Most reviewed Archaeological museums in Birmingham, United Kingdom to visit (Updated April, 2024)

Most reviewed Archaeological museums in Birmingham

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Birmingham through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 27 places from Archaeological museum category.

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JORVIK Viking Centre

History museum

A fully reconstructed Viking village complete with the sights and smells, and an adjoining museum.

4.60 (9.6K reviews) (~173.19 km from centre)

Ashmolean Museum

Museum

Ancient & modern art & antiquities covering world civilisations, plus fine & applied arts.

4.70 (8.4K reviews) (~91.71 km from centre)

Manchester Museum

Archaeological museum

Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme.

4.60 (7.3K reviews) (~111.95 km from centre)

Kents Cavern Prehistoric Caves

Tourist attraction

Prehistoric caves geared for family visits with kids' activities, tours and a large restaurant.

4.70 (3.8K reviews) (~249.64 km from centre)

Creswell Crags

Archaeological site

Archaeological museum in a limestone gorge, caves and fissures, with prehistoric tools and art.

4.60 (2.9K reviews) (~99.3 km from centre)

Great Orme Mines

Tourist attraction

World's largest prehistoric copper mine, with a visitor center, self-guided tunnel tours & a shop.

4.70 (1.3K reviews) (~161.07 km from centre)

Fishbourne Roman Palace

Museum

Vast, excavated villa with floor mosaics, recreated Roman style gardens plus learning workshops.

4.50 (1.2K reviews) (~197.65 km from centre)

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village

Archaeological site

Open-air living-history museum with a reconstructed 5th–7th c. village, visitor centre & cafe.

4.40 (1.2K reviews) (~173.25 km from centre)

The Novium Museum

Museum

Purpose-built, modern museum showing Roman bath house remains, plus access to a 13th-century priory.

4.50 (753 reviews) (~198.31 km from centre)

Flag Fen Archaeology Park

Tourist attraction

3,500 year-old archaeological site with Bronze age causeway remains and reconstructed round houses.

4.50 (678 reviews) (~116.36 km from centre)

DIG: An Archaeological Adventure

Archaeological museum

Archeology museum where children unearth replica historical finds in hands-on excavations.

4.50 (641 reviews) (~173.47 km from centre)

Hastings Museum & Art Gallery

Art museum

Venerable museum dedicated to local history & natural sciences, plus global artwork & culture.

4.60 (531 reviews) (~248.35 km from centre)

Butser Ancient Farm

Archaeological museum

Archaeological site with reconstructed Iron Age buildings, rare animal breeds and a visitor centre.

4.70 (529 reviews) (~182.37 km from centre)

National Roman Legion Museum

Archaeological museum

Museum with kids' activities in 50-acre Roman fort with barracks and renowned amphitheatre remains.

4.60 (495 reviews) (~120.55 km from centre)

Shipwreck Museum

Museum

Exhibits featuring artifacts from ships that sunk in the the English Channel, with a gift shop.

4.60 (422 reviews) (~249.53 km from centre)

Binchester Roman Fort

Archaeological museum

Archeological site with ruins of a Roman fort, settlement & bathhouse founded around AD 79.

4.40 (245 reviews) (~244.72 km from centre)

Cawthorn Roman Camp

Archaeological museum

👍 Free entry, as with anything from the Roman era, don't go expecting to see buildings remaining. It is the earth works of the camps that remain, great views of the surrounding area can be seen. Took about 35 minutes to walk around, plenty of parking is available.

4.50 (103 reviews) (~215.05 km from centre)

Wiltshire Museum

Archaeological museum

Gold and other items from Stonehenge feature in an exhibition of Wiltshire's history and people.

4.70 (77 reviews) (~125.8 km from centre)

Museum of Classical Archaeology

Archaeological museum

Large 19th-century space holding hundreds of plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.

4.60 (76 reviews) (~140.22 km from centre)

Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru

Most reviewed Archaeological museums in Birmingham, United Kingdom