Museum meeting rooms
Alder room
A modern, bright and versatile space that can be set up for talks, craft groups, language classes and group meetings.
Can seat up to 43 people theatre style and 21 people for yoga or craft classes.
Easily accessible tables and chairs for you to lay out the room as you wish.
Room includes:
- wi-fi
- projector and screen
- hearing loop
- adjacent to museum café and toilets
- free all day parking
If requested, museum staff can advertise it on the museum website what’s on page.
Reviews
Nice open space with plenty of natural light. Easy access to the café and not overly heavy tables (important when setting out yourself).
Friendly staff and lovely space with good amenities.
Price (up to 31 Marchb 2023
- £20 an hour standard hire
- £14 an hour not for profit discount rate
There is a 10% discount for block bookings of 6 or more dates.
Price (after 1 April 2023)
- £25 an hour standard hire
- £20 an hour not for profit discount rate
There is a 10% discount for block bookings of 6 or more dates.
Catering
The Little Vintage Tea Room can provide a range of catering options, from refillable tea and coffee at £2.75 a head to bespoke buffets, working lunches and afternoon tea
Please see the menu.
Environmental Sustainability
We pride ourselves in offering eco friendly room hire. Our new meeting rooms include a recycling bin and are powered by an air-source heat pump and solar panels. All our catering is locally sourced and uses glass and crockery to reduce single use plastics.
Additional support
Do you need help to run your event, set up your room or to access a meeting room outside of the museum's regular opening hours. You can hire a member of the museum team to help at a cost of £25 per hour.
Availability
Rooms are available for regular hire or advance bookings daytime Friday - Sunday.
Rooms are available for short notice hire on daytime Monday-Thursday.
During the winter months the museum is unable to offer evening bookings.
An empty view of the Alder room.
Chairs set up in the Alder room.