Opening hours
For the remainder of this year to 31 October the Museum opening hours will befrom 11am to 2pm Wednesday to Saturday Our usual seasonal closure will run from 2nd November 2026 We will re-open in April 2027
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Jeff Fenner
Read more: Jeff FennerJeff Fenner Jeff Fenner was possibly one the longest serving of our current volunteers, as a steward giving more hours than any other, of late opening the Museum on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. He was always willing to help with any manual tasks being undertaken in the Museum. He was a member of the Management…
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Museum closed 6th, 7th & 8th August
Read more: Museum closed 6th, 7th & 8th AugustUnfortunately a Museum volunteer collapsed and died outside of the Museum as they arrived to open the Museum today, 6th August. Out of respect we will not open the Museum tomorrow, 7th, or Saturday, 8th, August. We would like to thank members of the team at Ignite Church and paramedics who attempted to resuscitate our…
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Curator talks to Radio Kent about Ashford’s Tank
Read more: Curator talks to Radio Kent about Ashford’s TankThe tanks nobody really wanted On 3rd June, BBC Radio Kent’s Steve Ladner visited the Museum to talk with Curator, John Worger, about Ashford’s Tank. The episode of Secret Kent was aired on 12 June. John revealed that many towns weren’t that keen on the tanks that had been presented; some refused to take tanks…
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Daughters launch Percival Edward Norman display
Read more: Daughters launch Percival Edward Norman displayWe were delighted to welcome Elizabeth and Ginny, daughters of Percival Edward Norman to launch the display about him
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100th Anniversary of the General Strike
Read more: 100th Anniversary of the General StrikeAshford’s role in Trade Union History Nine days that stopped Britain Ashford.
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Annie Oakley rifle goes to auction
Read more: Annie Oakley rifle goes to auctionToday a presentation rifle owned by Annie Oakley is being auctioned in Battle by Burstow and Hewett. We know Annie Oakley as a show woman with incredible gun skills but, from a start that could have resulted in her remaining in poverty and hunger for all of her life, she carved a trailblazing career that…
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2025 Annual General Meeting
Read more: 2025 Annual General MeetingThe 2025 Annual General Meeting of he Ashford Borough Museum Society will be held: at 2:00 pm for 2:30 start on 18th July 2025 at The Parish RoomsChurch Yard, Ashford, TN23 1QG The Agenda will be posted here shortly All are welcome but please Contact Us if you are likely to attend (so that we…
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New Signs mark New Start
Read more: New Signs mark New StartNew signs outside Ashford Museum and hung round the Church Yard when the Museum is open herald a new start for the Museum. The Museum is now moving the functions undertaken in its Conservation Annexe at 57 High Street into the Museum as the lease for the High Street premises comes to an end. The funds used…
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Museum opens for 2025
Read more: Museum opens for 2025The Museum opens today for the 2025 season. The hours will as normal be 11am to 2 pm, Tuesday to Saturday A number of our displays have been refreshed and in our new temporary exhibition space we are showingAshford West,Ashford’s Forgotten Station,photographs fromThe Peter Green ArchiveandEarly 1960sAerial Views of Ashford Works
