The museum is absolutely fascinating and is housed in a wonderful building. As we visited on a Tuesday we were able to visit the first floor which gave a further insight into the history of the building and its current usage. Martin the museum receptionist/guide was friendly and informative. He also filled up our water bottle. The museum visit is very good value.

Totally wheelchair accessible. Right balance of notices, screens and videos. Wonderful St John’s cup. Don’t need to know anything about kings lynn before visiting. Great old building and if you go on Sunday can see more rooms upstairs. Lots of activities for children. Toilets but no cafe but lots of places to eat nearby and pay and display parking opposite. Cheap entry.

We visited for a map of the local area at first and this was really good and the resources informative. The Stories of Lynn was a mixed bag with the first and main undercroft gallery trying to be a museum with very few objects but for children there was much more on offer and the school group there were thoroughly engaged so it did its job. As an adult I was confused by the narrative and use of space. The gaol cells were much better and the interpretation and use of the space really fitting. I appreciate this isn’t the main museum but I think as home to the archives there are many more stories which could be told in the space drawing from the collections. More character based stories and local tales must be possible with the wealth of records a local archive holds. I think the website suggests a lot more than there is but what is there is fine and it’s suitably priced for entry.

Let’s just say you’ll pay a lot more for a lot less than you get at The Stories of Lynn. Loads to do for children. Pushchair accessible. Lots to learn about and look at. Staff were excellent. It was clean and tidy. They could charge a lot more than £3.95. Brilliant. Do not miss out.