Minster Gatehouse Museum

15/12/2024

Finally looking more festive, Minster Gatehouse Museum overlooks Minster and the wider areas of Sheerness and Queenborough.
The trustees and volunteers of Sheppeu Local History Society and Minster Gatehouse Museum would like to thank everyone for their support during 2024 and wish you all a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year.
Additional thanks to Minster on Sea Parish Council for providing us with a lovely Christmas tree for our archway.
See you all in 2025!!

10/12/2024

Sheppey Local History Society Christmas social in full swing. Entertainment by The Criterion Strummers, food and a quiz to follow.
To join Sheppey Local History Society,, please get in touch via email [email protected] membership is just £10 for the year, gives free entry to our monthly talks and to the museum. It's a great way to meet new people and share information and stories. Membership is available to everyone over 18 years of age. All membership fees are put in to the running of the museum and putting on events like tonight's.

07/12/2024

Puppet show announcement. Despite the wintry weather being a problem locally, the puppet shows will be going ahead today, be sure to wrap up warm as the building is usually colder this time of year. See you soon!

23/11/2024

Minster Gatehouse Museum and the Sheppey Local History Society wishes our resident historian and friend, Roger Betts a very happy 80th birthday!
Have a great day, Roger!

17/11/2024

Well, that's 2024 done for the museum. We are now closed to general admission for the winter. The museum will be open 1pm-3pm this Saturday 23rd Nov and the 30th, so that those who have booked puppet show seats are able to pop in and pay. There are a few spaces left for the 2pm show on the 14th December so contact Lena to book them. The full details are on the events page.
The first stage of making the building look more festive came to a halt when the new lights were found to be very much not new, so they've been swapped for another set at the shop! The next attempt will be this weekend coming!

15/11/2024

Tomorrow is the Abbey Christmas Fayre and also our last day of opening for 2024 apart from our eagerly anticipated puppet shows on the 7th and 14th December, more details on our events page!
Hopefully there will also be a Christmassy feel about the place from tomorrow, but some experimenting might occur at first! Enjoy your weekend!

08/11/2024

Good evening one and all, a gentle reminder of the Christmas fayre next week (16th November). The 16th will also mark our last day of opening this year, so that we can prepare for some special events which are due to be listed after this post! So, tomorrow (9th November) and Saturday (16th) will be our last days until 2025, so come along and see us! 2pm-4.30pm are our opening times and our admission fees can be found www.minstergatehouse.co.uk
We look forward to seeing you!

02/11/2024

The sun is trying to peep through the gloom, hopefully the weather picks up a bit.
We'll be open today 2pm-4.30pm, usual entry fees which can be found on our website.
The Christmas fayre is in two weeks, with stalls available. Contact the email address advertised to book your space.
Have a great weekend.

26/10/2024

Boo! Just one of other visiting witches sits watching over the comings and goings of this historic building, maybe even the things that go 'bump' in the night!
Come and see her and her coven friends at Minster Gatehouse Museum today (Saturday) as well as the 30th and 31st.
Our usual entry fees can be found online www.minstergatehouse.co.uk
Sheppey Local History Society has its AGM this coming Tuesday 29th October, 7pm. Existing members can renew their memberships plus anyone wishing to join can do so, £10 for the year, including free entry to our monthly talks as well as free entry to the museum. All monies are put towards the running of the museum. The agenda for the AGM can be found on the front page of the website.

19/10/2024

On a damp and dreary day, it would be easy to decide to stay in and cosy up with a cuppa, but what about visiting one of Sheppeys oldest buildings and having a trip down memory lane as you look at artefacts about Olau Line, Sheppey's forgotten schools, locally found fossils, and all while being watched by a coven of antique witches?
Come up to Minster Gatehouse Museum and jog those memories. Once you've finished, peruse our souvenirs for those early purchases for Christmas (yes, the C word!). Free parking, low entry costs and our band of willing volunteers ready to help!
Open today (Saturday), 2pm-4.30pm!

12/10/2024

Another Saturday already!? That can only mean one thing, and that's to get up to Minster Gatehouse Museum!
The witches are settled in for a couple of weeks, are you brave enough to come and see them?
We'll be open 2pm-4.30pm today, and also we have some additional opening times during the school break so more opportunity to come along and see one of Sheppeys oldest buildings.
See www.minstergatehouse.co.uk for our opening times on events page.
We look forward to seeing you 🎃🧙‍♀️

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09/10/2024

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06/10/2024

Good evening! We have added some extra opening times for the upcoming half-term holidays. Our Witchey visitors are ready and waiting to see you! We will be open on the 23rd, 25th, 26th, 30th and 31st of October, 2pm-4.30pm with our usual entry fees. How many witches can you count?!

04/10/2024

Children beware, something spooky is afoot, for visiting Hags are lurking about. They've changed their plans, and are visiting us, coming on Saturday, but probably not on the bus. They'll spook you and scare you, but you'll come to no harm, if you visit the Gatehouse and use all your charm.
Come visit the Gatehouse, and learn of some history, but where the witches come from will remain a mystery.
There may be three or four, or more than a dozen, but you can be sure of a spooky old coven.
The museum is open this Saturday, 2pm-4.30pm, usual entry fees apply.
Come along, if you dare!!

28/09/2024

Good morning wonderful people of Facebook and Instagram! We will soon be posting some exciting news about a couple of events in December, here's a hint 🎄🎭, so keep those eyes peeled for the events to be set up!
As normal, we'll be open today 2pm-4.30pm! See you soon!

14/09/2024

If these walls could talk! Standing tall and proud with a commanding view across the Isle of Sheppey, Minster Abbey Gatehouse is now a local history museum cared for by the volunteers and trustees of Sheppey Local History Society. The museum is open today 2pm-4.30pm, to welcome the curious and nostalgic, for a look into the local history of the island and to take in the incredible views from the rooftop viewing platform.
Entry fees can be found on our website www.minstergatehouse.co.uk
Come along, share stories, take in a few 'blasts from the past'.

Home Our fascinating findsLATEST NEWS: 2024 Opening WE ARE BACK! We are now open for the 2024 season, click here for our calendar which is updated regularly. We look forward to seeing you all soon! We have Wheels of Time, Hunt the Nun, plus a new activity being produced, so hopefully something for a...

07/09/2024

Here comes Autumn. Multicoloured leaves falling around the Gatehouse Museum, how about a nice walk followed by a visit to the museum?
We'll be open 2pm-4.30pm today, come along and see us!

31/08/2024

Looks like a weekend for staying local, the A249 sounds like it is going to be interesting. It sounds like the perfect reason/excuse to visit local, so why not put us on the to-do list?! Well be open Saturdays from now until the end of September 2pm-4.30pm. Come and see us, bring your stories and memories of the island and have that trip down memory lane.