Powell-Cotton Museum

Really enjoyed a family trip to the museum. A very very impressive taxidermy collection of very large animals...a bit sad but the specimens were collected many moons ago during the age of exploration.
Lovely activities for children within the museum with a good handling collection.
Children get some accessories to dress up with on arrival should they wish, which was a nice touch.

We had a picnic in the formal gardens which were beautiful bin the late summer. We loved the walled garden especially.

There was a nice woodland walk also and a nice café on site which we enjoyed a cream tea at in the afternoon. Very tasty. Recommend!

Such an interesting day out, my son was fascinated with all of the exhibits. Very reasonable admission especially as there is lots to see. The gardens are beautiful and fun to explore and the house is stunning. A great day out

Fantastic museum! Visited for the first time and was blown away! Plenty to see and the staff were fantastic. Particularly impressed with the aids available for those on the spectrum. The rucksacks etc at each location meant our son got to really enjoy the experience. Thank you ❤

Great time at the museum, gardens and also the maize maze! Loads to do come rain or shine. Loved the maize and giant air pillows. Loved finding the butterflies throughout the museum. Loved exploring the gardens and seeing the fish. Thank you for another wonderful day out!

A little gem
This is well worthy of a visit
Very friendly and knowledgeable staff
Fantastic gardens a nice little cafe stocking the usual refreshments.
The house has fantastic interiors
With far eastern decor. Also some fine paintings and antiques
The best part of this is house and the grounds is the on site museum
The taxidermy is incredible and well put together displays of these fantastic animals
Ranging from zebras to giraffe to lions
Also a fantastic collection of tribal artifacts.
There is also an interactive area which is great for the kids

Beautiful gardens, museum, lots to see and admire, fabulous collection and very informative, even in 21 century!!
Customer service is second to none!! Prices are great and very affordable, even for large families and groups. We take all our Family, Friends and Guests there!!
Would highly recommend!!

Impressive. This is a little gem in thanet. We have now been the museum and it's garden a few times and it always makes us happy. Staff at the entrance and inside are very helpful. This place is HIGHLY recommended for KIDs. Our little ones who are three and one and a half years old enjoyed all the animals in the museum. Also this place runs fun games and activities all week. You should check their website for activity list. Garden is the other attraction and it is very well maintained. There's a secret flower garden in the garden and it is truly amazing. You can have a picnic in the garden and there's also benches and tables setup for this. There is also a cafe outside the museum and one could have food and drinks.

Excellent history of travel and animals from Africa. Very well presented. Can't fault the exhibition for the price. Would have paid three times admission price for what you got. Well worth a visit.

Very interesting museum, demonstrating the interests of another lifetime. Lovely gardens and a tour of the house available.

Loved it, very nice staff, the house was excellent! Very interesting backstory to the museum / house. Would come again !!

Totally shocked have lived here 6 years but never been in the museum the gardens the house tour all just fantastic and so so cheap to go in too a fantastic trip will def be going back loads ... staff were so knowledgeable and helpful too.. we loved it

What a fantastic museum for younger children! They provide backpacks for little ones with binoculars and themed learning aids and a whole room of hands-on exhibits. We were there on a bank holiday with traditional Japanese music in one of the rooms. The cafe opposite is super friendly and excellent value but I recommend popping in to book for lunch or tea when you first arrive as it gets very busy.

The Powell-Cotton museum's dioramas are simply amazing and totally worth visiting if you ever get the chance.

Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton (1866-1940) established the Powell-Cotton museum at Quex Park in 1896 to house natural history specimens and cultural objects collected on his expeditions to Asia and Africa. He was a pioneer in the way he used dioramas to display his mounted specimens in their natural habitats.

Great place to experience African animals and cultures, also great children's craft and interactive area.

Brilliant! Love quex, we go there a lot! Little one loves the animals. The interactive section is great. The gardens are wonderful and lovely place to have a picnic. One of my favourite places to go

Wonderfull and amazing museum to discover. Very child friendly and so much for young children to explore, feel, see and hold. We loved it as a family!

Such a fascinating place. The taxidermy is extraordinary and very surreal. The 'touch museum' is also a great hands on section for everyone especially kids. Highly recommend.

This was amazing, I wasn't expecting much but once we walked in I was blown away about the displays, the pictures won't do it justice as there is something very oddly magical about it. There is tons for kids including a section where you can handle things and there grounds were huge. The house was closed when we went but it didn't effect bus much. There was a nice cafe just outside too.

Photographed a beautiful wedding. Once again the staff were on point, everything went swiftly and as a supplier was well looked after.

Exceeded our expectations, displays are exquisite, fantastic to see so many animals in such a small place.