Our picnic area is on the ground floor next to the Main Hall includes work surfaces, microwave stations to heat up your lunch or dinner, washing up and hand washing facilities, bins – and lots of picnic benches. It was been beautifully decorated to complement the Museum Café.
There’s no need to book – you are welcome to use the picnic area during the museum’s public opening hours.
Did you know the museum is home to around two and a half million bugs? We don’t want any more! Please enjoy food and drink in the Picnic Area, Museum Café and Main Hall, but not in our galleries and exhibitions. Crumbs and spillages can attract creepy crawlies that ruin our objects. You’ll find lots of bins around the museum.