Visit
our New Web Site at: www.evmt.org.uk
or
visit us at: Church House. High Street,
Edenbridge, Kent. TN8 5AR
Tel: 01732 868102 -
Eden
Valley Museum is a learning experience using touch screen
technology and hands-on exhibits.
We tell the story of Edenbridge, its people, buildings and natural
environment, using children's
Activities, Exhibitions, Games and Pastimes from past and present.
The Eden Valley Museum will open after its winter break on Wednesday 3rd February at 2pm with an exhibition celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Edenbridge Rotary Club. There will also be a new display of items discovered during the construction of the relief road and more objects from our fascinating collection. If you are interested in volunteering at the museum or would like further information.
please contact Jane Higgs on 01732 868102.
In
1995, for an exhibition to
celebrate one hundred years of
parish Councils, organised by the Edenbridge and District Historical
Society, a wealth of material was collected. many of the one
thousand three hundred visitors expressed their desire that
this collection should have a permanent home. Thus the idea
of a museum was born.
The museum is the culmination of
five years work by a large group of local people who have enthusiastically
given their time and skills to research, collect, catalogue,
build the galleries and generally assist in its formation.
Within
Doggetts you can observe the cricket ball steamer at work and learn
about the skill of cricket ball making practised for over 200 years
in Chiddingstone Causeway by the Duke family.
Eden
Valley Museum
The
Dynamic Social History Museum in a 14th Century Farmhouse.Acknowledgements:
The Eden Valley Museum Trust gratefully acknowledge the contribution
made to this publication by the donation and loan of photographs
to the museum by many generous individuals.
