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Maidstone Museum
Attractions

Maidstone Museum

What's included:

  • Audio guide rental
  • Shop & Ice Creams
  • Children's holiday activities
  • Children's activity sheets

One of the best regional museums in the South East with significant collections especially Ethnography, Ancient Egypt, Archaeology and Costume and one of the finest collections of Japanese art in the country.

Don’t miss the Ancient Lives Gallery, a multi-sensory experience with an amazing facial reconstruction of Ta-Kush, a 2700-year-old Egyptian mummy, the only one in Kent! Triple the Fun! The museum also houses the splendour of the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regimental Museum as well as the Carriage Museum, located opposite Archbishops’ Palace (open April to September).

Hands-on interactive galleries covering billions of years of history

From Japan to Archaeology, Local History to Dinosaurs & Costume

In the heart of Maidstone Town Centre, free for all

Changing temporary exhibitions to tell new and exciting stories

Opening times
& directions

Maidstone Museum

Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm outside of school holidays

Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm, during summer and school holidays.

Carriage Museum

Open Saturdays, 11am to 3pm, April to September.

Maidstone Museum,
Saint Faith's Street,
Maidstone,
UK

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Accessibility

The ground floor of the Museum is fully accessible, and lifts can provide access to most of the first floor galleries. There are accessible toilets on both floors.