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Address: 300 Hunter St. E. , Peterborough K9H, ON, CA
Phone: (705) 743-5180
State: ON
City: Peterborough
Zip Code: K9H


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I have great affection for Peterborough Museum and have been visiting there for many years out of personal interest and as an archaeology student. It's a fascinating building with an equally fascinating history, along with some great stories. There's a very nice cafe by the gift shop, and an art gallery on the ground floor that hosts some excellent exhibitions. All of the displays are ranged over several floors and are accessible by stairs or lift. Each section is well presented, although some of the interactive areas have suffered at the hands of overenthusiastic children in recent years the museum is closing for repairs soon, so maybe these issues will be addressed? However, the main reason for my review is because we attended a ghost walk hosted by Peterborough Museum recently and it was brilliant. The guide, Mark, was excellent! His delivery was a perfect mix of humour, spookiness and history, and he held our attention throughout. I can thoroughly recommend the museum and especially the ghost walks. I understand that this initiative has been undertaken to boost funding, so do support them as this is well worth the fee! This wasn't cheap, tacky ghoulish entertainment, this was a heritage tour delivered intelligently and with humour. If you're a Peterborian, go and learn about your city. If you're not, go anyway - you'll be amazed at Peterborough's rich history!
Gr8 local museum with several sections over Peterborough's history - from dinosaur finds, Roman times, Victorian medicine and medical procedures, farming & travel, industry, Napoleonic prison camps & objects made by the French prisoners absolutely fantastic, and several oil portraits of prominent Peterborough locals! Not too big so should be able to do it in about 1 hr.
Great place, so much better then I expected. Exhibits from different time periods, child and mobility friendly. Didn't get to spend as long as I wanted to, but will definetly go again .Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo
I had a pleasant experience visiting Peterborough Museum. It's very informative and maintained well. A sneak peak into the history.Wait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo
Just a beautiful find! a stones throw from the train station, the city centre shops, the cathedral. Free entry. Manageable size and lots of hidden gems. One of the earliest ‘hygiene’ based operating theatres with all the cringeworthy saws and implements! Always have additional Art Gallery exhibitions that recently have brought in bigger names like Banksy, Emin and Hirst as well as our own local artists or themes. Lovely cafe too, now very vegan friendly. The Vaults and the guided tours are great additions too need to Pre book these
The museum is a short walk from the High Street, it contains a number of areas but we felt it could of had stuff that was a bit more hands on for the small people. Entry is free, so you can wonder round as quickly or slowly as you like without the need to try and get your moneys worth. The gallery is also located here, and they have some beautiful pictures / paintings, we rushed through with two small people, but managed to get a look! Worth looking out on event days, the kids did manage to make a roman helmet mask. The staff we spoke to seemed friendly. There was also a cafe located at the building.
A visit to see Windrush Exhibition with friend Valerie to see members of the carribean community who came to re build England. I hope the Exhibition is there permanently for all to view and know how they contributed. I was disappointed in the placement of where it was in parts and not to have a room for themselves. Windrush Generation needs to be shouted about from the roof tops and celebrated. My dad came here as the carribean was invited and promised a new life...ashame a warm welcome never occurred to so many...I thank them for their courage. I am super proud of my heritage I applauded you all...my super stars
Really interesting place to visit, had a kids search option for today and they had fun searching for the lettered paw prints.Visited onWeekendWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo
Absolutely funky museum. It seems to change regularly which makes me want to go back. I love the operating theatre, Napoleonic Prison, engineering and natural history. I didn’t get time to go to the art gallery. Highly recommended.
We took a party of French friends from our Twinning Association, as somewhere we hoped they might find interesting and educational. We had not expected to be entertained by a teller of ghost stories Marie, from Parigne l'Eveque was a very able translator and it really put the visit into a "special" category. And everyone did find the visit very interesting, ghost stories apart.
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