London Mithraeum in Laela

1 hour needed. Good displays. Well presented. Well worth a visit.

This mysterious cult is even more so since the closure of the Museum of London which explained its beginnings.What we now have in Walbrook is a wall of artifacts, a basement of top notch video presentations and that fully immersive experience in a high-tec treated temple excavation.Go!! Not only will your history get updated but you will wonder at 7metres depth of detritus chucked out in the city over 2000 years.

This is one of London’s hidden gems. A Roman temple hidden under the streets of London. Entry is free of charge, but you are advised to book in advance online. Even during a weekday visit this venue got quite busy.You will roughly spend about 30-40 mins for a visit & there are toilets on location. Non flash photography is permitted.

Free museum with roman temple ruins. Interesting display of artifacts found at excavation site and innovative light effect presentation of the ruins 2 floors below. A wonderful surprise. It was somewhat tricky to find but really worth it. The presentation takes about 6 minutes and there are not many people so you have the place to yourself. Photos do not do justice to the place. Must see in person.

What a wonderful place to see below the streets of London. One of the temples left behind and forgotten then rediscovered under the rubble of wartime bombing. An all male cult with mysterious rites and rituals never written down and recorded. It has a most powerful atmosphere.... certainly a place worth visiting. Do it!!

Its free to get in, and it is interesting how London (previously Londinium), was built under the Roman rule of Britannia (England).The immersive show downstairs wasnt much tbh.Mithras was a later God of the Roman Empire, who is depicted stabbing a bull, either in sacrifice or battle, and portrayed as a hero.

Had read glowing reviews so we visited today. Guess after 3 days at the world class V&A anything would be a letdown. Very well done brief experience (20 minutes?featuring Roman site discovered and preserved for posterity. Hey, admission is free. Previously had visited Guildhall Gallery, subsequently the Tate Modern-- both also free. Just dont expect more than a small experience.

Free, but requires pre-registration. Next to Warlock building. A bit difficult to locate. Self guided (small tablets available to learn of artifacts), emmersive pagan experience, freed slaves, military inclination, roman artifacts. Recommend as historical learning. There is a lift for wheel chair, or ambulatory assistance. The temple was originally partially underground. More modern buildings built over the ancient site.

For a free experience this place is amazing! There is loads of info before you enter the actual roman temple and the staff are reallyhelpful. Once you’re escorted down to the temple there is a short experience with light and sound and then you are free to take photos of the space and have a look around. It is truly amazing to find roman architecture under London, when I left Rome a couple of months ago I didn’t expect to see more so soon!

An enjoyable way to spend twenty minutes. Have to time it to see the temple below but happens with enough frequency. Book in advance as very little room for walk ins

Fantastic small museum of quite a mysterious Roman god. Free of charge so you can visit anytime. Apart from the remaining of the temple, I really appreciated the Roman artefacts found on the site and displayed. Lots of interactive information.

Absolutely loved it!Highly highly recommend this place!It is small but worth it!I loved that little show/experience they have!A must visit

Truly amazing artifacts. Good interactive explanations. The sound and light show was just ok. Definitely better than just walking around the empty temple. I think we spent an hour total. Fantastically clean bathrooms.

Really cool display of archaeological finds, and the experience they do down at the actual ruins is simultaneously hair-raising and interesting (be forewarned it involves voices from the dark, smoke, and gentle light effects (no flashing)). A good thing to do with kids who are into Roman history, that can be condensed to maybe half an hour, depending on how long they spend investigating the Display.

Well it was free so that’s that. You get what you’re seeing. Quite a theatrical display of this ancient roman temple.

I really loved this place, lots of interactive material and tons of information presented in a well organized and thoughtful manner. You can get more thorough and detailed information on all the items if you wish. The only thing I wish they had was a bench to look at the wall of finds. I got a little tired standing and I was at that wall for probably over an hour. All other areas had a bench to sit down on if you wanted to while enjoying the material.

