We are pleased to announce that we are open Tuesdays to Saturdays.

We recommend you book your museum tickets before arrival to help minimise the queues.

Our cafe, shop and grounds are open. You do not need to buy a ticket to access them.  

The site will be closed for Christmas between 23rd December and the 3rd January. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

The government has advised that “while cases are high and rising, everybody needs to continue to act carefully and remain cautious” In accordance with industry best practice and guidance, we will continue to maintain social distancing and other Covid mitigation measures, including access to hand sanitiser, use of NHS track & trace app, reduced capacity and face mask use (unless exempt). We hope you will understand our decision, considering the need to minimise the risk to yourself and others and we hope you will continue to help us protect our staff, volunteers, and other members of the general public, by continuing to practice these measures while visiting us.

Thank you for your support and we hope you enjoy your visit. 

There is a one-way system around the museum, which is easy to follow and we ask that you keep a safe distance apart from those not in your group during your visit.

Staff are on-hand to advise and answer questions if you have any. If you require a mask while you are here, we will be happy to provide you with one free of charge.

Hand sanitiser stations can be found outside the main entrance before you enter and inside the reception.

We’ve introduced extra cleaning measures for your protection.

Due to staff resources tickets are sold on a monthly basis. If you would like to book for dates in the following month these tickets will be available to purchase at the end of each month on or around the 30th.

Dogs are welcome outside in the grounds but not within the museum, café or visitor centre. We do ask that they are kept on short leads at all times whilst on site.

Please do not visit if you feel unwell or have COVID-19 symptoms.

For more information on your visit and FAQs click here.

* The Museum will continue to monitor government guidance and will adapt our opening arrangements to adhere to any new requirements, therefore please keep an eye on our website and social media channels for any further updates.

To be able to ‘open what we can, when we can’ during the summer of 2020, continue to have school visits and re-open in May 2021 we are very grateful to the financial support we have received from our main grant funders, the Arts Council England, DCMS, HM Treasury, Historic England and South East Museum Development Programme, as well as various government led initiatives. We are also grateful to those who have made donations either through our website or via our GoFundMe campaign as well as the Friends of Brading Roman Villa and the Vectis Archaeological Trust.

To be sustainable, as a charity and a self-funded independent museum, we rely on what income we make ourselves. 90% of our income comes directly from our visitors through admissions and the cafe – sadly, whilst we are closed, this income is lost to us and that has had a serious financial impact on the Museum. If you would like to make a donation to support us, please click here.