Collecting towards a museum for Herne Bay dates back to 1932 and the museum you see today is in no small part thanks to the efforts of Tom Bowes (a local doctor and keen amateur archaeologist who founded what is now the Herne Bay Historical Records Society, and became its President). His work was enthusiastically continued by local librarian Harold Gough who was honorary curator, and later president of the HBHRS, as well as a prolific local historian.
Herne Bay’s Museum run by Herne Bay Museum
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Volunteer-run museum telling the local stories of Diving, Fishing, Shipwrecks, Shipbuilding, Oysters and has one of the world’s oldest railway locomotive, Invicta, on display.
Folkestone Museum in Kent takes you on a journey through the history of Folkestone, from its origins as a humble coastal community, through to its heyday as a fashionable seaside resort and beyond.
The Museum includes permanent exhibits about the history of Folkestone, both human and natural, with temporary exhibitions, an education centre and thriving programme of events for people of all ages & interest.
OPENING HOURS
The Museum is open from 10.00am until 4.00pm, Tuesday to Saturday; last entry is at 3.30pm.
For further information call 01303 257946 and ask to speak to the Curator or Audience Development Officer.
One of the best regional museums in the South-East. From local history to dinosaurs, Exhibitions, there are children’s holiday activities and special events.
Admission is free.
All ages welcome, we have many activity days for children and adults alike to enjoy.
The Museum has seasonal opening hours.
Please note last entry is 3.30pm.
Our opening hours will change throughout the year, especially around school holidays, so please check our website museum.maidstone.gov.uk for live opening times.
Exhibitions at Maidstone Museum include a host of subjects and works that guarantee the chance to witness something new and exciting. Our temporary exhibition gallery – as well as the westspace – gives local and international artists the opportunity to showcase their works throughout the year. Our programme of eclectic temporary exhibitions incorporates a number of styles and artistic approaches, and is continually updated during the year to ensure that there is always something different to see during your visit. From traditional art exhibitions to photography retrospectives, themed collections to costume displays, you can be assured that the temporary exhibitions cover a broad array of topics. In addition, we always aim to deliver a summer exhibition that helps keep children entertained, with activities to complement the displays.
Natural history, cultural collections from around the world and archaeology.
Faversham Town Council.
The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge is an Art Gallery, Library and Visitor Information Centre situated in the heart of historic Canterbury.
Award-winning maritime heritage destination with the largest concentration of iconic buildings, historic ships, museum galleries and attractions in the UK. In a partnership with Imperial War Museums and Royal Museums Greenwich, the brilliant No.1 Smithery displays world class maritime treasures and a changing programme of exhibitions.
Step back in time to the Home Front of 1940, with the sounds and atmosphere of our Tearoom 1930’s and 1940’s living museum.
Built in the 1700s as a home, by the 1900s it had become a home and a working forge, the Old Forge War Time House is now a 1940’s living Museum, with a 1930’s style Tearoom.
A beautiful Georgian House with stunning formal gardens and surrounding parkland for you to discover. Belmont contains fabulous mementos of the family’s history and travels – paintings, furniture, silverware and an extensive clock collection.