Amberley Museum

Did you know? We are an independent Museum and a registered charity. We do not receive any regular government or local authority funding, so we depend on your donations to maintain our Museum for the future.
Help us keep our Museum special, visit our website www.amberleymuseum.co.uk for more information on our fundraising efforts for 2019.
Registered charity no: 278722.

We would like to announce the re-branding of our Museum.
As of today, our Museum will now be known as Amberley Industrial Museum.
Come along to visit us during our 2019 season to see what is changing at our Museum. Visit our website for more information.

What a fabulous start to the New Year... we have reached 5,000 likes on the first day of 2019!
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2018, we look forward to you visiting our Museum in 2019. We open for our season on the 16th February.

Wishing you a Happy New Year from Amberley Museum. We look forward to seeing you all in 2019, visit our website for more information on our 2019 events.

Did you know? We are having a new website developed for our new season, take a look on the 12th January when it will go live. Find out more about our Museum, our events programme and watch our website as we develop it further throughout the year.

Did you know? Our Museum houses its own working printshop, which is the only one of its kind in the South of England. Where not only are the machines on display, but in working order. With the changes in technology these historic skills help us to teach our visitors the history of printing. We have a team of dedicated volunteers to help keep the art of printing alive. Come along in 2019 to find out more.

Did you know? We have an exciting new educational programme for our 2019 season, which includes STEM workshops. Visit our new website in the New Year when we will be launching our educational programme.

Did you know? we have our own industrial narrow gauge railway at our Museum. With steam, petrol, diesel and electric locos.
We are currently fundraising for Peter our Bagnall steam loco who is in need of a service and boiler repairs, we need to find £40,000 to carry out the work needed to get him back in steam with his ticket for the next 10 years. Visit our just giving page for more information on how you can help keep our Museum special.
https://www.justgiving.com/amberleymuseum

Did you know? Our Museum was once a working chalk quarry, run by the Pepper family until its closure in the late 1960’s.
Our Museum still houses a collection of scheduled ancient monuments which are listed with Historic England. We have had extensive work carried out on the Smithy and Loco shed during our 2018 season, so come along in 2019 to take a look.

Did you know? Our Museum officially opened on the 26th May 1979, so as we go into our 2019 season we will be celebrating our 40th Birthday during the month of May.
Over the weekend of the 25th to 27th May we will be hosting our Heritage Craft Weekend, and celebrating our official 40th birthday. Come along to our Museum in May to celebrate with us, more information on our planned activities will be available on our website at the beginning our 2019 season.

Our resident steam loco Peter has now retired for this season, he is in need of a service and boiler repairs before he can steam up and ride our narrow gauge rails for all our visitors to enjoy.
Whilst Peter is taking a rest and we continue to fundraise for his work to be carried out, we are pleased to announce that an old friend of ours Wendy, who is part of the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Trust collection has come to join us for our 2019 season.
So come along to our Museum in ...2019 to see Wendy and take a ride on our narrow gauge railway. Wendy will be in steam on selected weekends, more information on these dates will be available on our website ready for our opening on the 16th February.
To support our cause and help us raise the funds to carry out the work on Peter, please visit our Just Giving page for more information.
https://www.justgiving.com/amberleymuseum
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Can you help us win a gift of play? If you visited our Museum this summer you would have seen the wonderful blue bricks we had on loan from Imagination Play.
Please visit their website and nominate our Museum for the chance to win our very own set to keep. This would be a wonderful addition to our new STEM activity programme in 2019. The entry deadline is the 31st December 2018.
http://www.imaginationplayground.com/prom …/gift-of-play.html
... Thank you for your support.
Contact info for our Museum: (Karen Jones, Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. 01798 831370 - office@amberleymuseum.co.uk. )
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Thank you to everyone who has visited our Museum over our Christmas weekends this December. We have had lots of festive fun despite the unpredictable British weather. Father Christmas is now waving goodbye, and looks forward to seeing you all again next year.
We are also waving goodbye to Peter our Bagnall Steam Locomotive, who is going out of service, as he is in need of a service and boiler repairs. We need your help raising £40,000 to have the work carried out to have... him back in steam on our railway. We have raised 25% of our target so far, but still have a long way to go.
Visit our just giving page to find out more and help support our fundraising project: www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/ambe rleymuseum/peter
Also, a big thank you to all our volunteers, who have braved the wet weather over the weekends to help make your visit to our Museum special.
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year, with love Everyone at Amberley Museum
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Join us for our last Christmas event day on Sunday 16th December. The weather is looking better for tomorrow, so why not come along to enjoy festive activities and explore around our Museum. We are serving Sunday roast in our Cafe, and have Christmas gifts in our gift shop (selected items are now up to half price!).
We are open from 10am until 5pm, with a festive admission price of Adults £10, Children £8, under 4’s and members visit for free. We are also dog friendly, so a great day out for the whole family.
Merry Christmas 🎄

