Maidstone Museums

Maidstone Museums One of the best regional museums in the South-East. From local history to dinosaurs, come & explore. The Museum has seasonal opening hours. Admission is free.
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Please note last entry is 3.30pm. Maidstone Museum is a fantastic place to spend the day with the family, with your class, with a partner or even for some alone time. We have many exhibits including Egyptian, Anglo-Saxon, Japanese, Pacific Islands, the history of Maidstone, dinosaurs, Art exhibits and much more to see! Maidstone Visitor Information is now in the reception area of the museum, so if

you have any questions , or would like information on places to visit or stay, come and see us. All ages welcome, we have many activity days for children and adults alike to enjoy. Our opening hours will change throughout the year, especially around school holidays, so please check our website museum.maidstone.gov.uk for live opening times. Want to bring a school group along? Book a meeting room or have any questions? Then please call us on 01622 602838 or email us at [email protected] .

Happy ! Old Houses on Earl Street, Maidstone, c.1920's (Alleyway to Laurel Square to left, adjacent Fremlin's Dray Stab...
04/09/2026

Happy !

Old Houses on Earl Street, Maidstone, c.1920's (Alleyway to Laurel Square to left, adjacent Fremlin's Dray Stables). Most of the old houses and shops on Earl Street still remain. The photograph was taken looking away from the Fremlin Walk development.

Thanks to our eagle-eyed followers who picked up on our caption error! A great example of community curatorship, the record has been corrected (above), to reflect the re-identification.



[Image description: Historic gabled building on a street.]

Creativity was in full flow at the last Cabinet of Voices workshop, where participants came together to bind the collabo...
03/09/2026

Creativity was in full flow at the last Cabinet of Voices workshop, where participants came together to bind the collaborative artists' books they have been creating through drawing, writing and illustration inspired by Maidstone's history 📚✨

Combining personal stories, local heritage and imaginative storytelling, these unique handmade books celebrate the voices, stories and creativity of the Maidstone community. The finished books will be showcased as part of Maidstone LitFest and will be available to purchase from Maidstone Museum shortly.

Giles Whitehead, the artist who facilitated the project took to BBC Upload recently to talk about LitFest and the Cabinet of Voices. His interview can be found on BBC Sounds (see link in the comments) and starts at 1 hour 10 minutes.



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Image 1: A book being bound in the glass room at Maidstone Museum

Image 2: A group of people stand smiling behind a table with many copies of the Cabinet of Voices book stood on it

Image 3: Copies of the Cabinet of Voices book, alongside loose covers waiting to be attached. People can be seen binding books in the background

Image 4: Close up of two pages of the Cabinet of Voices book. Sketches and writing can be seen]

02/09/2026

The Spellbound Soirée: Fairies, Monsters & Fantasy Ball 🔮

Join us and Maidstone Pride on Halloween night as we throw open the doors of Maidstone Museum for a night fantasy, music and unapologetic fun ✨

Saturday 31 October
8pm till midnight

Dance the night away in a building that was already *a little* haunted before you arrived 🎃

Find out more and book your tickets here: https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk/whats-on/events/maidstone-museum-halloween-fantasy-ball/

Costume details ✨Have you spotted some of the beautiful costume details on our Hollywood Rome pieces? 🏛️These screen wor...
01/09/2026

Costume details ✨

Have you spotted some of the beautiful costume details on our Hollywood Rome pieces? 🏛️

These screen worn costumes from Gladiator, Spartacus, Ben-Hur and many more, are packed with interesting and intricate details.. but are they accurate❓

Find out how your favourite silver screen epics compare with actual life in the Roman empire at our Hollywood Rome exhibition!

Find out more and book your tickets now via the link in the comments 👇



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Image: Close up of prop armour, with arm guards, and belt

Image 2: Close up of a Roman style tunic, chainmail, thick leather look belt, and wooden sword

Image 3: Close up of woman's costume, woven fitted tunic, with scarf, woven belt and lock, and chain around the neck

Image 4: Close up of a Persian style costume, fitted woven jacket with metal detailing, and a wide leather belt with heavy metal detailing]

We were lucky enough to recently host Gloria Hunniford and the team at Rip Off Britain, while they filmed an episode of ...
31/08/2026

We were lucky enough to recently host Gloria Hunniford and the team at Rip Off Britain, while they filmed an episode of the show on our premises 📺

It was a pleasure to have the team on site, and we'd like to thank everyone involved for a fantastic experience. The episode aired today (31 August) catch in online now!



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Image 1: Gloria Hunniford sits behind the desk at Maidstone Museum

Image 2: Gloria Hunniford poses with Museum staff in 'Museum' t shirts

Image 3: Gloria Hunniford poses by several stone busts while a photographer takes some pictures]

A summer project has shed new light on Maidstone’s holdings of wall plaster from the Otford Villa, also known as Progr...
31/08/2026

A summer project has shed new light on Maidstone’s holdings of wall plaster from the Otford Villa, also known as Progress Villa, excavated in 1926.

From lumps of plaster with faded paint, we learnt about motifs, colours and techniques of painters through the taste of Villa owners.

Learn more in Ann's blog by clicking the link in the comments👇



[Image 1: Person in an archive workspace next to a table of wall plaster fragments.
Image 2: Wall plaster fragments laid out on a table in labelled bags.]

For : Shops in Sheerness c.1900.The owners of a poulterers shop with their produce, either in Blue Town or in Sheerness...
28/08/2026

For : Shops in Sheerness c.1900.

The owners of a poulterers shop with their produce, either in Blue Town or in Sheerness High Street.

Both the poultry shop and the neighbouring butcher’s shop think nothing of hanging their wares in the open on their shop fronts (Cole Collection CC020).



[Image description: Historic shopfront displaying rows of hanging poultry, with two people standing outside.]

With the summer holidays coming to an end our open hours are changing 🕐From the week starting 31 August, our opening hou...
27/08/2026

With the summer holidays coming to an end our open hours are changing 🕐

From the week starting 31 August, our opening hours will return to:

Open - Wednesday - Saturday
10am-4pm
(last entry 3.30pm)

Closed - Sunday - Tuesday

We will be closed on the bank holiday Monday (31 August)

The museum's opening hours change throughout the year. For more information click on the link in the comments 👇



[Image description: External view of Maidstone Museum's glass entrance, with open hours information on it]

26/08/2026

Explore 600,000 years of Kent’s archaeological history with the curator of The Kent Archaeological Society Andy Ward, as he takes you on a guided tour of the Lives in our Landscape Gallery at Maidstone Museum 🏺

Brought to you as part of Local Heritage Week, the tour is a unique opp to see the gallery through an experts eyes 👀

Find out more and book your tickets via the link in the comments 👇

25/08/2026

Have you been to Maidstone Carriage Museum? 🐎

Open Saturdays and Sundays 11am-3pm throughout the open season.

Discover the fascinating history of transport and see a unique collection of transport vehicles and curiosities

Address

St Faith's Street
Maidstone
ME141LH

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 3:30pm
Thursday 10am - 3:30pm
Friday 10am - 3:30pm
Saturday 10am - 3:30pm

Telephone

441622602838

Website

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