Great if you just want a quick visit, and interesting subject that archaeologists know relatively little about. Probably not suitable for young children. Took about 20 minutes for the whole experience but Great you can see Roman remains in Central London for free.

Very interesting roman remains.You soon notice that Bloomberg paid for that, and that keeps the visit free of charge for tourists.Nevertheless, the groups are reduced (20-30 persons at a time), so book online to be sure to visit the site.

Visited August 2022. What an amazing experience - free to enter (book your tickets online first, no walk insand really top shelf venue and curated experience.The site is not large, but it is entirely genuine and the effects are brilliant. Beautiful touch with the archeological finds from the site on show before you enter the main exhibit.The main event is timed and controlled, and well run. Well worth 30 minutes to see and experience a piece of Londons ancient history!

The kids loved the activity sheet. The experience was interesting and informative, if you like this kind of thing, but it only takes about half an hour or so. It can be difficult to spend time at the interactive screens when other people are waiting as well but the staff were lovely, friendly and chatty.

I did enjoy the short tour ! In my opinion the whole thing need more than little of this and little of that and Call it a Historical site! The staff are friendly and knowledgeable ! I want to know why videoing the Mithraeum is not allowed even after the Main event is finished !?

Great free museum, the live experience (lobby and sound showwas very evocative and made it possible to imagine what worship 2000 years ago would have been like.

We didnt buy tickets in advance because we didnt know when wed be there exactly. On the website we couldnt buy a timeslot, but when we got there we could just buy tickets and enter, and it was not busy at all. Unfortunately we had just missed a show, and had to wait quite a long time for the next one to start. The show itself was nice, but a bit long and not a lot of place to sit down.

Very interesting remains of a Roman temple in the heart of London’s financial district. They have a well-designed recreation of the Mithraean rituals using lights.

I did like audio performance, was interesting to read about Mythras, worth to visit.

This hidden treasure in the middle of the city, is a 2 minute walk from Cannon Street Station and offers an interesting insight into the little known cult of Mithras. This immersive experience is well worth a visit. Timed admission needs to be booked on line.

Absolutely fascinating! The short show in the he ruins was very immersive and interesting. Our visit lasted about 25 minutes and every second was worth it. This felt like a hidden gem, very cool that it was free.

Astonishingly well done. The museum is separated into three sections: a ground floor gallery displaying art and artifacts, with a bunch of interactive tablets explaining more about each object; then a downstairs chamber with an interesting audio track and interactive displays detailing the background to the temple; then finally an audiovisual experience in the reconstructed ruins deep underground.Could do with more seating.

Absolutely amazing, really great visit. So informative and real gem

I thought is was only the temple remains to see here, was surprised!! There was an art exhibition in the first room, then a display with some pots and other archaeological finds.There were two other floors, one with some info and light displays as well as head statues, then you wait, for every twenty minutes you can go down and see the temple, where there was a little presentation with lights and sounds.

This is a tucked away free gem in London with a short guided tour underground although there is an interesting narrated pre-show. The building is new and is impressive inside. The tour provides a semi atmospheric recreation of the old Roman temple that existed several meters below the existing street level. Reservations not required but suggested. Worth a visit!

A wonderful hidden gem in London. The immersive experience was visually stunning. The exhibit itself is informative and the staff were very helpful and willing to give us an introduction to the exhibit. The visit is free but booking is recommended via their website.

Interesting remains of a Roman temple were discovered when the office building above was being built. It is a bit inconvenient as you have to have free timed tickets for an audio element of the temple, so you arent free to look at your leisure. It is very convenient for Bank station - if you find the right exit.

Blown away! Didn’t know what to expect but this exhibition is fantastic. Well put together, great documentation, superb commentary. Just go - and it’s free!! (My photos don’t do it justice 😉)

It is free, but you need to book tickets in advance. Temple immersive experience is fascinating. I wont spoil the surprise but after the short audio presentation go to the middle and see the lights and mist at work. Highly interesting and recommended.