Discover the South’s industrial heritage at our museum, learn about technology through the years, and have fun riding our narrow gauge train and historic bus around the site. Also enjoy our Halloween trail to explore around our Museum.

Since the museum opened in 1978 every autumn historic vehicles have gathered at Amberley Museum.
Located in the heart of the South Downs national park, our museum is dedicated to preserving the industrial heritage of the South East. With 36 acres to explore and over 40 exhibits to visit, you can discover the South’s working past.
Exhibits include a working print shop, which is the only one of its kind in the South of England. The BT Connected Earth exhibit shows the hist...ory of communications, with interactive displays for all ages to enjoy. Our lime kilns are scheduled ancient monuments, which date back to when the site was once a working chalk quarry. The Life of Lime exhibition shows the history of the chalk quarry and its importance in Sussex’s industrial working past.
Our museum is also home to traditional crafts people such as the blacksmith. There is also a pottery on site, where our resident potters will showcase their skills on selected days.
We have our own narrow gauge railway, which you can ride and explore around the site, with many different locos from steam, electric and diesel. We also have a historic bus service which takes you on a ride within our 36 acre site.
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Celebrate the classic Land Rover with us and see a wide range of exhibiting from across the series, some original and some unique in design.

Wonderful day out visiting the past, so much to see and do and the staff are all so lovely, take your kids they will love it

Wonderful day out for young and old alike. Lots of things to see and do especially for those itchy fingers that love to touch bells and buttons normally out of bounds!

Someone made a comment that the choice of food in the cafe was limited but get real folks it's one of the few places these days where you can take you own picnic with plenty of areas to stop and eat(in the open or under cover)

The volunteers are happy and knowledgeable and always smiling ��� . Great day !!

We had the most fun here, doing crafts, printing, riding on an old steam roller, sending telegrams and the best riding on the train. Ann the driver was wonderful and told us all about the engine and made it really special for my girls. Big thank you x

Today we went here as a family day out , my daughters aged 5 and 2 had a lovely day out and the highlight of there day was going around on the old bus. All the staff are so friendly and know so much about the things that are there and to teach the children how things are different from now and then. We will definitely be back again soon.

That we love the museum is nothing new to anyone but yesterday we were lucky to host my son's 5th birthday party there and it was AMAZING! The combination of handling artifacts, private birthday train and private bus and much more fantastic surprises was a major hit with all guests. Each and everyone adored it and will be returning.

Special thanks goes to Caroline for dealing with my enquire so professionally and excitement and for her great support before, during and after the party. Thanks to Nikki for running around with us ensuring the group was safe and together at all time. To David, Chris and Alan, our dedicated volunteers, thank you for your time, knowledge and passion for the museum - you have made the day extra special.

To anyone looking for a very special day for your son or daughter, we can't recommend it enough. Thank you to all and see you soon, for sure!

It was our first visit and what a wonderful find - so many interesting exhibits and wonderful friendly and hugely knowledgeable volunteer staff to make the day a fantastic experience. If I could improve one thing it would be the choice/range of food available, but what we did have was excellent value for money. Will definitely be returning as there is so much more to see that we didn’t have time to on this visit.

