SS Great Britain: Visualising Voices Reviews

Incredibly interesting. Whether child or adult - you learn a lot in a vivid way - great

What an amazing place to visit. Staff are so knowledgeable about this wonderful ship. If you are in the area I highly recommend you give this place a visit well worth the money.

Excellent place to visit very knowledgeable and helpful staff well worth it.

Amazing snippet of maritime history
Sounds.. Smells and feels like you are being transported back in time
A must do.. Must see attraction x

Not just a museum but lots of fun things to do. If you have a head for heights you can climb the rigging - and it's free for older kids

Great Western Dockyard, Gas Ferry Rd, Bristol BS1 6TY

Really enjoyed spending time here. The ticket is reasonable. Worth to visit!

Amazing. We were surprised how much our 4 and 6 year old enjoyed it. We will be returning for a second visit.

Brilliant experience with access to inside and underneath the ship!

The museum left this boat with a great impression !!!! I really recommend visiting everyone. Price 17 pounds for adults and children from 5m 10 pounds, but really worth it. We had 2 hours, it was not enough time to slow down, to see everything in more detail for 3 hours. What astonished us most was that all the premises were restored as it was in 1843, when the boat first departed from Bristol, from the dock where it stands now. Made of waxy people, sounds and even scents !!!! If you go through the scent-to taste the scent of pancakes, the fish-fish, the wc-it's even a nose to cover :) the kids could have made mice masks, told about rats on the boat, they could dress up the clothes of the time and make photos and more activities. The boat is really impressive, as it is even 98m in length. The first longest ship made of metal and with a screw that transported people across the Atlantic Ocean. Recorded through 14d. Around the world has been flooded 33 times. Even the young Queen Victoria was fascinated by his comfort and luxury. 1886 Damaged by storms and the Falkland Islands became a floating warehouse, but returned to its dock in Bristol in 1970 and made a museum of boats.

Great museum highlighting a wonderful piece of history!

A personal favourite day out. So interesting and fun!

Beautiful reconstruction, with a dark history but very interesting.

Ground breaking in its time and innovative presentation. Great historical documentation brought to life.

Great museum, super impressive and realistically presented. Not cheap fun, but well worth the price

Great value for money, exhibition, museum and displays all told a very detailed and descriptive picture of brunel in his time. The ship was very impressive too, would be worth a other visit.

I climbed ss great britain right to top and walked along sail mast too so pleased I'm 62 and feel like a younger girl

We spent much longer there than expected. Liked the little touches on board and had an excellent guide all to ourselves!

Great pivotal piece of shipbuilding history, a high tech product of its era!

It's a shame we didn't have more time to spend in the area we enjoyed looking round the ship.

Great experience and ticket lasts for a year. Too much to take in on one short visit!

Excellent, amazing learn all about the great brunel and his ship

An excellent place to visit, with a museum and the boat itself. The highlight is the dehumidified walk around the parts of ship that used to be under water.

Possibly the most interesting 'museum' in England. Lots to see and experience, completely fascinating. Great value for money as well

Fab day out for all. Ticket price reasonable as you can use it for a year. Plenty to see. Lots of activities for kids

Fantastic new exhibition on Brunel. Well worth a visit.

A great place to visit. And your ticket is valid for a year !

Absolutely a nice attraction for all ages. Recommend to spend 2-3 hours for a complete tour around. It ll be great to visit at anytime of the day. There s indoor exhibitions and outdoor view for photo-taking. Must visit in Bristol!

Fascinating, hugely valuable piece of maritime and engineering history. Incredible restoration work, brilliant experience.

Excellent example of a preservation and recommend a visit!

Great place for all the family. Engineering, History, adventure, crafts....and morecat different times of the year. Ticket lasts 1 year for unlimited visits. Brill!

The young man who served me was truly knowledgeable about this ship! Noah I believe his name was. Noah Brunel?

Great day out around the harbour side! Very friendly and helpful staff!

Bit of a waste of time going for the long walk it took to get there

Great exibition if you like mechanical things you will love this

This is a really great museum. There's enough information and spaces to explore to spend several hours. The atmosphere created in the ship is really good with a great use of light, smell and sound. Thoroughly recommended.

Great exhibition for all ages and as interactive as you want it to be.

Fab day out, great attention to detail, had somebody playing the piano in the ball room on board the ship, the authentic smells made me physically feel sick, even met isambard! Lovely staff too.

Absolutely phenomenal. Great experience. One of the best museums in Bristol. Had a great time there with my Mrs and we've definitely learnt a lot about "the ship that changed the world".

Enthralling, educational and fun. As well as scary (climbing the rigging).
Highly recommended.

Interesting place where you can spend all day with your friends and family

Brunel is one of the most celebrated individuals of British history, however the feat of engineering to get it back from the Falkland Islands is truly remarkable. A family day out for all to enjoy.

Great experience, a lot of history and you can appreciate how things used to work and be, recommended.

Great place to visit. Very informative and gives you a realistic impression of what it would have been like to sail on the ship.

Go on the educational journey of the life of the SS Great Britain, over the last 190 years. A truly educational and fun attraction for all ages. Great value for money.

Very good place to visit and staff are very helpful and knowledge of the things that are on site

A unique experience for children and adults. It takes you to another time

Very interesting historical ship but focused rather more on technical than the personal history. Had some "victorian" entertainers who were very poor and not really necessary. Gift shop too expensive and the cafe was incredibly difficult to find, very small for the amount of tourists using it and very understaffed. Waited ages to get served and they ran out of china mugs as no-one to clear tables and wash up dirty crockery

Has a great off boat museum as well as a great ship to explore. Being able to walk under the ship is quite cool too

So much to see and do, I learnt a lot about conditions on board

Brilliant afternoon. Took the Mrs and mother in law and we really enjoyed it.
Boat is exactly as you imagine with scenes set up inside. Even smells of the olden days.
Great insight into life on board.
Great museums and educational area.
Really great day out

A very interesting tour. Good expert to answer your question. A must go place if visiting Bristol

Can t say enough great things about this museum. Definitely worth the price! From the exhibition itself to the staff and volunteers, everything was fantastic.

An amazing piece of history. Kids will really enjoy the experience

So much to do here, our 2 and 4 year olds never get bored!

Amazing piece of history, fantastic place to visit.