Sevenoaks

The museum is housed within the library and has the same opening hours. It offers changing displays of objects of local interest. These include a cricket bat, made in Sevenoaks, which is one of the oldest on display anywhere and a C19th brass fireman's helmet from the Sevenoaks 'Readies' volunteer fire brigade. More items can be seen in cases around the library: for example fossils, archaeology and a Second World War embroidery made by evacuees from London and local schoolchildren. Find out about our current events and exhibitions.

There are family trails and quizzes in the museum and discovery boxes of objects that can be handled by visitors.

School visits are encouraged and teachers can contact the Curator to discuss the needs of a particular class. Teachers are also welcome to borrow our boxes of objects for handling, on the themes of Education, Horse Transport and the Second World War.

The museum is working with the library and art gallery to provide a programme of events and activities, including children's craft workshops, story-time for under fives, evening talks and special themed events like our recent 'Russian Night'.

The Museum is fully accessible to wheelchair users and there are some objects for handling which have Braille labels.

How to get to the museum

By rail - Nearest rail station is Sevenoaks (20 minutes walk).

By road : From the Maidstone to Westerham section of the A25 take the A225 or A224, both of which lead to Sevenoaks.The Museum is signposted from the High Street.

For further details contact the curator (see 'Contacts' box) who is generally available Monday to Wednesday.