Low Parks Museum
Low Parks Museum
4.5
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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lintottmrandrewl
London, UK111 contributions
Aug 2023 • Friends
What an excellent museum and absolutely great for kids. What an amazing learning opportunity. Very friendly extremely well laid out. The cafe is fab! Someone wrote a bad review! Obviously not a nice person or not much experience of going out! The cafe was wonderful. Immaculate, well presented and great displays of fare. The staff are extremely helpful and friendly. A very comfortable setting to relax with a hot drink and light lunch after walking round the museum. There are stairs at one end of the cafe, but also a lift at the opposite side. I’m disabled, so the lift was essential. Well worth a look if you’re in or around Hamilton.
Written August 8, 2023
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Elizabeth C
Glasgow, UK266 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
Really interesting museum, full of fascinating history of Hamilton and surrounding areas. Cafe serving good food. Good family day out.
Written November 1, 2015
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Karen M
Larkhall14 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
Wee gem of a place in just off Hamilton Town Centre. We have been to several exhibitions over the years which have very interesting and the cafe is nice too. Would particularly recommend going near Christmas as the visit Santa event is in my opinion just the best I've seen. Such attention to detail and not 'mass produced' it was always my favourite place to take my little boy until he outgrew it (their Santa used to have a real beard until he unfortunately retired but his replacement looked fairly believable too) Well worth spending an afternoon...if it's good weather there's a great wee activity park across the road in Palace Grounds which is also a favourite of ours.
Written October 9, 2015
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R0nmar
Scotland, United Kingdom137 contributions
Dec 2014
I went here with my grandson on a very wet day. The museum is a great place to spend a couple of hours and they cater for the children too. I found everything very interesting and there is a nice wee cafe too.
Written September 30, 2015
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Maryj734
Glasgow, UK38 contributions
Jan 2019 • Friends
Low parks museum cafe is perfect for a quick coffee or a lighting lunch -soup and sandwiches excellent value and taste
Written January 22, 2019
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Many thanks for your review
Written January 23, 2019
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Sandra S
Hamilton, UK89 contributions
Oct 2016
I've been visiting this museum since I was a child and it keeps getting better. Their displays are very well set out and the information is very interesting. They also do special exhibitions with talking tours of the museum. The staff a very well informed and can answer just about any question. The gift shop also has some weird and wonderful thing for sale.
Written October 26, 2016
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jaxeaston
Glasgow, UK14 contributions
Oct 2016 • Family
First of all, let me preface by saying this was 2 visits, once to the museum and then 2 weeks later to the mausoleum.
At the museum, we went with out 6 year old, we weren't expecting to spend the whole afternoon at the museum, but surprisingly had a really busy couple of hours there. Our son really enjoyed the interactive screens at the start of our visit, and i think having that link from modern technology, for him to see the artefacts on the screen, before rushing about to find them on the museum displays ...made this an accessible visit. This wasn't just dusty old stuff in cabinets... we were able to look at the medals on the screen, talk about the colours of the ribbons, and practice reading big word like 'regiment' that he wouldn't normally come across.
There was also a lot of fun with the dressing up stations, (for children and adults) and lots of interactive puzzles and games on the way round.... his favourite was crawling about the coal mine.... mine was a disproportionately large sense of achievement at completing the 3d jigsaw of the old Hamilton palace.
We stayed and had a drink and snack at the cafe and found it to be reasonably priced, (3 drinks, 1 x pre-packed snack and 2 items of home baking for about £6 ) and as a bonus they had treats that were suitable for vegans...
which made the third member of our party very happy. On out visit we learned about the tours of the mausoleum...which we went on today.
The tour was probably about an hour long, and was really enjoyable and informative. Lots of local history as well as anecdotes and hearsay, all really well delivered by our tour guide Peter. I love this, i didn't find it creepy or morbid, the building itself is beautiful, and has its own history....the only concern i would have is if you have someone with limited mobility in your group... there's a lot of standing and walking, some tricky steps to negotiate, all doable with care.
we had a great time both days...and as anyone knows a 13 year old sayin 'it was alright' is the most enthusiastic response you'll get for anything - and is infact a ringing endorsement.
