Our grounds and gardens are open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. We will also be open on Tuesday 6th and 13th April. All tickets must be pre-booked online.
Forthcoming Events
Accompanied Walks
From 26th March
Terrific Tuesday June
1st June
Wellington’s Army
5th - 6th June
Outdoor Theatre
12th & 13th june
Museum Garden Day
27th June
The Great War
24th & 25th July
Terrific Tuesdays
Tuesdays in August
1940s Weekend
14th - 15th August
Wild About Wool
16th - 17th October
Terrific Tuesday
26th October
Museum Blog
COAM Craft Ideas for the Easter Holidays
For our second to last installment in this series of family learning resources, we’re providing you with some fun Springtime inspired craft ideas to try during the Easter Holidays. Download the resource below to find out more about the crafts and how to make them. Download COAM Craft Ideas for the Easter Holidays Part 1
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Lesser-known Easter Traditions
From orange chasing to football matches, with the Easter period approaching we investigate some of our lesser-known traditions. Whilst the stories of hot cross buns, Easter eggs, and Simnel cake are well known, there is a huge array of more unlikely customs that a look into our history reveals. We cannot delve into our Easter
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Learning Resource: Meals inspired by our Buildings
Here at COAM we have buildings from all different time periods. From our reconstructed Iron Age Roundhouse to our 1940s Prefab. Each building represents how people lived their everyday lives in that period and all of our buildings that housed people have some form of a kitchen or place to cook food. This week, we
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Learning Resource: Signs of Spring
Spring is definitely arriving on our site and around our local areas and there are plenty of ways to spot this! As the weather improves and we slowly ease out of lockdown, spending some time outside is great for your mental and physical health but remember to stay safe and follow the Government guidelines. Follow
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