There are various facilties which make the visit easier and more pleasant including the new Granary Café opened in January 2008 The menu includes light lunches, afternoon teas, refreshments and daily specials. There are toilets, baby changing facilities, a gift shop full of the usual stuff, and car parking on site at cost. Dry and dour, that's how it looks on the flyer and that's how it is in person, this is not a museum which is especially child friendly in my opinion and one I wasn't especially enthralled by, my kids certainly weren't. I feel it is far from ideal in terms of being wholly family friendly and will not induce interest in smaller ...  Read the complete review

Cligton Park Museum. Now I went a few years ago. It was boring-nothing interactive, just displays of old display...zzzz..... However it was re-vamped and we decided to pay it a visit. I was plesantly surprised and have visited many times since. The museum is in Rotherham which is near Sheffield and is just of Junction 32 of the M1. The museum is fairly well signposted and is in a park (Clifton Park). The full address of the museum is: Clifton Park Museum Clifton Lane Rotherham S65 2AA Phone: (01709) 336633 Email: cliftonparkmuseum@rotherham.gov.uk The house was originally owned by the Walker Display ...  Read the complete review

Clifton Park museum is located on the fringe of Rotherham town centre. The museum is housed in Clifton House, a Grade 11 listed building dating from 1793. This house was designed by John Carr, a prominent architect of that time and it was the family home of the Walker family. The original occupier was Joshua Walker and his wife. Joshua's father had made his fortune in the local steel industry. Following Joshua's death this house was passed through various generations of his family and remained in their possession for almost 200 years. Clifton House stood in 70 acres of grounds and the majority of this land came into the ownership of Rotherham Borough Council ...  Read the complete review