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Today the Weald & Downland Living Museum is announcing a £239,500 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support their Building Resilience Through Development, Audience Growth and Digital Innovation…

Britain's heritage crafts are not relics. They are the practical intelligence of generations, encoded not in books but in hands: in the precise angle of a stroke, the feel of…

Named after England’s patron saint, St George’s Day is one of the most recognisable national feast days; a celebration woven deeply into the fabric of English identity, history, and tradition.…

Step away from the pressures of modern life and into a deeply calming, multi-sensory experience as the Weald & Downland Living Museum introduces a series of restorative Soundbaths sessions set…

One of the most exciting and optimistic moments of the ritual year, is the beginning of Spring and the arrival of a new generation of Southdown lambs. Across the fields…

The Museum has secured a £227,000 funding award to transform access and visitor experience   The Museum is delighted to have been awarded £227,000 funding from the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and…

Hands-On Learning with Storytelling Through Time at the Weald & Downland Living Museum   Families are invited to embark on an unforgettable journey into the past with Storytelling Through Time,…

Meet one of our course tutors at the Museum Kate Tugwell is a professional portrait artist and tutor. She splits her working week as a commissioned artist and art tutor,…

We are delighted to be supporting another local charity this Spring. The Sussex Snowdrop Trust, a charity providing nursing care at home for children living with life-threatening such as cancer,…

There is something quietly radical about a garden that refuses to forget. In an age of hybrid seeds, global supply chains, and uniform supermarket produce, the gardens of the Weald…

There is a moment in the English countryside when winter quietly loosens its grip and the land begins, almost imperceptibly, to breathe again. One morning the frost is a little…