Clifton Park Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Rotherham, South Yorkshire
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 IndoorEducational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Parking
Museum car park at the front of the building off Clifton Lane; a further car park is at the other end of Clifton Park off Doncaster Road (per the venue's own directions page).
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Clifton Park Museum sits in Clifton House, a Georgian home on the edge of Clifton Park, close to Rotherham town centre. The galleries trace the history of the town from early times to the present day, with Roman artefacts from the local fort, a well-known collection of Rockingham pottery and porcelain, and a large Rhinoceros Vase that is a highlight for visitors. Younger visitors often head for Nelson the Lion and the Victorian rooms and kitchen, which bring daily life in the past to life. The York and Lancaster Regimental Museum is also housed in the building. Temporary exhibitions, drawing activities and school sessions run through the year. Admission is free, and the park outside has play areas, a skate park and gardens, so a visit can easily combine indoor history with outdoor space for children to run around.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Kids' headphones
- Portable phone charger
- Audiobook or story CD
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Bum bag
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