Museum, garden, café and shop

Tuesday to Friday: 9 am to 5 pm

Saturday and Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm

Monday: Closed

Free to visit, £5 donation encouraged

Archive, library, and reading room

Tuesday to Friday: 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

Saturday, Sunday, Monday: Closed

You must book your archive visit in advance. Learn more

Plan your visit

An image of the Grade-II* listed building that makes up the Museum offices.

Getting Here

Find out how to get to reach us by car, bus, train and foot.

Getting Here

Galleries and floorplan

Learn about our twelve different galleries.

Galleries and floorplan

Visiting the archive and library

How to access our reading room for use of our archives and library.

Visiting the archive and library

Café

Treat yourself in our café.

Café

Picnic bench and shepherds hut in The MERL garden

Garden

Our beautiful garden is open to everyone.

Garden