Museum News
Monday 16th February 2009
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.
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Maidstone Museum volunteer chosen for rare photos research
BBC News - Napoleon's Chair Discovered
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Friday 14th October 2011Lady Godiva takes Centre Stage
Visitors to the museum over the half term holidays will be able to see Lady Godiva in all her glory. The famous sculpture by John Thomas has been a much loved part of the museum since the...
Friday 14th October 2011Revisiting Collections
With the builders soon to be offsite the museum staff are ready and waiting to begin preparing the objects and galleries to complete the East Wing refurbishment. As part of this work we are...
Friday 14th October 2011Our Crazy, Big Canoe!
For many years this very rare canoe was on loan to the British Museum who displayed it at the Museum of Mankind, in London before returning it to storage. It was returned to Maidstone Museum in 2006....
Wednesday 31st August 2011Tribute to the 36 Engineers Regiment
A life size bronze statue will depict an Engineer from the 36 Engineer Regiment in his battle fatigues returning from a bomb-disposal task in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It will be paid for by...
