Avoncroft Museum

If you’re looking for somewhere a bit different to celebrate your special day, Avoncroft Museum is a unique, enchanting venue, perfect for vintage style weddings. We are now taking bookings for 2020, so contact us on bookings@avoncroft.org.uk to discuss how we can help you create your most memorable day. Photos by Rob & Sarah Gillespie Photographers.

Was this Britain’s least-loved phone box? Avoncroft presents a public talk by telecommunications specialist and co-author of “The British Phonebox”, Nigel Linge on Sunday 15th July at 11am and 2pm in The Long Room.
Do you have a photo of the K8 in situ to bring and show? Bring prints on the day, or share on Twitter @AvoncroftMuseum and facebook.com/avoncroftmuseum.

Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ‘K8’, Britain’s last red phonebox, on Sunday 15th July. If you remember the K8 from its 1970s and 80s heyday, come along and indulge in some phonebox nostalgia, browse the National Telephone Kiosk Collection housed here at Avoncroft, have a go with the working exchanges and call each other the old-fashioned way.
Was this Britain’s least-loved phone box? Avoncroft presents a public talk by telecommunications specialist and co...-author of “The British Phonebox”, Nigel Linge at 11am and 2pm in The Long Room.
Do you have a photo of the K8 in situ to bring and show? Bring prints on the day, or share on Twitter @AvoncroftMuseum and facebook.com/avoncroftmuseum.
Meet Nigel Linge and Andy Sutton, authors of the book “The British Phonebox”, who will be signing copies available to purchase. Let’s show this 1960s icon some love on its 50th birthday, and explore its role as Britain’s last red phonebox.
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The forecast is looking glorious for Oddsocks Productions’ outdoor performance of Romeo & Juliet on Sunday evening, 8 July at 6.30pm. Gates open at 5.30pm so bring drinks and nibbles and relax on the lawn before the show. Have you watched the trailer yet? https://youtu.be/9KLEpGRC5HU Tickets available from https://oddsocks.cloudvenue.co.uk/romeoan djulietatavoncroft…

We're looking forward to Hanbury Countryside Show this Saturday 7th July. Look out for our volunteers in costume giving demonstrations of Heritage Skills and have go yourself in one of our taster sessions. Find us at Stall 220.

Don't miss Romeo and Juliet at Avoncroft on Sunday 8th July at 6.30pm. Gates open at 5.30pm so bring your chairs and picnics for an evening outdoor of comedy and chaos! Book your tickets in advance through the Oddsocks online box office https://oddsocks.cloudvenue.co.uk/romeoan djulietatavoncroft….

There's still time to apply to become a Museum Workshop Leader, delivering fun and informative workshops and activities to Museum visitors, including school groups. If you're someone with a natural ability to share skills and knowledge through hands-on activities outside of a classroom, or want to learn new skills and pass them on to others, visit our website for more details! www.avoncroft.org.uk/vacancies Closing date 18th June 2018.

Don’t miss Oddsocks Productions’ Romeo and Juliet with a musical Mods & Rockers twist! There’s Nowhere to Run To for the Capulets and Montagues as violent confrontation stalks every meeting. Juliet’s Nurse is looking forward to a Twist and Shout at the Capulet party, which Romeo’s mates gatecrash. Romeo meets his Juliet and It Must Be Love. Maybe, just maybe, The Power of Love will end the families’ violent feud.
Romeo and Juliet comes to the lawns of Avoncroft on Sunday 8th July at 6.30pm. Tickets: Adult £16, Child £9, Concession £13, Family £37. Book your tickets in advance through the Oddsocks online box office. Gates open at 5.30pm so bring your chairs and picnics for an evening of outdoor comedy and chaos!

You can support Avoncroft Museum throughout June by dropping your green token in our box in Bromsgrove Waitrose. Thank you to Bromsgrove Waitrose and their customers for all their support.

We're hiring! We currently have vacancies for Front of House Assistants and Museum Workshop Leaders. Come and join our team, you could be just who we're looking for. http://www.avoncroft.org.uk/vacancies/

Join us in the New Guesten Hall on Sunday 24th June for an evening of hauntingly beautiful folk music with the remarkable artist Emily Maguire.
Tickets for this special fundraising performance are only £15 each, and all proceeds will raise funds to support the ongoing work of Avoncroft Museum (Charity no.241644) and enable us to continue to rescue and conserve the heritage of the Midlands.
The Museum grounds will be open at 5.30pm so why not bring a picnic to enjoy on the lawn before going inside at 7.30pm for the wonderful music. Tickets available in advance from the Museum shop, or by calling 01527 889970.

