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Looking for family activities during the summer holidays?☀️ On Tuesday 20th August we will be hosting a Pirates and Puppets children’s theatre event. From 10:30-11:30 join Captain Bill Shine on an action packed pirate training workshop with games, challenges and a pirate music workshop. From 12:00-12:30 Dr Ego will be performing his puppet show and […]
Join us on Saturday 13 July 2024 as we host our second Medieval Fayre! We’ve got loads going on including drop-in sessions to try some hands on medieval activities, authentic displays, and our spectacular medieval buildings! Suitable for kids and adults of all ages. No booking required Some small additional charges for some activities Food […]
Are you interested in local history, meeting new people or a career in the arts & heritage sector? We are looking for new volunteers to join our Front of House team! Duties include welcoming visitors to our historic barn and oast house and guiding them round the historic artefacts. Availability required on one or two […]
Brook Rural Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an £88,294 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to undertake an 18-month project ’Brook Rural Museum – Reaching out into our communities’. John Nightingale, Chair of the Wye Rural Museum Trust expressed his gratitude, saying, “This is an exciting time for the […]
Brook Rural Museum awarded £13,843 from the Association of Independent Museums’ (AIM) ‘New Stories New Audiences’ Grant!! From January 2024, Brook Rural Museum will be working in partnership with the University of Kent Special Collections and Archives Team to deliver the AIM Oral History Project ‘Local Stories: Memories of Hopping around Brook and Wye, Kent’, […]
Brook Rural Museum hosted its first Christmas Craft Workshop on Saturday 2 December. Carol, the Wheat Weaver (@thewheatweaver) helped participants create their own festive wheat decorations to take home. All had a brilliant time and were keen to take part in future workshops! We hope this is the first of many craft workshops at […]
Brook Rural Museum was delighted to join Christ Church University in jointly hosting Dr Adam Chapman who delivered the annual Michael Nightingale Memorial lecture at Christ Church on 26 September. Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh who is both a trustee of the museum and co-director of Christ Church’s Centre for Kent History and Heritage provided the following account […]
Join us on Saturday 2 December as Carol the Wheat Weaver delivers a Christmas wheat weaving workshop. Tickets are £45 per person and spaces are limited, book here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/christmas-wheat-weaving-workshop-tickets-730314388997 You will be able to make and take home up to 3 festive weaves and refreshments will be provided.
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