Very nice museum and external area. Place offering a lot of information in interesting and interactive way. Full immersion in old Scottish language. Handy and spacious is also Cafe on site where visitor can have a rest with cup of tea or other delicacies. Entrance fee was 11.50 GBP for adult person. Along with the places around like park, church, bridge and cottage, I would recommend the visit.

This National Trust site is about Robert Burns’ life. It’s a very lovely, modern museum and building. The museum is topical rather than linear, but gives a view of his life and works. (I wish there was a life timeline but otherwise very nice.) It takes around 30 minutes at a moderate pace, and is a bit dark but with plenty of seating on edges. Facilities also include gift shop, clean toilets, a kids area outside, and lovely large cafe. Note: The museum ticket also includes the cottage a 5-7 minute walk away.

Everything about the Bard himself all under one roof. There is access to the cottage where he spent his early life included in the entry price too and its a short walk away. There is a good selection of goods in the shop and a very generous sized cafe all with disabled / pram access. Large outdoor play area for the children.

Every display and area is meticulously kept and walking the grounds and surrounding area was most enjoyable. Plenty of parking available with ample and clean toilets. Staff was extremely warm and welcoming. A must experience! Don’t forget to look up when you enter the first room!

Run by National Trust and free to members. It costs £11.50 for other people to visit. This provides access to the museum and cottage. You can see the cottage where Robert Burns lived and follow a trail to the museum. Along the trail are sculptures relating to Robert Burns. You can also see Alloway Auid Kirk, the church yard where Robert's parents are buried which is free to enter. There is also a Burns monument and gardens which are worth a visit and are free to enter. There is also a Brig O Doon bridge worth visiting for the views along the river. The museum contains Robert Burns work and stories of his life.

Visited while staying with family for the weekend, will definitely be back! Museum is great, loads of interesting artifacts and interactive displays. Nice touches for children, ours had fun with the interactive games and colouring. The walks around the various places within the village are lovely and I didn't realise there was so much to see before coming here! We had a yummy lunch and then went out to the kids play area, which is very imaginative, then headed back in for a warming hot chocolate. I even managed to pick up my first Christmas decoration purchase of the year! Thanks for a lovely afternoon.

Lovely to visit for all ages. Highly recommend. Cafe and shop too

Lovely place. Lots of great displays in museum and well stocked shop with books, fabrics and things for the kids. Cheerfully received at reception. Enjoyed the grounds and looking at the Monument and the 'Brig' where Tam O' Shanter rode away! Cottage was a few minutes away from centre and easily accessible. Interesting tour of Cottage given by the guide. While there you can have a decent snack meal or cake in their café. All in all we enjoy this place. Recommend a visit. Have been twice already with our National Trust membership.

Great wee day out. Everything is right there. We had a beautiful crisp autumn day and the trees were amazing. Loved Brig o Doon and the Auld Kirk. I felt the museum was too dark but I understand they have to try and be careful of preservation

We visited Robert Burns' birthplace in June and then walked over to the museum. Really interesting places to visit, with a lovely sculpture trail in between. As National Trust members, we got into both properties for free. The gift shop has lots of great things to buy, from books to chocolates, fridge magnets to stationary.

Very informative museum with great interactive things for the kids. Play area was good for kids of all ages outside and the cafe looked nice and was busy. Short walk to the Brigadoon bridge and monument, where you can climb to the top and and enjoy views over the area. Can walk from here to the Burns cottage via the Poets Path as well. Parking was free and toilets on site

The visitor centre is always good for a browse and the cafe does delicious scones. Within a short walking distance is the brig o Doon, included in the famous Tam o Shanter and the auld kirk and graveyard which is both interesting and atmospheric. Well worth a visit.

Overall it was good. Difficult to see some of the items with wearing varifocals. Some of the displays didnt work.

Staff were pleasant on entry. All the sights were explained as well as the best way to get there. The museum was informative and easy to follow. The cottage was a short pleasant walk from the museum. This cottage was well preserved.

It was ok, the low lighting used to protect the many historical items made it very difficult to read many things. Ticket also includes entry to the cottage which was closed & the young lad behind the till didn't know this when informing us. Ticket should at least be discounted during this off season.

An incredibly beautiful area of Ayrshire. Captures the heart and the mind. From the old kirk where Tam O Shanter watched the witches dance and the Burns Cottage to the Brig O Doon. Wonderful.

For what you pay, this place is awesome. There is plenty to see, and it is very interesting, and there are places to sit and rest as well as a cafe for those less able or needing a snack. The entry fee also covers you for the cottage and the monument, etc., a real bargain! Fully accessible, with enough marked accessible spaces to satisfy the regulations, though I have to admit we had to wait over half an hour before a space came available for us, as the place was busy, and we cannot use a normal size space as we need the room for the doors to open and get the wheelchair close. If you are in the area, go and visit, you will not regret it.

