Barnet Museum
Museums & Science Centres · High Barnet, Outer London
No reviews yet
Closed — opens Tuesday at 2.30pm
🏠 IndoorEducational🆓 Free entry
What’s there
- Limited parking
Multi-storey car park in the Spires Shopping Centre and a small public car park behind the museum in Court House Gardens (via Manor Close). The museum says it has no public toilet.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Barnet Museum is a small, free local history museum housed in an early Georgian house on Wood Street in the heart of Chipping Barnet. It is run by volunteers and focuses on the history of Chipping Barnet, East Barnet, New Barnet, Hadley and the surrounding districts. Families can wander through domestic displays, Victorian rooms, a costume collection, samplers and old photographs, and look at a World War II home front display and material about the Battle of Barnet. The museum runs free children's quizzes, which make it a relaxed option for a rainy afternoon or a visit with older children interested in local history. The displays are spread across three floors reached by stairs, and the shop sells local history books, maps and postcards. Opening is limited to a few afternoons each week, so check before travelling.
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.
A penForms, competitions, name badges.
Refillable coffee cupA lot of cafés knock money off.- Backseat organiser
Boiled sweets for the carEars on hills, boredom on motorways.- Face wipes
- Waterproof phone pouch
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Links open Amazon in a new tab and never change what you pay. How this works
Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0
Reviews
No reviews yet — been here with your little ones? Be the first to share.
Something not right? Tell us — opening hours and prices change, and we’d rather hear it from you.
Do you run Barnet Museum? Claim this listing to keep it up to date and add your own photos.
More museums & science centres nearby
