An incredible museum that truly amplifies Rochester and Kents place in history. There is no entry fee as well which makes it even more incredible. I really enjoyed my visit.

Nice place in the centre of Rochester Kent. Plenty to find out about the local area, lot of reference to Charles Dickins and the background to his books and it is all free. Old council room set up for three weddings, it look great for a none religious service location.

Well worth a visit if youre interested in local history. Being free, how could it not be!

This is the best museum to go to I think it has the best stuff from history time

Lovely small museum, entry free....I really like there and all my visits in Rochester too

Loved it. This is a free museum and well maintained. Step back in history. We parked in the paid parking near by and walked down to the museum. Rochester cathedral is 3 min away. The street has some amazing antique type shops.

Wonderful museum in two parts, the first looks at the marine tradition, whilst the second part is more about Charles Dickens. My two children loved playing with the CCTV cameras, and learning all about Charles Dickens on the interactive screen. I loved how the darker elements of history were kept out of view of young children (Adults can look over the rails of displays for more sad info about our past). Highly recommend if in the area.

Fascinating exhibitions, very interesting. Great for children.

Had a wedding there few days ago, it was nice!

Fabulous, well laid out, lots to see and discover

Wow. I can’t believe this place is free. Super awesome museum with top notch displays. I particularly like the prison hulk display. You enter a 3 level recreation of what it would’ve been like to be a prisoner. That was the highlight for me but the knights of Templar display was very well done also. Highly recommend this museum. We did it all in about an hour and a half.

Had a really enjoyable time , looking around this museum. I was amazed how great it was for being a free admission. Really worth a look fun for adults and children.

Amazing place for families. Great museum.

Interesting place with lots of local history and information, wonderful setting for a wedding..

Covers prehistory, Roman history, from the local area, but the prison hulk display is exceptional and a particular aspect of local history. Long may the display be maintained.

This is an amazing museum with loads of interesting artifacts on display. History of the river Medway, the dockyard and the prison hulks. Free admission which is unusual in this day and age. Staff very helpful and polite.

Forgotten how worth a visit this place. Friendly and helpful staff offering a fantastic look into local history 🙂👌

Looks nice outside however I have had no luck to see inside as was a marriege ceremony so was closed for public :(

Very good free museum, friendly helpful staff

Love the story of rochester Castle

Nice museum helpful staff

Well worth a visit when your in Rochester.

Had our wedding ceremony here in 2016. Absolutely beautiful building with very helpful staff.

Grandchildren enjoyed our brief visit. Hulks particularly exciting. Staff helpful and attentive. Covid precautions adhered to.

Great venue for a wedding

Interesting visit.

Fantastic café. Beautifully stylish and a lovely menu. We had the cream tea and the scones were excellent. Lovely selection of local wines too

One of the few buildings open during Covid,and well worth a visit. The exhibition on the prison Hulks is the highlight,and Dickens came here. Everyone is very friendly,and its free,so whats not to like!

Well worth a visit, and its free. Ill definitely call in again. Some items from one of HM Stanleys expeditions in Africa took me back to my school days. It was a more relaxing place to learn about Rochester Castle than the actual castle.

Really nice ship designed interior. Really felt like you were on board. Very interesting

A real gem in the heart of Rochester

I accompanied a school group here. The staff were brilliant and very engaging. Well worth a visit as families. Lots of information about the history of the local area. Only down side.....the heating had broken down and we got very cold.

The Guildhall is very interesting when I was a child me and my friends spent a lot of timing the museum. When it was in the Dickens center. The best bit was the doll houses. And we always remember a picture at the top of the stairs. The eyes seem to follow you .

Did work experience here as a youngster - very friendly staff and generally a lovely place.

What a little gem! Beautiful inside and out. Some really old portraits in the main hall. Kids enjoyed the interactive boat and crayon rubbing.

Very good use of a small space. Free admission. I found it interesting

I loved this place an ideal place to take the kids there and have a great educational time...my five year old granddaughter enjoyed tracing the coins on display and the ships wheel. ...the ionking pig on the way out was fun as well ..so to was the shop and the staff ..we had a great time in Rochester. ..well done guildhall museum....

Good local museum covering Medway and the local area. Detailing our history from prehistoric through to modern times. It is also free admission.

Very nice museum, always offers kids activities to get them occupied, like crafts or trails. It really is nice to see a free museum doing so much to attract children and famillies!

Very poor value for money when hiring for a wedding at this very difficult time of yesr

The beautiful guildhall houses an extensive and fascinating museum of two parts. a lovely gift shop pleasant friendly staff. But unfortunately no lift so not disabled friendly because of all the stairs and steps. nice clean toilet. and free entry.

Interesting place with some great displays, just feels like there should be more of it! Worth checking out on your way round Rochester.

The exhibits interested my older children but was really disappointed that it wasnt a family experience. Prams had to be left downstairs so had to carry my baby as well as change bag etc. as we were advised not to leave items on the pram. Wasnt expecting to have to leave a pram at what is presented as a venue for the whole family. Not accessible at all really. Led to a very short visit.

Amazing, so many people seem to visit Rochester and miss out on this gem. Located near the bridge end of the High Street it’s a free to enter gem.The really good thing about the place for families is that the museum is in two halves so you can leave early if the children are getting restless.The museum features lots of items of local history including exhibits that will interest children whilst the adults get to read in more depth, the Hulk (not the green man) exhibition is a good example of this.It is free to enter and they regularly provide activities to keep the children occupied during local school holidays for a small fee.

