The Rural Life Centre is open from March 12th. until November 1st., Wednesday to Sunday plus Bank Holiday Mondays from 10am to 5pm.
During the winter months the museum is open on Wednesdays and Sundays only between 11am and 4pm.
(Last admission is always one hour before closing time.)
Entry charges to the museum this year are -
Adults £ 6.00 Over 60s £ 5.00
Children (5 - 16) £ 4.00 Family £ 18.00 (2 adults + 2 children)
Special event admission prices (marked *)
Adults £7.00 Over 60s £6.00 Children £4.00 Family £20.00
SHEEP will be at the museum during most of the main open season.
The OLD KILN LIGHT RAILWAY operates every Sunday and on bank holidays during the main open season.
School Holidays including Half Terms - "Hands on" activities for accompanied children, to include weaving, besom making, windmills and more.
On the first Sunday of every month during our main season - In the museum volunteers will demonstrate and talk about some of the museum's collections and demonstrate crafts while a car boot sale takes place in the car park. These will be held on 6th. April, 4th. May, 1st. June, 6th. July, 3rd. August, 7th. September and 5th. October. Entrance to the car boot sale is free to buyers. If you are interesting in having a stall or demonstrating a craft, please contact the museum.
Please note the April 6th. and October 5th. car boot sales will also feature a special Crank Up machinery sale and engine demonstration from 9am to 12pm. There will be a 50p entry charge to buyers for this sale only.
March 12th to June 8th - Our local history exhibition will tell the story of the village just over the Hampshire border.
March 22nd - Hundreds of working miniature steam engines return to the museum. Demonstrate a working model and come in free.
March 23rd and 24th - Easter Chick Hunts around the museum and a service in the chapel (Sunday).
May 3rd - The Old Kiln Light Railway hosts a variety of layouts, of many different scales and periods.
May 10th and 11th - Our wartime re-enactors return will transform the museum with the sights, sounds and smells of a wartime village 'somewhere in England'.
May 24th and 25th - From the tree to the turner. Come and see wood and the people who work with it, from felling to finished product. Event organised by a group of enthusiasts, the Woodies, and the Surrey Association of Woodturners.
Also on the Sunday...
May 25th - Our annual gathering of wildlife and countryside groups including "hands on" activities for all ages and craft demonstrations.
June 1st - Our old friends, the Surrey & Hants Branch of the Morris Minor Owners' Club return with many gleaming examples of this classic vehicle.
June 8th - The members of the MG Car Club South East will show variants of the sports car dating from 1930 up to the present day.
June 14th & 15th - The members of the WSMTEC and friends will be bringing their scale model steam engines along for you to admire.
Plus...
June 14th & 15th - All Surrey's museums come together to celebrate the county's past industrial heritage - glass, gunpowder and Goblin vacuum cleaners included.
June 14th to August 3rd - The museum's first ever art exhibition portrays the work of the enigmatic Marshall Barnes - a watercolour and pen & ink artist who recorded local life in the 1950s.
June 21st - Our jazz evening, with the Panama Cafe Orchestra, takes a different form this year. Bring along a picnic and join in the fun, but booking is essential - from late April.
*Special prices apply for this event
July 6th - An event for all Citroen and classic Renault vehicle lovers. All are welcome.
July 27th - See our special page for details of this great, annual family day out - a unique celebration of rural crafts and country living.
*Special prices apply for this event
August 2nd and 3rd - Power plants of all shapes, sizes and sorts on show and working machinery. Organised by the Central Southern Vintage Agricultural Club.
August 10th to October 26th - An exhibition showing how this national company (UPM Tilhill) started locally and changed the very face of today's countryside.
Former local staff reunion on 17th August - call for details.
August 24th - A special day for children to experience the atmosphere of a fete and Sunday School Treat of old. Come as a family to join in the fun.
September 6th and 7th - Following the outstanding success of last year's event, Weyfest returns bigger and better than ever with music for all tastes and generations. For more details visit www.weyfest.co.uk
*Special prices apply for this event (evening sessions - enquire for prices)
To watch a video of last year's event please click the button.
September 14th - Come along and meet the Donkey Breed Society with their gentle beasts of burden demonstrating how they have served mankind throughout history.
To watch a video of last year's event please click the button.
September 21st - Surrey Classic Vehicle Club will be back with their very popular event. Last year well over 350 vehicles were on show.
*Special prices apply for this event
To watch a video of last year's event please click the button.
Click the button to download an entry form for this event.
Plus...
September 27th & 28th - Steam, great and small; tractors, commercials, motorcycles plus mowers, cultivators and a host of other vintage exhibits. Come and have an enjoyable day amongst the working machines of a bygone era.
October 12th - The 4x4s return - all Land Rover owners are invited - especially if yours is a classic. Autojumble and trade stands.
Click the button to download an entry form for this event.
October 26th - A special day to mark the end of the farming year with a harvest service in the Eashing chapel and activities around the museum.
November 22nd - A chance to buy some unusual Christmas gifts from our visiting craftspeople. Gift shop and refreshments also open.
December 6/7/13/14 - Click here to visit the Santa Specials page - book early for this popular event.
For details of other special events please see our advertisements in the local press or telephone 01252 795571. Please note that although all details are correct at time of page creation we would encourage you to check details before travelling to avoid disappointment. The museum reserves the right to change without notice the information contained on this page and may vary the programme of events.
The Old Kiln Museum Trust is a registered charity
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