St Albans Museum + Gallery

Great museum to explore. We found the old jail cells and courtroom interesting. . We enjoyed reading about the history of St Albans too. There was an exhibition featuring the history of local Jewish people, which was very informative. Recommend a visit if you're in the area, it's a short 10 minute walk from the cathedral (a must see!) . Would recommend 1-2 hours for the museum. Visited with my children, 12 and 8 yes old.

Great place to visit in the heart of St Albans centre. It has inside coffee bar & you can enjoy your food on level 0, lovely big food hall. The museum entry is free of charge.

Wonderful place and such great exhibitions and so local. Recent (2019) Barbara Hepworth installation is serene. Well done all
2022- saw another art installation by Anna Ray on fabric and thread. Wonderful.
Arriving & Belonging (Jewish history), intro by Daisy Cooper MP St Alban's, was moving as was the video on Pauline Stapleton and information on immigration of the Windrush Generation.

Nice museum and gallery.kids friendly.visiting is free. We spent more than 1hour inside with 4 years old kids, love here

What an amazing space, if only to experience the cells and court that were once in daily use and now you can sit and eat cake and sip a nice drink. Great photo opportunities in here!

This is a free entry museum, the original court room is now the seating area for the cafe which was where we sat and had lunch. The museum is on different levels with the old holding cells (some of which are now toilets!) below the cafe/court room. Adults and children all enjoy pretending to be on trial and sitting in the judges chair or standing in the dock. Above the court room there is a display about mourning, many family loss stories with paintings, sculptures or creations, very emotional to look around and read all the heart wrenching stories. There are toilets on every level as well as some right by the main entrance, down a flight of stairs to the left before you can go through the second doors and enter the lovely museum shop and cafe counter.

Excellent food and exhibitions. Eating in the old court is really unique. As are the downstairs toilets in the cells 😊 great visitor attraction and equally good for locals lunching. Exhibitions were free and cost of food very reasonable. Highly recommend.

Went to the Henry Moore exhibition "drawing in the dark". Excellent exhibition, and talk in the evening. Very impressed with the whole gallery (and cafe) with the tables laid out in the old courtroom.