What a sad thing to here this news that the museum is a bad as it was when I took my children over 20 yrs ago!! I was going to take my grandson but so pleased that these reviews have made me keep my money!! It was expensive rubbish for nothing then and seems it still is!! more

We travelled quite a distance to see this "award winning" museum, taking our 4 year old dinosaur-mad grandson for a real treat. It was very poor, even disappointing a four-year old ! We were out in minutes. Nowhere near value for money. All the hype and advertising was an absolute con. A beautiful and friendly town, but a very sour... more

An unbelievale rip off. Very dated musuem in very dark and dingy setting. I couldn't believe how they can charge what they do for what they have. The staff were very pleasant. Needs updating and a makeover desperately. I wouldn't recommend or return! Save your money and go somewhere else for the day! more

We've just visited this so called "museum" with our four year old son. After less than 5 minutes, he concluded "these people don't know much about dinosaurs. It's all plastic toys!". The exhibits are deplorable, and largely unscientific. Most of the "skeletons" and supposed fossil samples are resin models, but it never says it anywhere. There are two ancient computers,... more

We made a special trip to Dorchester to visit this joke of a museum with our 4 year old dino-fan son and felt like we had literally been fleeced of £18! The museum was a joke with unconvincing plastic models, tired and boring displays and computer programmes that were older than the exhibits. I wish I had read the reviews... more

Please don't waste your money on this truly appalling 'museum'. more

I'd rather go the dentist than back to this place. Styles itself as Britain's Premier Dinosaur Museum or words to that effect. It's not even the premier dinosaur museum in it's street, there being better exhibits in the Dorset County Museum. The Terracotta Army and Tutankhamun Museums are almost as bad and the Mummies Exhibition-all one room of it- is... more

Spent £20 on a complete con the rubber dinosaur in the 1st room pretty much summed it up.Weymouth Tourist Board should be ashamed of themselves for promoting this complete con. Myself, my partner, and my 7 year old son, made a special trip to see this place because my son is a big dinosaur fan. We were all extremely disappointed,... more

We went as my son is really into dinosaurs and especially made the trip to Dorchester over the recent Bank Holiday. It is seriously overpriced and pretty poor. It took us 20 minutes to go through pretty much everything. The tourist office should know how bad this place is. The website is slightly misleading with a skeleton of a dinosaur... more