The museum is so interesting and has so much about Rabbbie Burns. Entry to the museum let's you go round the cottage too, which is good value. Well worth a visit

Displays in the museum are excellent as are facilities, the cottage, Brigg o Doon and memorial etc. Cafe restaurant, shopping and toilet facilities were second to none. Lovely day spent just wandering, viewing, thinking, imagining and remembering with love of Burns and Scotland.

Lovely centre with information about Robert Burns and his life. Occasional events and displays worth visiting. Roomy cafe with lovely carrot cake and hot drinks. Pleasant helpful staff.

A lovely museum in a lovely part of the world. Very beautiful setting with as much to see outside as inside. Plenty of car parking. The museum is well spaced out and clean. The staff or volunteers are very friendly and helpful. Well worth a visit but make sure you also visit the cottage, monument, brig o doon, and Kirkyard too.

Brilliant museum! A good connection of beautiful, educative and interesting items about the life of Burns. Well set up for the historian as well as for families and kids. High quality. Next to the museum and his birthplace cottage you'll find a nice gift shop and café. An enjoyable experience all together!

Good museum, good history , poems , some great history on Rabbie

Great place to take the kids. Part of the National Trust for Scotland membership.

Most interesting place to visit with comprehensive coverage of Burns life and works.

Lots of items personally owned by Burns, most especially his desk and chair, also the chairs belonging to his mum and dad. Manuscripts and other personal items really brought him to life.

Museum is interesting, if a little darkly lit. The cottage was the best bit. The village is beautiful and the church and bridge are worth the walk. We enjoyed our day. The shop has some nice gifts. Lunch in the cafe was really disappointing, waited ages for burnt toast and rock hard poached eggs, but we thought maybe they are struggling to get staff at the moment.

This museum is very well laid out and has a very varied amount of exhibits and information about Robert Burns. Plus the cottage where he was born is just 10min walk or 2min drive along the road is also worth a visit. Both places have a free car park. The museum also has a gift shop and cafe.

Nice visit too the Burns visitors centre, all very covid19 awareness. Lovely cafe. The exhibition space is truly amazing so much to take in and absorb we enjoyed walking around and using some of the interactive options that were available.

Not alot to see & was overpriced in our opinion.. lovely park and walks to other attractions but unfortunately we wouldn't come again due to the pricing and staff wasn't very helpful on directions to his cottage if you are unsteady on your feet or struggle with walking I would suggest taking the car to his cottage as there is a car park over there aswel.

Really pleasant place to spend an afternoon. The museum is very modern and informative, a nice cafe and nice walks to the cottage, the bridge and church. Enjoyed the visit.

It IS an experience. Well worth it. There happened to be a market on when we visited - loafs of fabulous local things we'd never heard of, despite living in Ayrshire! As a Geordie, I'd not had much exposure to Burns before relocating to Ayrshire. The centre helped bring it all to life, and I'm now a convert. Burns is still very much relevant today.

Nice way to while away an hour or so, not a huge amount to learn but some interesting snippets. If you are a big Burns fan you will probably love it! Fab little tea room and park and nice walks to other attractions

Going into the museum you have to pay.. its not free.. there is a shop and a tea room and an outside to eat and drink while you sat and watch your children play in the playing area. Further round the corner there is a Beautiful monument about Robert Burns and Tam O'Shanta that, its a lovely area to walk around and admire the scenery and the Brig O Doon too. That is free to walk about.

There's so many different places to visit you can spend the whole day here. The museum has a alright size car park, but a lot of people were taking up two spaces and it ment we had to park at the church. There is also additional parking at burns cottage incase there is no spaces at the museum or church. The main museum is quite dark but it has to be this way to preserve some of the books and writing on show. There's lots of pictures, Information in different cases about his poems. His wife and children get a section but this also includes the woman he cheated with and the children he had with them. The cafe is a good size with plenty of seating inside and out. The play area is a really good size and has a small version of the cottage he was born in. There is also zip slides.adventure play area.swings etc. Only downside you can't bring a picnic in with you cafe food only.The monument and gardens are a short walk from the museum and there very well looked after. There is plenty of benches around the gardens as well. Where you can sit and enjoy the views. The monument has a small set of stairs and has lovely view looking over the gardens and the brig o Doon bridge. The Auld Kirk is a small grave yard with a ruin in the centre. The poet's path runs beside the main road. There is not much to see and it feels like they could do much more with it. The cottage has really nice gardens and benches to sit and have something to eat. There is a small nature trail with a lovely water feature. The cottage it's self has wood carvings at the entrance. There is only 4 rooms but they could do with information board or something to explain what was happening in the rooms and how it played a part in his life it just feels a bit confusing as you walk through. There is toilets at the cottage as well as the museum.

Great place with wee statues of rabbies poems on the poets path. There isnt a lot to see in the actual cottage itself,but it is the original home where Robert Burns was born

A very nice museum where you can learn interesting facts about the life of the great poet. You can then walk the poet's path to his house where he was born and the spark of his talent was ignited.