly recommend it!

Fascinating museum, the special exhibition on Greek and Roman statues is stunning

Shut during half term, very little notice, there were 15+ family's with young children stood around trying to make alternative arrangements, very disappointing

Busy due to children being off school, but still plenty of space to get around. Lots to see recommend for kid's and adults alike Lots to see and interact with.

Brilliant museum especially the ancient Egypt area. Mainly aimed at kids but i learnt lots!

We would have loved to visit but it was closed due to strikes, how unbelievably selfish it is to strike at a non profit charity. The building is very impressive from the outside and great inside from what we have heard, it would be terrible for it to close down due to these selfish individuals.

This was an incredible museum probably one of my favourites. We needed to kill a couple of hours an we ended up spending a lot longer here. Love the planetarium, aquarium and Egyptian exhibition. Lots of thought and effort have gone into the museum. Wonderful afternoon

Good range of exhibits and the layout of the building makes it easy to navigate. You can walk around it all in an hour if you're just looking at the items, but you could also spend 3 or 4 hours if you read the information and go the planetarium. Pay and display parking outside is limited and the closest Q park can be 2.70 an hour depending on the time of day.

Brilliant museum. Space and science section is modest but egyptian collection is absolutely stunning. The museum is free of charge.

It's one of thr best free museums in UK. You can see huge mummy's exhibition, a lot of Romanian and Egypt artifacts and lovely cafe inside.

Fantastic go and see it for yourself you will be amazed

Great place to take the kids, lots of steps there is a lift but if its busy you will wait while, nice cafe inside also

Free entry and plenty to see and do. Great for both adults and children.

Extensive well presented collection

The exhibits are really good . I love visiting the dinosaurs and the bug floors . I think the only thing that might need improving is the lighting on the dinosaur floor mainly because with low light it's harder to try and get a good photos of the fossils

Brilliant. Get a lift to the top and work your way down

Wow, I took my son to kill some time, and we had the best experience. It was quite bust due to half term but wasn't too overwhelming, which was nice, and this museum is just fantastic. I love that it has an aquarium and a brilliant Egyptian exhibition. There's a cafe but we didn't go in and a nice little shop. Just loved it, had a fab afternoon

Awesome, so much to see and do in one place. The highlights are without a doubt the mummy room and the return of the gods display (there is a small charge for the return of the gods display but it's worth every penny). But these are just personal choices There is so much more to see. From an educational perspective these places are priceless. There is no charge to enter but they do ask for a small donation if you can although there is no pressure.

Nice place Def worth a visit with the kids.

It'll kill a few hours for the hard pressed parent. That's a win✅ Parking was harder than it looked though😬

A fun day out with the kids. Food on the expensive side.

A lot of interesting artifacts and paintings are inside. I'm surprised to know that it's free. will bring my nephews here next time!

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 walk 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!.

My friend and I took my eight year old son to this museum and we had a fantastic day. It was free to explore, the toilets were clean, and the exhibits were interesting for both adults and children alike. The poetry exhibit with the lights was particularly enjoyable to my son as well as the aquarium.

Great place, the extra add ons are all great value and each level is just a nice, cafe and shop is a tad more expensive but with free entry that's justifiable. Gets very busy during school holidays.

Loads to see from time/space, our planet/rainforest, Egyptian Mummies to bugs. Learnt that smallest hummingbird is size of my thumb. Absolutely fascinating. Oh and it's free.

Good cheap day out highly recommended

Really nice place to go. I wish they closed later though

Went to the world museum today- free to enter and has five floors to explore! From Space on floor five which has a great display Of space and time and a fab planetarium Floor four is Egyptian themed with great Mummy exhibitions and a picnic area so Much to see and a nice restaurant and shop On the ground floor, well worth getting here early !

Lots more to do and see here than other paid for museums and exhibitions Well worth a visit

A vast improvement the booking system was over simple. But the continuity of their IT was a lovely suprise

Such a good museum, there was so much to look at, really recommend x

Went for my grandsons 3rd birthday, who loves dinosaurs. He loved the displays. Some really interesting collections with easy to read Information. Some displays were showing need for renovation but did not detract from our visit 😊

Multi-storey museum Each floor specializes in one or two types It is beneficial for families and individuals

Great place to go, very good for involving children good parking nearby

Lovely staff, especially at the restaurant. Great place to spend a few hours.

Great layout with some very nice paintings.

It was okay to walk around for an hour or two, but three things prevented me to donate like I usually do on museums: - We went in the middle of the week to avoid the crowd, and still the place was swarmed with screaming and running children. No adults had a hold on them. No peace allowed anywhere, and they left bags and litter of snacks everywhere... There should be stricter rules inforced for schools outings. - There was plastic plants and leaves in aquariums and terrariums, absolutely revolting for the animals that already are in way too tiny space for their wellbeing - Paid for the planetarium, and as amazing as our host was, the show was very cheap, pixelated with old very ugly 3D renders. Such a shame :( I don't recommend the place. It also was dusty everywhere, so not so fun to sneeze so much.... I'm sorry staff :( I don't like leaving bad reviews on museums. But I needed to share my experience.

Great place , lots of dinosaurs and a lovely cafe.

Had a lovely day! Learned loads, spoke to some lovely staff and had a cracking lunch in the cafe. Can't say better than that!

Very nice place, my son loves dinosaurs and he had a very good time there.

Brilliant museum for adults and kids definitely recommend plus it's free entry

Fantastic place with so much to do

Long established city centre museum with constantly changing exhibits to keep you coming back. Accessible access from outside and once inside. As ever free entry with certain exhibitions bring chargeable but please make a donation to keep these places of learning open.

