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The Kugel Run opening at the Weald & Downland Living Museum

15 July 2026

A Gift That Will Inspire Generations

A family's lifelong connection with the Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester, has inspired a new interactive play experience for visitors, thanks to a generous legacy donation celebrating decades of…

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Museum News

15 July 2026

Creating a More Accessible Weald & Downland Living Museum for Everyone

At the Weald & Downland Living Museum, we believe history should be accessible to everyone. For more than fifty years, the Museum has been dedicated to rescuing historic buildings, preserving…

Zachary Peatling

Weald and Downland Museum - May Day Weekend

Museum News

12 June 2026

The Longest Day: Midsummer, Myth, and the Living Land

There is a moment in the year when the world seems to pause. The sun climbs higher than it will at any other time, the days stretch long into the…

Zachary Peatling

Museum News

7 June 2026

Meet Becky White: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Becky White's connection to Weald & Downland Living Museum is not a simple story. It has roots that go back to childhood, threads that run through her family, and a…

Zachary Peatling

Museum News

6 June 2026

Meet Les Marshall: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Les first came to the museum as a visitor, drawn by a straightforward love of history and the kind of place that makes the past feel present and real. Something…

Zachary Peatling

Museum News

5 June 2026

Meet Martin Downey: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Some relationships with a place develop slowly, deepening over time until they become something central to a person's life. Martin Downey's relationship with Weald & Downland Living Museum is one…

Zachary Peatling

Museum News

4 June 2026

Meet Julie Peachy: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Julie Peachy came to Weald & Downland Living Museum at the start of 2019, at a point in her life when she was looking for something to give her days…

Zachary Peatling

Museum News

3 June 2026

Meet David Reeve: Volunteers’ Week 2026

There's a particular kind of person who becomes a volunteer at Weald & Downland Living Museum. They tend to be curious, enthusiastic, and deeply connected to the stories that the…

Zachary Peatling

Museum News

2 June 2026

Meet Debbie Wallace: Volunteers’ Week 2026

When one of our volunteers, Debbie Wallace retired, the world had ground to a halt. Lockdown had closed doors across the country, and with it, the usual routes into a…

Zachary Peatling

Museum News

1 June 2026

Meet Steve Birch: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Retirement can feel like standing at a crossroads. After decades of routine, the question of what comes next isn't always easy to answer. For Steve, a volunteer at Weald &…

Zachary Peatling

volunteering bbq at the weald & downland living museum

Museum News

1 June 2026

The Hands That Built Living History: Volunteering at the Weald & Downland Living Museum

It is unfailingly remarkable what the willing hands of ordinary people can achieve. Long before the first visitors paid for their tickets at the gate on a September morning in…

Zachary Peatling

Weald & Downland Living Museum receives National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant May 2026

Museum News

21 May 2026

Museum awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

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…

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News

A Gift That Will Inspire Generations

Creating a More Accessible Weald & Downland Living Museum for Everyone

The Longest Day: Midsummer, Myth, and the Living Land

Meet Becky White: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Meet Les Marshall: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Meet Martin Downey: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Meet Julie Peachy: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Meet David Reeve: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Meet Debbie Wallace: Volunteers’ Week 2026

Meet Steve Birch: Volunteers’ Week 2026

The Hands That Built Living History: Volunteering at the Weald & Downland Living Museum

Museum awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

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