Where buildings come alive through history
The Museum is now closed for the winter. We will be re-opening on 30 March 2019.
Forthcoming Events
Traditional Christmas
1st - 2nd December
Roman Gladiators
26th - 27th May
Classic Vehicles Show
27th - 28th July
Tudor Courtroom
10th - 11th August
Museum Blog
Ideal Gardens in the Prefab
At the close of the Second World War, as cities and towns were recovering from the devastation of bomb damage, there was a very real need to find homes for those who had lost theirs and for soldiers returning from the front lines. Luckily, the government was not blind to the problem and turned to
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Building the WW1 Nissen Hut
At the start of my last blog, I remarked on the three whole months that had passed since I last wrote something for our website. That blog was written in the early months of this year and published in March. That was six months ago – I appear to be getting worse! Anyhow, moving swiftly
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Things to do in Buckinghamshire
If you’re looking for things to do in Buckinghamshire this summer, then head on over to Chiltern Open Air Museum in Chalfont St Giles. The Museum is no ordinary museum – there are no objects in glass cases here. Instead, it is a museum of buildings set in the beautiful outdoors… Our 45 acre site
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School holiday activities
Summer school holiday activities at COAM The school summer holidays are now just a few weeks a way and there is a whole 6 weeks to fill with entertainment for the children. Don’t worry at Chiltern Open Air Museum we’ve got school holiday activities covered. Over the summer holidays we have 5 Terrific Tuesdays, 6
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