They have the most amazing staff!!! The were really nice with me and my son who is autistic and sometime this kind of places are hard for him.The presentation is very interesting and well done.

One of the oldest mithraeums in Europe located 30 feet below street level. Over 1800 years old. Helpful guides and great experience.

Amazing archeological find in the city. Tour is every 20 mins and is free to enter. Definitely worth a visit. Its close to Cannon Street station

This gem is both surprising in its location ut also presentation. Atmospheric and informative we thoroughly enjoyed this exhibit. Also fantastic washrooms...

I didnt expect much. I thought it would be a hole in the ground with stones and such and it was.. and much more!The presentation is impeccable. My wife is a senior architect that worked on the houses of Parliament (yes, I say that when ever I canand she was impressed as well. They create walls and pillars just with mist and shadows and the lighting is excellent. It was more informative than I expected as well. There is a wall of artifacts and plenty to read. Even if I e wasnt particularly interested in it, they would be glad they saw it.. and its free, which is rare where I come from. The photos dont do the room justice because I did it in night setting to absorb everything.

Was a great experience...really immersive. It was a short experience and felt a real gem as it was free entry.My daughter is going to study classics A level next year so thats whats attracted us to visit.

A lovely little museum that preserved a unique piece of history. There also several interesting Rome artifacts that were found that are definitely worthy of a look. Make sure to book online as you may have to wait otherwise if there are too many people (or in my case school childreninside. The access is free and youll also get to enjoy a unique moder installation that is changed every few months to compliment the mithraeum piece.

Interesting place, very nice toilets!Shame the video is on a continuous loop rather than starting on request, as its very interesting but hard to pick up mid way through. The actual experience is a little underwhelming.The staff are absolutely lovely and the cleaner is the hardest working man, he keeps everything spotless.

We found this to be fascinating. If you are in the area, it’s worth a 20 to 30 minute stop. They do require you to register online for a ticket; but even though all the time slots were booked when we showed up, they let us in. They have created an audio experience with the view of the Underground Roman temple.

Underneath Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in London there are the remains of a 1700 yr old Roman Temple. The site is 7 metres (23 ftbelow the modern street level and they let you go see it! There’s a bit of a 5 minute light and sound show which is a bit random. It’s quite interesting and worth a visit if you like history. Entry is free but you need a ticket. It’s a bit disappointing to hear it’s not on its original site and has been moved and reconstructed.

Wonderful experience! The immersion presentation was extraordinary - a play of darkness, light and sound - it really is easy to imagine an attendance at the Mithrean cult and Mithras temple. Recommend!

I was really looking forward to coming here. However the main show, for me was actually boring. Just some speakers of men talking (incomprehensible if you dont speak Latinand some lights which illuminate and go out, nothing about the bit being lit or anything. The interactivity is good upstairs on the exhibit wall. The video it shows however form the television again was very poor quality and very pitchy, I dont think it was working well. Nice that the company have preserved this place as its great to keep. Wouldnt return.

Well worth a visit. Refreshingly short as it is a very small museum, but fascinating and unique. Nice mix of permanent displays (Roman templeand temporary exhibitions.Number one tip would be to aim to see the light show at the temple (three times per hour: 20 past, 20 to, and on the hour).

A good time to have visited with how bad the rain was!Easy to book online and a few people in without it being too busy.Staff were very friendly.A different museum to visit and nice bit of interactivity to find out more at your own pace, from the original location and how the temple was lost and found

A decent museum to recreate the Ancient Roman temple of Mithraeus (some sort of). Staff are nice and facility is very clean, you could always see staff are wiping the monitor that someone touches a moment before. Information for the museum is fairly enough and won’t make you feel overloaded. You could download its apps for a e-guide so you could enjoy the old relics without lacking in knowledge of what’s happened before. It’s located in the city centre and it’s quite hard to find, but still it is a excellent museum. I reckon more MNCs should learn from Bloomberg and build something for the local residents to enjoy and learn rather than simply earning money. Hope you all have a nice day.