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Spring is such a hopeful and beautiful time of year and the Museum Historic Gardens are bursting with flora and fauna. Warden pears, a 13th century variety, are just coming…

Did you know? Flax was traditionally grown in this area (weald & downland) to produce linen cloth. At the Weald & Downland Living Musuem we grow our own flax in…

Crawley Hall Wedding Open Day UPDATED: 15 March 2021 On Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 April we are inviting happy couples to view our unique, charming and rustic timber-framed barn…

As we near our reopening, we would like to give back to our Weald & Downland Living Museum community and to say a BIG thank you for your support over…

Although the Museum has had to close to the public, there is still essential work underway to maintain care of the historic collection. We are planning and undertaking this with…

We are delighted to announce we will be reopening on Monday, 29 March to Members only before opening to the wider public from Monday, 12 April. The Museum and its…

Have you ever opened your wardrobe to find your favourite winter jumper has been attacked by clothes moths and is ruined? This sort of problem isn’t just confined to the…

Down in the bowels of the Gridshell Building, we’ve got an amazing rural, trade and buildings related artefact collection, with objects made from a mixture of different materials - from…

We’ve got some wonderful building exhibits in our collection but did you know that we also have a collection of around 15,000 rural, trade and building artefacts which have been…

A sad day indeed, as we said goodbye to our beloved Shire Horse, Mac, a powerful and strong horse, who leaves a field of happy memories. It is with a…