The Rooms

This place is amazing and never gets boring or old. I've been here several times and there is always a new exhibit and very professional. The staff are amazing especially one staff member in the art gallery. Made the effort to chat about the exhibits, asked where we were from and seemed genuinely to love the job . Go and visit and stop at the restaurant. Best chowder and pulled pork sandwich with tomatoe soup. All delicious.

I didn’t quite know what to expect when visiting The Rooms, and I have to say that I was presently surprised.nnThe museum is on one side of the building, split between the third and fourth floor. The third floor does a great job acknowledging the natural world of Newfoundland, and the history of the Indigenous People here. The fourth floor focuses on more modern European colonial history, acknowledging it as such. I was very impressed.nnThe other side of the museum has the art museum split over the third and fourth floor. I was absolutely blown away by some of the pieces. There was excellent Indigenous representation, and the questions with the pieces on the fourth floor to help you think about the art I found compelling. What a great way to help guests learn to engage with art!nnThe views of the city from both the third and fourth floors were excellent. There is a cafe on the fourth floor, and other components to the museum, such as the archives, but we didn’t visit these. The first floor had a gift shop.nnWe were impressed by how accessible the building was, with electronic door openers and multiple elevators, as well as the fact they had signs downstairs by the gift shop around scent sensitivity.nnOver all - well worth a visit we came at the end of the day and were able to complete it in 1.5 hours, but we are very efficient museum people. I’d suggest at least 2. More if you really want to read every sign and piece of info!

Beautifully designed museum with something for everyone. This museum is part art museum, WW1 museum, Newfoundland cultural museum and more. We spent about 3 hours walking through the entire place. There are lots of steps, but if you are limited with mobility there are elevators. Displays are beautifully presented with lovely soft lighting. There is a nice cafe on the top floor with amazing views of St. John's harbor. We didn't stop to eat there but it was filled when we walked by. Lovely gift shop too. A really nice way to spend an afternoon!

With both art galleries and museum areas, The Rooms Museum is incredible. I spent 5hrs walking around checking out each exhibit and gallery, reading every single info note on the wall, it was amazing how much there was to learn and take in. It was interesting seeing the art from local artists, learning about Newfoundland’s history in the war and seeing those artifacts and learning stories from veterans/their families. My family is from Newfoundland, I loved learning about the my family name in one of their exhibits.nAnd I loved their exhibits on animals especially the giant squid. I went on their free visit day for their anniversary and although it was free so lots of people were there, the building is large enough where you aren't packed in.nI had fishcakes for lunch at their café and it was absolutely delicious, lots of flavour. The wait was 1.5hrs due to the day I went but you can leave your number and go enjoy the museum as you wait, it was well worth it. Overall there is something for everyone there, so many great exhibits, it was so educational and beautiful!

Beautiful building, great exhibits, lovely cafe. Plan for a couple hours to be able to see everything without feeling rushed. The views from the various places throughout the building were just as enjoyable as the exhibits.