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Visit
our New Web Site at: www.evmt.org.uk
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visit us at: Church House. High Street,
Edenbridge, Kent. TN8 5AR
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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. |
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Museum News
The latest issue of the Eden Valley Museum’s newsletter, Museum News, can now be purchased at the museum, price £3 (free to EVMT members). This issue reports on the museum’s involvement in the BBC/British Museum History of the World Project, and also includes articles on the history of two very different buildings in Edenbridge High Street; Edenbridge during the four railway eras; and the practice, during the 18th century, of concealing shoes in buildings; along with reports on last years exhibitions and group visits.
Have you thought of joining?
This year the Eden Valley Museum is celebrating its tenth anniversary and is making a big push to encourage local residents to become members and support this unique local attraction. Individual membership is £10 per year, family membership is £20, and youngsters (under 18yrs) can become members for as little as £2.50 per year. If you run a business, why not consider Corporate Membership at £75 per year. Or perhaps you’d just like to make a one-off donation as a 10th birthday present – please make cheques payable to the Eden Valley Museum Trust and send them to: The Treasurer, Eden Valley Museum, Church House, 72 High Street, Edenbridge TN8 5AR
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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