Natural history/science museum.

tinkerbell28

Opinions on both please. What sort of ages would you say benefit more. Are they actually worth a visit. I know they are mostly free, but will they capture attention and roughly how long would the visits take?

I've got loads of other things to do, so if you could only visit one, which would it be and why. Been a very long time since I went to either.

Thanks in advance.

Wilma33

Science museum wins for me and I could easily spend the day there. But it depends what you like! Maybe check out their websites and see which interests you more?

barbarawright

Kids would probably prefer the Science or Natural History Museums - lots of dinosaurs and buttons to press and interactive exhibits plus the medicine stuff in the Science Museum is well gruesome. The V and A is more for art and sculpture and stuff. But they're all on the same street so if you are bored of one, go next door. Definitely all worth a visit, IMO.

kirstym01

The science museum is definitely good fun and not one to rush, we spent the afternoon there earlier in the year and it wasn't long enough! I didn't take my children this time but thought my 8 year old would have been fascinated but not sure my 6 year old would have been quite so amused!

Racheldevon

I loved the science museum as a child, perhaps check the websites to see if they have an particular displays/special events happening over the summer

tinkerbell28

That's the thing see I've got to balance it between older kids and young ones too :eek:

One of my younger ones wants to go and see the Queen's "house" and Hamleys....so I have to do that, it's the sole reasons for going! But it won't fill a day.

ineed

I visited both often as a child and loved both, if I had to pick one over the other I'd go with the Science Museum simply because it has many interesting and interactive things which as a child I found more exciting.

Gillyx

We went straight from the Science Museum in July to Hamleys, simple enough journey. I liked the Science Museum but sort of wished I'd gone to the Natural History instead.

marisco_2

They are both definitely worth a visit. My boys who are 7 and 10 have been and loved them. The Science Museum has so much to see and do, lots of buttons to push, loads of interactive things, you could easily spend a whole day there and not get bored. The Natural History Museum has been a firm favourite of mine since I was a child. How could any little kid not love dinosaurs and learning about the natural world!

neneromanova

We took my 2 & 5 year old to the Natural History Museum in April. They loved it. Especially going up the escalator through the globe. The live Dinosaur freaked them out but the bones did interest them

tinkerbell28

All very helpful, thankyou