Great place for families with kids to visit, or anyone who is interested in - or as a rainy day program. Unfortunately (UNFORTUNATELY!!!) very old fashioned place, with the same collections… last time I visited was around 8 years ago, and found in the same position. Extremely expensive coffee shop (restaurant) and another expensive souvenir shop for all the visitors. - even the souvenir shop’s goods are the same. Clean, not spotless but clean place. The stuffed animals behind the glass very dusty, they look extremely worn out. They’ve got now and again temporary extensions, too

Great experience for the whole family!

Amazing space with lots of interesting collections

Been here multiple times over the years, Great place for a day out with the family! Very educational for the little ones and adults too!

Really great museum especially the African section. Some floors are great for kids , I think overall this museum is tailored for children however I still enjoyed it

Fantastic day with my grandson who is 4 yrs he loved it

We had a couple of hours spare before our train departed and we thought we would try the museum. Very pleased with the amount of things to see and read about. I need to return to finish the last level Good for both adults and children It is accessible with both lifts and stairs, toilets available on nearly every floor, coffee shop near the entrance and a lift gift shop too and the museum is free!

A good museum, looks huge but a bit small on the inside.

4000 year old mummies, unbelievable.

Went down to see return of the gods exhibition, very interesting stuff even if you know alot about already. The exhibition was brilliant, taught me couple things I didn’t know!

So many stairs. Very crowded and a strange layout. The aquarium tanks were so dirty inside it must be a violation. It's only saving graces were the ability to touch fossils with staff and the Eygpt exhibit. Planetarium tickets were all sold out too.

Love this place As does my 8 year old

Enjoyed our visit but not as good as original museum

It is worth visiting the world museum.

Needs to have some money pumped into it. AND DESPERATELY NEEDS NEW ELEVATOR. But was nice and I like the terrapins ☺️

Free entry and best place for a dayout with kids.

Do not miss this wonderful place if you are visiting L'pool. Always a pleasure no matter how often I visit. Either with the family, to watch the response of youngsters to the wonderful exhibits, or to have an adult only visit and immerse myself in favourite exhibitions. The cafetaria is excellent. Scouse delicious...... and lo and behold the Museums own, quite unusual, recipe popped up online when I made my own this week. Will use it always!!!

Good for the littlies !!! Lots to see.

Conveniently located in Liverpool city centre with just a 10min walk away from Lime St and Williamson Square and nearby parking available. Love the Seasonal exhibitions they have here such as the ancient Gods and Dr Who. Fun for all the family with 5 floors worth of sights to explore such as Dinosaurs, Aquarium, Planetarium, Bug House & Ancient Egypt. Would recommend buying tickets in advance if going on a weekend but you can also buy them at the desk with staff on hand to help with any issues. On site café on ground floor and good accessibility with stairs as well as lifts available to view the various sights as it can get a bit crammed on weekends when there's loads of families here with kids. Would also recommend the gift shop which sells a good range of souvenirs and toys for kids as well as confectionery and jigsaws.

Interesting and varied museum. Kept us entertained for hours, well worth a visit.

We had a half hour to kill before the train so we called in to the Egyptian section which is excellent. Staff very friendly too

A very fascinating museum which is free to enter and explore. It hosts a wide range of exhibitions on different interesting topics. This includes an Aquarium, and sections on dinosaurs/ paleontology, Egyptology, and various cultures of the world. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. It also has expected additional services such as toilets, a cafe and gift shop.

Great resource and a great way to spend a few hours. Splashed some garish yellow stickers across some exhibits for some reason which didn't really work.

Free to enter and so interesting. Great for kids

Lovely scone in the cafe before visiting every floor in the museum. Something for everyone, we all loved it. The mummies were particularly impressive.

Open from 10-16, closed on Monday. Very nice place to discover!

My son very much enjoyed his experience

You need to pay for the biggest exhibition

Absolutely amazing museum, during my time in Liverpool I've gone to the museum twice!!! As there is so much to see and do within the museum. It is very welcoming for children and adults alike with easy to read passages and interactive areas. Also has events that run that are an extra cost but considering entry to the whole museum is free it's worth paying for the experiences especially the planetarium. There is also a lovely café on the ground floor that has a great selection of food and drinks for reasonable prices, I would also recommend going to eat and drink or even just to see the back area of the cafe as it has amazing ceiling and wall art to look at while you rest.

Great range of exhibitions and friendly knowledgeable staff.

Lots of children, the museum itself is good but nothing more...the visit is done rather quickly. The museum has lost quality over the years.

Brilliant museum in a city with no shortage of brilliant museums

A peaceful place to visit and see many different things in life, I recommend it!

Great variety from bugs to aquarium to mummies & lots in between. Fab for families.

Lovely place to visit with lots of artefacts from around the world.

Great for all ages, well laid out over 5 floors. Each floor not too extensive but some good items, especially liked being able to touch a 4 billion year old meteor.

Great museum my little one loved it.

Great fantastic place and still free.... but its nice to make a donation for all the hard work.

Absolutely amazing collection of things, very interesting lovely staff

Went to see the greek gods exhibition and it was brilliant and so much to look at and read and the staff are so friendly and helpful

The World Museum in Liverpool offers a diverse and engaging experience for visitors. From ancient artifacts to interactive exhibits, it caters to a wide range of interests. The natural history section, with its impressive displays and a planetarium, stands out. It's a family-friendly destination that combines education with entertainment, making it a worthwhile visit for all ages, and it's free entry!

A great day out if you love being lost in all the amazing historical artifacts. The staff are more than happy to help. With St John's and Lime streets multi storey car parks close by it's a hassle free day out.

Superb historical collection of the world. But India collection is missing!

With the bad weather at this time of year, we decided to try the world museum. Given that the majority of the museum can be accessed for free, it's great.