Great museum! To make it better you can visit free as many times as you want!! The only negative thing I can say is theres nowhere safe to leave a buggy. As you cannot take it around the museum and you have to leave it at the bottom of a public staircase where anyone could rummage through your child buggy.But other then that its a great place to take the kids and adults enjoy it just as much.

Brilliant museum. Very interesting exhibits and great atmosphere. Great deal of information about the history of Medway and surrounding areas. Very friendly staff. Thoroughly recommended.

Your going to spend about an hour and half here with a nice collection of fantastic displays. Great locally found artefacts which makes museums better rather than stuff found from other places. A good place for school visits. Free to enter with some events periodically. I like it and have used it for research and photos hoots. Highlights are the prison hulk, tug boat driving and camera above Rochester

Interesting local museum. Usually offer great activities in school holidays. Can walk round a Victorian house as it would have been. Helpful and knowledgeable staff.

Great place to visit. Lots to see, all for free (Please put some pennies in the pig though to help this gem of a place). Often activities in school holidays. My toddler loves it.

Place to explore the historic Medway to understand the cultural and traditional activities.Free entry helps everyone to experience the museum.

Great little local museum to spend an afternoon, with some very interesting local history.

Great museum with lots of factual about the history of the Medway Towns and some of its prominent historical residents. My daughter adores this place and we visit it regularly. Friendly knowledgeable staff, a good amount of interactive exhibits

A lovely, fairly small (but not tiny) museum, free of charge, immaculately kept. We absolutely loved it. Wonderful staff who made my visit a great stop. Chock full of Rochester history from Dickens to the hulks. Absolutely one of the highlights of Rochester. Thank you!

Nice, if small, museum with a rather good locally focused collection.

The childern had a lovely time the trsure hunt was entertaining

Very well done, with interesting audiovisual displays. Impressive. especially for a free offering. There are a lot of hidden gems and innovative displays, so worth exploring the corners.

Very interesting place.Staff were amazing,as were the extremely clean and nice smelling loos .Def worth a visit if you are in Rochester.

A hidden gem, a must go to place, very interesting and full of information.

Lovely staff, had activities on for the kids and plenty to see, the kids also did two of their activitie sheets.

Fairly small museum. But very interesting and a lot to look at. Allow at least an hour to get everything in but better off with 2 - 3 hours :-)

Very good well run and interactive. Great for the kids!

Lots of local history and information. The staff are very helpful and friendly

Interesting old museum. Toys. And sea faring history. Charles Dickens. And Victorian exhibits.

Amazing place - the upper floors are really atmospheric!

There are two buildings available to visit with free entry with local history and art exhibits and some Victorian childrens toys and embroidery. I found the exhibits interesting and staff very pleasant and helpful.

Great day out must if your in the area...and its free

Fantastic place. Loads to see and explore. Very nice ladies working in museum.

Considering its free this place has to be somewhere you need to visit. Very impressed by this museum

Really enjoyable, with something for everyone. If local history is your thing then well worth a visit. Its also free!

Just love Rochester especially if you into history. Free entry and friendly staff.

A fabulous Museum for all those who love Charles Dickens . I certainly would highly recommend the visit .

A fabulous museum - and free - so many amazing exhibits really really interesting

Best Museum I have ever been in and I strongly recommend that you visit. It is free entrance so dont miss it.

Attended a wedding here. Nice venue, lots to see for any budding history buffs!

A beautiful place to visit to learn about local history. Very interesting

Fantastic place for old and young plenty of local history

My brother got married here back in July 2018 , beautiful place fantastic venue

Some fascinating exhibits, from mammoth tusks to Victorian dolls houses. I especially enjoyed the Knights Templers and Charles Dickens displays

Very interesting and varied museum with displays connected to local history. Worth a visit.

Used to love this place as a kid as the museum was free

Wonderful quaint museum with superb facts and history about the Medway area. Free to enter and well worth a visit.

Very very over rated. Went for the call the midwife tour. On offer loads of ships and some very old buildings. The tour guide was completely over the top and mainly got on peoples nerves .

Fantastic heritage attraction. Lots to see. Interactive displays and friendly staff.

Always drive past here so I decided to park up today and take a walk through Rochester and see the museum absolutely brilliant and its free all the history of Chatham and Rochester in one will be going back.

Excellent museum showing key moments from the local areas past. Child-friendly and genuinely interesting and informative.

Hidden gem, so much to see and explanation into local history

Absolutely brilliant place if you are interested in old medway towns .well worth a visit

The educational sessions held here are excellent

Beautiful ceilings in the main room and the rest of the displays are to do with ships and shipping that went on from the area

Small but well worth a visit.

Lovely place to have a wedding ceremony.

Bigger than it looks and some fantastically lifelike displays and experiences. Great

The presentation seemed a bit dated in places but there are many interesting local artifacts to see. The Guildhall itself has a lot of history and connections to Charles Dickens, which adds more interest.

An excellent little museum focusing on local history and that of Charles Dickens.Entrance is free and there is often a treasure hunt for the littles at a small charge.

Kids loved it not too big to bore them just enough to keep them interested along with a selection of quizzes to do and free xxx

Good displays including an interesting video on Charles Dickins describing his local inspirations for his books. (Most notably Great Expectations)

Very nicely presented museum. Interesting expositions. Friendly staff.

Brilliant museum, entry is FREE. Great range of subjects. A really nice afternoon out

Very interesting and varied museum with displays connected to local history. Worth a visit.

Best museum outside of London. A great place for hours of family fun!