Guildford Museum
Visiting Guildford Museum
Opening times
Guildford Museum is open Wednesday to Saturdays, 12 noon to 4.30pm (last entry 4pm).
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Address
Guildford Museum
Castle Arch
Quarry Street
GU1 3SX
Admission
Free entry
Contact
Email: heritageservices@guildford.gov.uk
Phone: 01483 444751
Getting here
Car
There are various car parks and on-street parking places in Guildford town centre. Find out more about Guildford's car parks.
Blue Badge holders can park at the metered parking almost opposite the museum in Quarry Street. There is a dropped kerb at the junction with Castle Street. Find out more about Blue Badge parking in Guildford.
On Foot
Guildford Museum is about 200 metres from the bottom of Guildford High Street.
The High Street is pedestrianised between the following times:
- Monday to Friday: 11am to 4pm
- Saturday: 9am to 6pm
- Sunday: 12noon to 5pm
Public transport
Bus
Guildford Museum is about 500 metres from the Friary Bus Station. There is a step-free route across two roads and through White Lion Walk shopping centre.
Train
Guildford Museum is about 750 metres from Guildford Railway Station, on the South Western Railway line from London Waterloo to Portsmouth. There is a step-free route from the station across the River Wey into the town centre but with several roads to cross. This can be partially undercover by walking through The Friary and White Lion Walk shopping centres.
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Access Information
Our access guide will help you plan your visit to Guildford Museum. It gives details on how we can make your visit easier and more enjoyable especially if you are disabled or have particular access needs. We also want to let you know in advance about the things that we haven't yet been able to change to improve access.
Read our Guildford Museum Access Guide
Enjoy our Scullery Playroom
In the Scullery playroom children can:
- role play with the toy kitchen complete with colourful fabric food
- make a pizza and lay a table for dinner
- try washing the Victorian way
- join in with the traditional nursery rhymes printed on the walls
- colouring and activity sheets with pencils and crayons
- relax on a beanbag and read a washing or cooking themed book
- view our display of old cooking equipment
Children should be supervised in the room.
The Scullery Playroom at Guildford Museum is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and HM Government through the Welcome Back Fund.
Online exhibitions
Discover Guildford's history from home with our online exhibitions.
Georgian Women Portraits by John Russell
Guildford Borough Council's Heritage Service holds over 35 original works by John Russell. This includes 19 female portraits. This online display features all the female portraits and interesting information about the painting techniques.
View the Georgian Women exhibition (opens new window)