I've been going with granparennts and 3 year old daughter for a couple of years. They do a teddy bears picnic or themed picnic in August which is lovely. The vinyage cars day is as good as beauley. Weekends they usually have vintage buses and steam trains out, girls love as much as boys. The have traditional arts and crafts practiced and workshops. So much more, fun and learning for children. My 3 year old loves it, second home �

Had an amazing day at the Community day this week. The museum is going from strength to strength with lots of improvements being made.Everyone works really hard to ensure you have a good day out with a special thank you to the volunteers.Our granddaughter who is 2 had a fantastic day. She loved riding the buses and train, as well as the interactive bits in the electricity centre and also the phones and telephone exchange. It is an amazing day out for the whole family. Free parking, plenty of places to sit and rest. Thank you Amberley.for a lovely day out.

Had a fantastic day out 25/9/17 at Amberley Museum,we are going again on Saturday for classic Scooter Day.will go to one of the 12 days of Christmas too. Lived in Sussex all my life 1st time I've been thank you all for the hard work you all put into making it lovely place to visit.

Had a brilliant visit everyone was so friendly and helpful they love to chat about their particular subject, sad that the pottery was closed was looking forward to seeing that. It would be lovely for the youngsters to be able to see a bit more about life in the 20th century such as a fully equipped kitchen with all the gadgets only people 80 and over would have used. We will definitely be returning.

Great day out. Will be returning with my grandsons. Some of the electricals made me feel my age. So much to see and do. Would recommend this museum to all ages.

Fantastic place to come for a family day out. Friendly staff, reasonably priced restaurant and lots to keep a train and vehicle mad toddler amused. Thank you!

Fantastic day out for anyone interested in the history of technology and industry. Fascinating exhibits curated by people with an obvious love of what they do. Give it the whole day; you won't be disappointed.

Been there a few times now so much to see a fantastic place ,the restaurant is great and the smaller cafe is just as good and serve a fab cream tea and both are fantastic value

Will be back next year at there classic car show AAAAA+

An excellent day out and good value for your money. My grandchildren had a great day enjoyed doing a bit of wood turning, making themselves a small toy each, they also loved the telephone exchange section and calling eachother using the old phones.

The volunteers were all really pleasant and friendly and were happy to share their knowledge, all the children got a few keepsakes of their tries at Morse code and printing.

The cafe is okay and reasonably priced for cooked lunches although snacks aren't as good value, however there's plenty of space if you take a picnic.

I would certainly recommend it for a family day out but children between 7-12 would benefit the most, although there is something for everyone.

Amazing day out for all ages!!

My 3 year old and I loved riding on the train, bus, steam roller and horse drawn carriage then hours of fun in the interactive museums.

Lovely big restaurant serving hot and cold food and drinks and very helpful volunteers all round the site. 10 out of 10 from the Wilson family.

Many thanks.

Always have a great time wherever we come here. It is the only place that all three of my children seem to love.

Always a fantastic day out. So many dedicated volunteers and always something different to do or see.

A brilliant museum with so much to see. Our children have loved it over many years...the BT hall still amuses them.

The 1940s Weekend this year has an excellent range of rare and interesting vehicles and the star interest of "pop-up" Ploce station and shops.

Wonderful day out visiting the past, so much to see and do and the staff are all so lovely, take your kids they will love it

Wonderful day out for young and old alike. Lots of things to see and do especially for those itchy fingers that love to touch bells and buttons normally out of bounds!

Someone made a comment that the choice of food in the cafe was limited but get real folks it's one of the few places these days where you can take you own picnic with plenty of areas to stop and eat(in the open or under cover)

The volunteers are happy and knowledgeable and always smiling ��� . Great day !!

We had the most fun here, doing crafts, printing, riding on an old steam roller, sending telegrams and the best riding on the train. Ann the driver was wonderful and told us all about the engine and made it really special for my girls. Big thank you x

Today we went here as a family day out , my daughters aged 5 and 2 had a lovely day out and the highlight of there day was going around on the old bus. All the staff are so friendly and know so much about the things that are there and to teach the children how things are different from now and then. We will definitely be back again soon.