It’s National Volunteers’ Week. A huge thankyou to all our wonderful Avoncroft volunteers for all your hard work and dedication. We couldn't do it without you!

Our mini model village is ready for your contributions - where will you add your building and will it be modern or traditional?The diggers are in, just need some young (and not so young) would-be architects to come and add some crafted model buildings built out of junk, card, glue/sellotape and a lot of imagination!
Join in our crafting sessions on Bank Holiday Monday to make some key buildings - which bit of our mini rural community will you add to? what do you think it need...s? Church? Pub? Sports pavilion? Library? Town Hall? You decide! 😃
There’ll be other ways to try your hand at building technology with activities to test your construction skills, including trying your hand at erecting one of our timber-frame models and having a go at wattle and daubing (if you're ok with getting messy) or Lego for those who like their construction a little cleaner!
There's lots more activities during the week on a recycle/up-cycle theme - see the website for details: http://www.avoncroft.org.uk/whats-on/even ts-programme/
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Owing to popular demand we have added another willow weaving workshop to our programme!
Willow is an incredibly versatile material which has been used for thousands of years to make thousands of different objects.
Join us to create and take home your own willow structures for your garden, including climbing plant frame, bird feeder and maybe even a dragonfly.
... No previous experience is needed and all materials and equipment are provided.
Tickets are £35 per person (£30 for members).
Pre-booking essential. Find out more or book your place by phoning the Museum on 01527 831363 or emailing courses@avoncroft.org.uk
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We're looking forward to our annual VW show, Avoncroft Aircooled this Sunday, 13th May. We'll be welcoming VWs of all shapes, sizes and colours - as long as they're aircooled! Come and join us for music, hot and cold refreshments and all things VW with the Flat 4 VW Club.

We will be re-living some of Britain’s most time-honoured rural traditions this May Day Bank Holiday, with Maypole dancing, Morris-dancing, costumed animal characters and music to mark the arrival of spring, as it has been celebrated throughout the centuries!
We welcome 'The Fabularium' returning with their medieval-style outdoor theatre pageant, ‘Carnival of the Animals’, a unique blend of costume, music, acrobatics, puppetry and story-telling!
Costumed re-enactors will be b...ringing our historic buildings to life with demonstrations and around the Museum there will be traditional entertainments and activities for all the family, including have-a-go archery, pony rides and rides on the miniature train.
A variety of hot and cold refreshments will be available at the Museum, and local cider and perry will be for sale at the cider stall.
There's no need to book and standard Museum admission charges apply with additional charges for some activities.
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Closing date is this coming Monday (16th Apr) for our Food Manager position - do you know of someone who's passionate about food, loves to cook and wants to work in a heritage environment? We're looking for someone who'll help develop Avoncroft by showcasing the food heritage of the West Midlands, building relationships with local food suppliers and creating amazing menus for our visitors and hospitality clients www.avoncroft.org.uk/vacancies/

Went to Avoncroft yesterday (29th September) as we had a Groupon Voucher

From reception through to the ladies in the Edwardian Tea room we had a fantastic visit.

What I liked was the introductory explanation as to how Avoncroft was set up and each building etc had it's own board explaining it's history, the people and how it was saved.

Especially loved the pre-fab house- brought back lovely memories

We had Leek & potato soup with a huge chunk of bread and at £4.50 was great value..thry also had delicious cakes on display too!

We loved visiting Avoncroft and will return

We went a few years ago with our first grandchild, yesterday we took another two, aged 2 and 4, they loved it and so did we , again, we’Re going back again in the school holidays with all three grandchildren, my two little ones took so,much interest in all the old exhibits, nothing like they have ever seen before. I would thoroughly reccomend it to anyone.

We visited as a family and was welcomed so well and treated wonderfully. Loads of things on for all the family. The staff was full of information and knowledge and really made the day a fun experience for all of us of a variety of ages. Thank you

We have been attending the Little Explorers group, led by TC on a Thursday morning, which is fun and interesting as well as educational. We then spend a relaxing few hours there each week, learning about various aspects of our heritage. Staff are enthusiastic and willing to spend lots of time chatting about different aspects of the museum. Annual pass is fantastic value for money and they have a lovely tea room too!

Visited the museum in the late summer, what a wonderful experience, hope to visit again in the early summer. A big thank you to Emma for helping us out today with our Wobbly Perry!

