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All the latest News and Events at Brook Rural Museum. Check back on this page for regular updates.

Sunday Fundays at Brook Rural Museum

The last Sunday of the month is SUNDAY FUNDAY at Brook Rural Museum. In addition to the museum being open we’ll have a range of fun and educational kids’ activities on site, plus light refreshments and coffee available from Blooming Beans Coffee. As seating is limited feel free to bring your own picnic blankets and […]

Medieval Fayre Saturday 19th July 2025

Join us on Saturday 19th July for our Medieval Fayre🏹⚔️🎪 We’ll have loads of fun drop-in sessions including archery, calligraphy, wheat & basket weaving, and Knight School for kids, plus performances from the Companye of Strangers dancers and CantiaCorum singers, and a falconry display. See the rota below for perfomance times. The barn and oast […]

Birds of Prey Display Saturday 14th June 2025

Join us on Saturday 14th June for a Birds of Prey educational display by the Kent Falconry Team and associated crafts from ecoventures🦉🦅 We will also have barista coffee, wood-fired pizzas and ice-cream available to purchase on-site! The barn and oast house will also be open as part of this event. WHEN: Saturday 14th June […]

Brook Rural Museum 2025 events

We’re delighted to announce our programme of events for 2025! We’re kicking things off with our special Easter Bunny Trail on 19th April and our always popular Medieval Fayre returns on 19th July, amongst a host of fun family events. Save the dates! More details to follow, sign up to our newsletter to be the […]

Report on our exhibition ‘Local Stories: Memories of Hopping around Brook and Wye, Kent’

The following is adapted from Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh’s blogpost https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenthistory/kent-hop-picking-and-dovers-maison-dieu/ The ‘Local Stories: Memories of Hopping around Brook and Wye, Kent’ exhibition at the Templeman Library, University of Kent, was officially opened Friday 18th October. It is worth pointing out that even though today very few hop fields survive in Kent, John Hills as part of CCCU’s Sustainability team regularly […]

Exhibition ‘Local Stories: Memories of Hopping around Brook and Wye, Kent’

Brook Rural Museum has partnered with the University of Kent Special Collections & Archives to bring you this new exhibition, showcasing memories and stories about the hop industry around Wye in the 20th century, collected from oral history interviews with local people. Supported by Association of Independent Museums grant funded by The National Lottery Heritage […]

Report from the 2025 Nightingale Lecture: The Tithe War in England and Wales 1881-1936

The below is a summary of Dr John Bulaitis’ talk ‘The Tithe War in England and Wales 1881-1936’, given at the Michael Nightingale lecture on 24 September 2024, and is adapted from Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh’s post on the Centre for Kent History and Heritage blog: https://blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenthistory/the-tithe-war-kent-and-england/ John Bulaitis began his talk by thanking the many […]

Harvest Festival Saturday 5th October 2024

Join us on Saturday 5th October for our Harvest Festival and final event of 2024! 🍎🍂🌾 Fun for all the family! We’ll have loads of activities for kids including donkey rides* (£1), face painting, activities & crafts and a harvest trail, market stalls, food and drink, live music, & local artwork! We’ll also be taking […]

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