That we love the museum is nothing new to anyone but yesterday we were lucky to host my son's 5th birthday party there and it was AMAZING! The combination of handling artifacts, private birthday train and private bus and much more fantastic surprises was a major hit with all guests. Each and everyone adored it and will be returning.

Special thanks goes to Caroline for dealing with my enquire so professionally and excitement and for her great support before, during and after the party. Thanks to Nikki for running around with us ensuring the group was safe and together at all time. To David, Chris and Alan, our dedicated volunteers, thank you for your time, knowledge and passion for the museum - you have made the day extra special.

To anyone looking for a very special day for your son or daughter, we can't recommend it enough. Thank you to all and see you soon, for sure!

It was our first visit and what a wonderful find - so many interesting exhibits and wonderful friendly and hugely knowledgeable volunteer staff to make the day a fantastic experience. If I could improve one thing it would be the choice/range of food available, but what we did have was excellent value for money. Will definitely be returning as there is so much more to see that we didn’t have time to on this visit.

I've been going with granparennts and 3 year old daughter for a couple of years. They do a teddy bears picnic or themed picnic in August which is lovely. The vinyage cars day is as good as beauley. Weekends they usually have vintage buses and steam trains out, girls love as much as boys. The have traditional arts and crafts practiced and workshops. So much more, fun and learning for children. My 3 year old loves it, second home �

Had an amazing day at the Community day this week. The museum is going from strength to strength with lots of improvements being made.Everyone works really hard to ensure you have a good day out with a special thank you to the volunteers.Our granddaughter who is 2 had a fantastic day. She loved riding the buses and train, as well as the interactive bits in the electricity centre and also the phones and telephone exchange. It is an amazing day out for the whole family. Free parking, plenty of places to sit and rest. Thank you Amberley.for a lovely day out.

Had a fantastic day out 25/9/17 at Amberley Museum,we are going again on Saturday for classic Scooter Day.will go to one of the 12 days of Christmas too. Lived in Sussex all my life 1st time I've been thank you all for the hard work you all put into making it lovely place to visit.

Had a brilliant visit everyone was so friendly and helpful they love to chat about their particular subject, sad that the pottery was closed was looking forward to seeing that. It would be lovely for the youngsters to be able to see a bit more about life in the 20th century such as a fully equipped kitchen with all the gadgets only people 80 and over would have used. We will definitely be returning.

Great day out. Will be returning with my grandsons. Some of the electricals made me feel my age. So much to see and do. Would recommend this museum to all ages.

Fantastic place to come for a family day out. Friendly staff, reasonably priced restaurant and lots to keep a train and vehicle mad toddler amused. Thank you!

Fantastic day out for anyone interested in the history of technology and industry. Fascinating exhibits curated by people with an obvious love of what they do. Give it the whole day; you won't be disappointed.

Been there a few times now so much to see a fantastic place ,the restaurant is great and the smaller cafe is just as good and serve a fab cream tea and both are fantastic value

Will be back next year at there classic car show AAAAA+

An excellent day out and good value for your money. My grandchildren had a great day enjoyed doing a bit of wood turning, making themselves a small toy each, they also loved the telephone exchange section and calling eachother using the old phones.

The volunteers were all really pleasant and friendly and were happy to share their knowledge, all the children got a few keepsakes of their tries at Morse code and printing.

The cafe is okay and reasonably priced for cooked lunches although snacks aren't as good value, however there's plenty of space if you take a picnic.

I would certainly recommend it for a family day out but children between 7-12 would benefit the most, although there is something for everyone.

Amazing day out for all ages!!

My 3 year old and I loved riding on the train, bus, steam roller and horse drawn carriage then hours of fun in the interactive museums.

Lovely big restaurant serving hot and cold food and drinks and very helpful volunteers all round the site. 10 out of 10 from the Wilson family.

Many thanks.

Always have a great time wherever we come here. It is the only place that all three of my children seem to love.

Always a fantastic day out. So many dedicated volunteers and always something different to do or see.

A brilliant museum with so much to see. Our children have loved it over many years...the BT hall still amuses them.

The 1940s Weekend this year has an excellent range of rare and interesting vehicles and the star interest of "pop-up" Ploce station and shops.