We are excited by the find of two of our collections care volunteers, while cleaning our model Humphries threshing machine, in preparation for it to be displayed on the Wheels of Time stand at the Kent County Show. They discovered a label showing it had been exhibited at the Show 74 years ago, just a…

This Big Help Out Weekend at the end of Volunteers’ Week 2024, join our team of volunteers passionate about the Museum and the history and heritage of Ashford as Secretary. Benefits Museum volunteers are motivated by a wide range of factors. Here are some of the common ones but it is not an exclusive list!…

On the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy Landings, hear what it was like to take part and for those they left at home by listening to the memories of Cpl. Les Boulding, of Ashford, and his fiancee Dorothy, from a BBC Radio Kent series, Wartime Kent, on our touch screen media unit.

The Museums’ library of books and papers is now available for research, by appointment

We are excited to be part of Kent Big Weekend 2024! Visit the website to bid for your free tickets for a guided tour of the heritage of Ashford Town Centre. Learn about the history of some of Ashford’s buildings. we’ll see you on 20th April! Good luck! https://www.kentbigweekend.co.uk/

Volunteer to compile a library of oral histories of Ashfordians. Ashford’s Peoples Library is a project to build a lasting collection of oral histories of the lives of Ashfordians and Ashford’s industries and businesses.   Official records are often unable to tell the whole story Through Ashford People’s Library we aim to: Ashford People’s Library…

Join the family monster hunt at Ashford Museum this half-term! This Halloween, families will be able to search for strange creatures and spooky spectres at Ashford Museum as part of the national Eerie-on-Sea Monster Museum Tour, organised by Kids in Museums and Walker Books. The fun, family trail celebrates the release of the latest book…