mad museum

Don't miss this place! Full of wonderful mechanical creations and delights. Take the kids as well as the adults.

Took my kids (Boy of 10 and girl of 8), and spent a very happy couple of hours enjoying the kinetic art. The hosts are all lovely, very knowledgeable and helpful. The kids are asking to go back all ready. Highly recommended

We visited MAD on a wet Sunday afternoon after a visit to the butterfly sanctuary and it was great fun.Price-wise we paid £30 which included my parents (concessions), my husband & I and our three children (under 5s are free) and it was money well spent as we watched in amazement at the variety of marble runs, golf ball runs, ping pong ball runs and a plethora of other mechanical contraptions to amaze and astound us. Especially as it isn't a big place.There were loads of buttons to press which started various machines and my children (aged 4, 6 and 8) loved running around marvelling at first this gadget then this gizmo as the machines whirred, grrrred and whizzed.They also loved the metal wall with it's magnetic tracks that they could create their own marble runs on. My boys spent about half an hour tweaking, adjusting and testing their creations. My eldest son (the 6 year old) now wants a metal wall in his bedroom!!! He will have to settle for the marble run kit we bought from the tiny shop instead.Already recommended it to a couple of friends less than 24 hours later and am considering it as a trip for my Cubs.Great fun, great value and a great place to spend a couple of hours.

On entering, I was quite excited. Once inside, it became apparent that the vibe was more college / uni exhibition rather than museum. The pieces were very clever and rustic. Lots of interaction which was great. As a grown couple, we got through it in less than an hour.Clearly a lot of hard work went into the pieces, but feel the place is more for children, they'd have a great time.

The Mad Museum is a fantastic place to spend an hour or two. Lots of really fun things to do and see that will amuse kids and adults alike.

Well 3 retired gents had a fun time at the Mad Museum. If you like hands on then go and have fun. Great use of odd bits and bobs just push the button and watch it work.

Great loads of activities but you can easily walk past it and not notice it but I definetly recommend it

Thanks for your review Corneleus. I am confused by your comment regarding the entrance fee because our most expensive individual ticket is £6.80, all our other tickets work out a lot cheaper that. It's great to hear you enjoyed our museum and thought we are a valuable addition to the town. I hope you will consider visiting us again the future. Thanks again.

Great afternoon with my 17 month old watching the train whizz round and the clapping machine was a favourite! Marble run was awesome, can't recommend highly enough!

Great way to spend an hour or so indoors...and no reference to William Shakespeare! Spent ages playing with all of the kinetic art - makes you feel like a school-kid again.

Went here with my brother (24), son (3 1/2) and daughter (9 months) and we had a great time! So much hands on and interesting concepts for art & science, we were all watching, from 37 years old to 9 months old! I dont know how often the exhibits change but we will definitely go again in about 6 months time and they do bday parties which sounds interesting too. Neat little gift shop at the entrance/exit with a range of things at differsnt prices so you arent hugely out of pocket.Bought a gift voucher for a bday present, went down really well.Stroller / buggy park at bottom of entrance - open to street so dont leave anything valuable, staff offered to watch bag for me behind their desk bc wasnt busyToilet available and change station at the back of the room, plenty big enough for little kids if youhave to change baby too. Parking - if have lots of kids use Arden street multi story parking. Closest to the pedestrian walkway in stratford where mad museum located (and less of a headache with wandering children!)

Hi Adam, thanks for your feedback. I'm glad to hear that overall you enjoyed our museum, but sorry that your visit didn't fully meet your expectations. Our most expensive individual ticket is an adult ticket at £6.80, this compared to the other attractions in Stratford upon Avon is a very competitive rate. As an independent museum, we receive no funding. The money we make goes straight back into the business to improve the quality of visitor experiences. We do offer admission discounts with several discount schemes, these vouchers can help to keep the costs down. With regards to the artwork recurrences, with this particular type of art there are invariably some echoing themes and repetition but we work hard to source and display a diverse variety of styles within the realms of mechanical art. Having said that, we are always on the lookout for new and exciting pieces of art and have a steady turnover of exhibits. Thanks again for sharing your review with us and I do hope to see you again in the future.

Hi Cjs_family, Thanks for your review. It's fantastic to hear you liked our museum and the fact we inspired you to create your own weird and wonderful marble run! In reply to your points, we have a lift at the back on the entrance hall for pushchairs and wheelchair users and we encourage visitors to use this facility. To save on space within the museum, we also ask those who can to leave their pushchair under the stairs at the entrance. February half term does tend to be one of our busiest holiday periods and if the weather is bad it can get a little active. To ease the busy stages we have more members of staff on site to help customers and we emphasize tickets provide entry for the whole day. As long as visitors keep their tickets they can pop in and out as many times as they like on that day. I'm really pleased to hear you are a returning visitor, thank you very much for visiting and for writing such a helpful and kind review.

We visited this museum during a weekend to Stratford and it was the highlight of our trip. Our 3 children aged 5, 11 and 13 couldn't believe all of the amazing inventions to be seen and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. The staff there could not have been more enthusiastic and helpful, showing us all things that we may have missed if they hadn't taken the time to show us. Fantastic, not to be missed.

An exciting hour spent. Lots of marble runs and clocks. And most were hands on. All the buttons worked which can be frustrating when visiting places if they don't. Loved the magnetic make your own wall marble run. We got there as it opened and it was quiet. As we were leaving though it was very busy and may become frustrating waiting for exhibits. Would go again.