Ragged School Museum

“​⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Must-Visit Piece of History! ​I highly recommend the Ragged School Museum. It offers a truly immersive and moving step back into Victorian London. ​The highlight was the Victorian school lesson experience-"Mrs. Perkins" was brilliant, providing an authentic and very funny look at 19th-century schooling. It was a perfect, powerful experience, even with the rain outside today! The museum is incredibly well-preserved and offers a fantastic, humbling insight into the lives of East End children. ​Definitely check the schedule for the lesson times!”

“Very quaint museum. I expected more exhibits but of most interest is the reconstructed period classroom. There's plenty of historical reading material. The admission charges are very reasonable.... adult is £5 and concessions are available. The facilities are very clean and i found the staff polite. The ragged cafe is really nice and worth a visit. It was pleasant sitting outside having a coffee by the canal. Allow 20-30 mins to walk around the museum.”

“It pains me not to leave a good review for a small museum as I appreciate they're usually short of staff and money, but we came for one of the Victorian school lessons and the place was deserted with not a single staff member around. Over an hour after the museum was supposed to have opened, someone eventually arrived but there was a lot of confusion and in the end the teacher for the lesson didn't turn up. We'd come quite a long way for it and, bearing in mind you can't book in advance, it doesn't seem unreasonable to expect that there'd be a message on the website or social media (or at the museum itself which just looked closed from the outside despite the advertised opening hours). Without the lesson, the museum itself was a bit disappointing as it really just consists of information boards and has nothing for kids. I remember going to the Victorian school lesson as a kid and loving it though and I'm sure if we'd had the experience we'd come for then this would be a good review.”