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The Museum is located in the peaceful surroundings of Stacey Hill Farm. Stacey Hill Farm was built early in the Victorian era as a model farm. It was located on the the outskirts of Wolverton, one of the UK's original "railway towns". Today the buildings overlook the "new city" of Milton Keynes but when they were built they were in t […]

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The Museum has been given a maypole, which can now be borrowed by schools and similar groups. It is free-standing in a substantial cast-iron base and the ribbons are attached to a rotating piece at the top of the pole. A borrower would need a medium to large car with a roof rack or similar arrangement to carry it. There are also instructions for some dances, […]

We now have a loan box themed on the seaside.  This contains items related to the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.  This can be borrowed by schools in the usual way. Click here for details of what the box contains.       . read more […]

The Museum now has its very own YouTube channel. We will be sharing more videos as time goes by but as a starter we have put up some clips of 'Professor Beamish' performing experiments with static electricity. Prof. B's science experiments are a regular part of our half term activities providing visitors with some great entertainment. If you h […]

'Professor' Beamish will be in attendance at the Museum Monday to Friday during February half-term week. There will be demonstrations of the wonderful Wimshurst machine, the Van der Graaff generator - wirh a new electrostatic motor made from a plastic beaker. There will also be some interesting things done with polarised light. This will happen in […]

This replica geological map of Buckinghamshire, divided into hundreds, is dated 1820 and shows roads, rivers, parks, etc. The original was engraved by John Carey. It is available for loan through the Museum's Schools Loans Service.     […]

We wish all of our friends, visitors and volunteers many thanks for your support this year and  a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Museum re-opens after the holiday season on Saturday the 14th January 2012. We hope to see you all again next year.               read more […]

The Victorian Christmas event is in full swing now with the Museum all decked out and busy with visitors. Mother is taking her ease in the parlor sipping fruit punch while being entertained on the pianola, dad is in the kitchen with the kids making toast the old fashioned way, while granddad and grandma are perusing the Christmas market in the barn. Other fa […]

This trebuchet has just been donated to the Museum. It is less of a replica and more of a demonstration of the principle of this advanced design of medieval siege engine. The model is very robust and is capable of firing a projectile (a stone of, say, 2 to 3 cm diameter) more than 10 metres. For obvious reasons, it is suggested that any demonstration takes p […]

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