Museum News
Welcome to our news pages. We hope that you find them informative and a great way to keep up to date with what's going on in the museums (Maidstone Museum, the Tyrwhitt Drake Museum of Carriages and the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regimental Museum) - both in the galleries and behind the scenes. Please tell us what you'd like to hear about and what news interests you.
Keep up to date with the building works for the Museum's new East Wing extension by viewing the progress through our webcam.
For footage of Maidstone Museum see the videos and links below.
BBC News - Napoleon's Chair Discovered
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Wednesday 4th August 2010Royal West Kent Re-enactors are the Talk of the Show
"The Royal West Kent. Everybody is talking about you. They say: 'Give them a job and they will do it; they never leave the trenches. It is perfectly certain they will stick it out.' Lt. Gen. Sir...
Wednesday 4th August 2010East Wing Takes Shape
Maidstone Museum’s new East Wing extension is beginning to take shape. Demolition work has been completed to the St Faith’s Street museum’s expansion, the builders are pouring...
Wednesday 4th August 2010Flint Knapping...bygone tools & weapons!
Val and John Lord began their prehistoric technology research projects in 1975, when they were engaged by the Department of the Environment, (now English Heritage), to take custody of Grimes Graves,...
Wednesday 4th August 2010Dr Ed's Column August 2010
We’ve had the longest day so summer has definitely arrived. This means a trip to the coast is a must. Heading south, I couldn’t help noticing a little egret fishing in the lagoons on...