One of my favourite places, there is a wealth of history here and so much to see. Such contrast in the varying buildings and their stories. Friendly and helpful staff with volunteers to support and enlighten. We fell in love with this place so much so that we are getting married under the ancient beams of Gueston Hall next year!

My two boys love coming to avoncroft all the staff and volunteers are always happy and friendly and it’s just so lovely to see the history come alive. It can entertain and 9 and 4 year old for not just one day but lots of visits throughout the year.

My brother was treating me to a day out and when we arrived we realised it was Open Heritage weekend so he got away with a cheap day!!! But it would have been worth every penny of the normal entrance fee.

The introductory display was clear and informative and well worth a thorough browse.

All of the buildings and displays were excellent and so accessible. I love the phone box display and the manual exchange. Great fun.

Walking past the threshing house and through the granary brings you to a wonderful view of the windmill in a fabulous setting.

There are plenty of benches where you can have a picnic and the tea shop sells delicious cakes. The bread pudding is out of this world.

I could go on forever but if you're Bromsgrove way be sure to visit.

Loved it, went only because we had a Groupon deal. So excellent value for money. Thought every building was extremely interesting to know where it had come from. Nice that you can get really close up and in most of them. Beautiful windmill. Excellent added bonus of the telephone boxes. Fun idea to go on the train nice that's it's only 50p so everyone can use it if they want. Great friendly staff. Toilet facilities were clean, pleasant tea room.

It is a fascinating place, couldn’t believe the collection of telephone boxes and the telephone exchange. The buildings that have been rescued and restored with loving care are a walk through history. I loved going inside the prefab built after the war as my parents lived in one for a while. It evoked lots of memories and is extremely well laid out and well worth a visit as there is lots of information alongside each exhibit. Highly recommend

I went on a coach trip to Avoncroft Museum and although the weather wasn't brilliant I had a wonderfull time. The buildings and displays were brilliant and the volentears were very helpfull and informative.

Had an excellent day wandering around the exhibits. Fascinating detail about the windmill, lovely smell of wood smoke in a number of the houses. Good light lunch in the Edwardian tea rooms. So would recommend a visit.

Great couple of hours spent looking at all of the buildings. Loved the prefab as I was born in one and loved the way the garden were laid out with rows of vegetables and flowers it reminded me of my grandads garden

The tea room is beautiful and not too expensive. The windmill is worth braving the steps for. Just loved avoncroft would quite happily return .

Fabulous local history museum. The national collection of telephone kiosks and the fully working Strowger exchange topped off the day

Didn't know what to expect, my friend treated me to a day out, and I can't believe I've not been before, brilliant place, wonderful buildings with plenty of information, got caught in a thunderstorm in the windmill, very atmospheric, the lady in there was brilliant, lovely staff and great food in the tea room, will definitely be coming back 🙂👍

As it had been nearly 40 years since I had last been (primary school trip) I had planned to go for my birthday in March. Well I booked the Friday off to wake up to 6 inches of snow. Any bank holiday weekend we rearrange a visit. Beautiful weather and dry under foot. First we looked around the telephone box collection which was fascinating culminating with a proper Tardis police box. Spent a good half an hour talking to the gentleman in the phone exchange exhibit who was a former telecoms engineer and a very interesting gentleman. The prefab exhibit was fantastic as my friend’s grandmother had lived in one exactly the same. The smell was even correct. The small tin church was also amazing. As it was relatively quite we got a great look around and guide to windmill without being rushed. Overall the grounds were keep nice, the tea rooms were pleasant and all the staff we met were friendly and helpful. We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon. Thank you Avoncroft.

Absolutely loved this place! Took my dog for a lovely walk around in the sun..plenty of open space and shade, and found lots of seating areas and space for picnics, really interesting! An outdoor area for the cafe would be nice to sit out with your dog.

A fantastic day at the air-cooled vw show set in the beautiful grounds of avoncroft museum. It was also good to see the bread oven working in the toll house and had a lovely chat to the gentleman who was working it. I certainly will be going back.

We've been really looking forward to our visit as we're from Shrewsbury & remember the String of horses being taken down brick by brick ready to go to your museum. We also wanted to see the other wonderful buildings as we're both history nuts.

So we decided to come for our Christmas treat & see deck the halls for some seasonal magic!!

What a complete disappointment hardly any decorations, your big tree (which had smashed branches) had 3 bits of tinsel that looked like they'd been thrown by a disgruntled elf, nothing looked ready & yet it started today the 5th Dec. Nothing like deck the halls more like wreck the halls!! What a wasted journey �