Will definitely be back and would recommend the tour to others...I only wish we'd had a singer in our party to take advantage of the acoustics.
At the museum, we went with out 6 year old, we weren't expecting to spend the whole afternoon at the museum, but surprisingly had a really busy couple of hours there. Our son really enjoyed the interactive screens at the start of our visit, and i think having that link from modern technology, for him to see the artefacts on the screen, before rushing about to find them on the museum displays ...made this an accessible visit. This wasn't just dusty old stuff in cabinets... we were able to look at the medals on the screen, talk about the colours of the ribbons, and practice reading big word like 'regiment' that he wouldn't normally come across.
There was also a lot of fun with the dressing up stations, (for children and adults) and lots of interactive puzzles and games on the way round.... his favourite was crawling about the coal mine.... mine was a disproportionately large sense of achievement at completing the 3d jigsaw of the old Hamilton palace.
We stayed and had a drink and snack at the cafe and found it to be reasonably priced, (3 drinks, 1 x pre-packed snack and 2 items of home baking for about £6 ) and as a bonus they had treats that were suitable for vegans...
which made the third member of our party very happy. On out visit we learned about the tours of the mausoleum...which we went on today.
The tour was probably about an hour long, and was really enjoyable and informative. Lots of local history as well as anecdotes and hearsay, all really well delivered by our tour guide Peter. I love this, i didn't find it creepy or morbid, the building itself is beautiful, and has its own history....the only concern i would have is if you have someone with limited mobility in your group... there's a lot of standing and walking, some tricky steps to negotiate, all doable with care.
we had a great time both days...and as anyone knows a 13 year old sayin 'it was alright' is the most enthusiastic response you'll get for anything - and is infact a ringing endorsement.
Will definitely be back and would recommend the tour to others...I only wish we'd had a singer in our party to take advantage of the acoustics.
Written October 2, 2016
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Joyce M
13 contributions
Jul 2016
Fab displays and interesting great d a y out with kids during the holidays friendly staff who are well informed
Written July 28, 2016
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Elizabeth M
Hamilton124 contributions
May 2016 • Business
Went with a group from work so much to see in this lovely building with specialist displays depending when you visit,art,wars,sport it has something for everyone throughout the year
Written June 27, 2016
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Steviebhoy33
4 contributions
Mar 2016
Great wee cpl hrs out with the kids various subject n sometimes special event which their is a small fee for wee cafe n small gift shop great wee place to just chill for cpl hrs
Written May 21, 2016
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Anne P
scotland uk5 contributions
Do you have to pay to get into museum
Low Parks Museum
Hamilton, UK9 contributions
Low Parks Museum is free to visit.
cazhutch
Glasgow, UK11 contributions
Is there disabled access?
Low Parks Museum
Hamilton, UK9 contributions
The museum has disabled parking right at the main entrance, and ramps throughout the building. We have a lift which can visitors to the café.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Low Parks Museum
- Low Parks Museum is open:
- Sun - Sun 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Mon - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Hotels near Low Parks Museum:
- (0.30 mi) Holiday Inn Express Hamilton, an IHG Hotel
- (0.18 mi) Aaron House Guest House
- (0.41 mi) Premier Inn Glasgow (Hamilton) Hotel
- (0.59 mi) Clydesdale Hotel
- (0.88 mi) Hampton by Hilton Hamilton Park
- Restaurants near Low Parks Museum:
- (0.19 mi) Twenty One Restaurant
- (0.18 mi) Rocca Ristorante & Bar
- (0.18 mi) Pizza Rici
- (0.14 mi) Bombay Cottage
- (0.27 mi) Gusti D'Italia
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