Museums & heritage experiences in Malta and Gozo

Casa Rocca Piccola

Valletta · Family-friendly

Explore the historic rooms and collections of a 16th-century Maltese noble family’s palace in Valletta, with access to its rock-cut underground WWII bomb shelters.

Farsons Brewery Experience

Birkirkara

A visit through the 1950 Farsons Brewery exploring the story behind Malta's best-known beers, ending with a tasting at The Cisk Tap rooftop bar.

Fort St Elmo and the National War Museum

Valletta

Walk the star-shaped fort that held out during the 1565 Great Siege, and trace 7,000 years of Maltese military history in the National War Museum.

Cittadella Visitors’ Centre

Gozo · Family-friendly

Discover Gozo’s Cittadella through interactive displays and a surround-theatre film in restored water reservoirs. The ticket covers the Visitors’ Centre and specified associated attractions, not the entire Cittadella.

Fort Rinella

South

A Victorian-era fort in Kalkara, home to what the provider describes as the world's largest cannon, with a Soldiers of the Queen museum exhibition.

Ġgantija Archaeological Park

Gozo

Visit two Late Neolithic megalithic structures on the Xagħra plateau, entered through an Interpretation Centre displaying significant Neolithic artefacts found in Gozo.

Għar Dalam Cave and Museum

South

Discover a prehistoric cave, Ice Age animal remains and natural-history museum displays, with gardens overlooking Wied Dalam. Only the first 50 metres of the cave are open to visitors.

Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra Archaeological Park

South

Visit two connected UNESCO-listed megalithic sites and their visitor centre in one archaeological park. Mnajdra is around 500 metres downhill from Ħaġar Qim, linked by a footpath.

Ħal Tarxien Prehistoric Complex

South

Explore four megalithic structures built in the late Neolithic and later reused during the Early Bronze Age, including decorated stonework and temple remains.

Grand Master’s Palace

Valletta

Explore the newly restored 450-year-old seat of power on St George’s Square, from the State Rooms and Great Siege frescoes to the historic Armoury.

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

South

Explore a UNESCO-listed underground burial complex carved into limestone over three levels in Paola. Visits depend on available booked tickets.

Inquisitor’s Palace

South

The former seat of the Roman Inquisition in Malta for over 224 years, now a historic house museum and the national ethnography museum.

Lascaris War Rooms

Valletta · Family-friendly

Visit Valletta’s underground WWII war rooms and discover Malta’s wartime heritage in the historic Lascaris complex.

Malta 5D

Valletta · Family-friendly

A 3D journey through Maltese history and culture, brought to life with moving seats and sensory effects.

Malta Aviation Museum

North · Family-friendly

Discover aircraft, helicopters and aviation memorabilia across three exhibition hangars on the former RAF Ta’ Qali airfield.

Limestone Heritage

South · Family-friendly

A restored limestone quarry in Siġġiewi with multilingual audio-guided tours, live artisan demonstrations, gardens and a farm animal park.

Malta at War Museum

South

A Second World War museum in Birgu with a visit to its underground air-raid shelters, run by Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna.

Malta Classic Car Collection

North · Family-friendly

Explore restored classic cars, motoring memorabilia and period collections across two museum floors in Qawra.

Marsovin Winery Cellar Tour and Tasting

Visit Marsovin’s historic cellars, set in a building dating to the Order of St John with over 220 oak barrels, for a guided wine-tasting session.

Mysterium Fidei Museum

Valletta

Explore the historic complex beneath St Catherine's Monastery with an app-based audio tour of its rooms and monastic life.

Saluting Battery

Valletta

Valletta's historic artillery battery overlooking the Grand Harbour, where visitors can watch the daily time-gun firing.

MUŻA – The National Community Art Museum

Valletta

Malta’s national art museum in the 16th-century Auberge d’Italie, tracing the islands’ art from antiquity and the Baroque to modern and contemporary Maltese work.

Odyssey Malta

St Julian's / Sliema · Family-friendly

An immersive journey through Malta's heritage, with a flying theatre, motion seating and multisensory effects.

St Paul’s Catacombs

Central

Explore rock-cut passages, tombs and halls in an interconnected underground cemetery in Rabat, reflecting Malta’s ancient burial history.

Ta’ Kola Windmill

Gozo

Step inside a Knights’-period windmill whose restored milling mechanism, miller’s workshop and furnished rooms show rural Gozitan life and breadmaking.

The Mdina Experience

Central

A 30-minute audio-visual show on a large panoramic screen that tells Mdina's 7,000-year story, with headset-based multi-language soundtracks.

Villa Bologna Pottery

Malta's oldest pottery, with a studio shop selling handcrafted ceramics and hands-on pottery-painting experiences.

THAT Workshop

Rabat

A small arts and crafts studio in Rabat run by the THISS Ceramics team, with 18 years of combined teaching experience and small class sizes.

The Old Prison, Citadel

Gozo

See the largest known collection of historical graffiti in one place on the Maltese Islands, scratched into the cells and corridors of Gozo’s oldest surviving prison.