Our grounds and gardens are open on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.We will also be open on Tuesdays in Bucks school holidays. All tickets must be pre-booked online.
Forthcoming Events
Accompanied Walks
From 26th March
Maypole Dancing
18th & 19th September
Rural Life
25th & 26th September
Wild About Wool
16th - 17th October
Terrific Tuesday
26th October
Christmas Weekend
4th - 5th December
Museum Blog
Gardens at Chiltern Open Air Museum
Want to know more about the gardens at COAM? Volunteer, Paula speaks to members of our gardening team about what it is like to look after our historically inspired gardens. COAM’s first Gardens Day, delayed for a year because of COVID, was held in late June and, thanks to the enormous amount of hard work
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The history of Garston Forge
In years gone by, every town, village and hamlet would have had a blacksmith’s shop at its heart. Here at the Museum, we saved and re-erected a forge from Garston. In the middle of the 19th century, Garston was a hamlet to the northwest of Watford. From the late 1850s until 1926, this forge in
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Jess the sheepdog at 10 months
Jess is progressing well at 10 months Well, it’s been a while since I updated you last and there are two reasons for that, firstly with summer coming finally my spare time has decreased considerably, the garden taking most of it, secondly the training of a sheepdog goes through phases, and this one is a
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Shepherd Vans and Lambing
Nowadays, people might mainly think of shepherd’s vans as romantic holiday hideaways or useful garden offices but, during the nineteenth century, they were an important part of farming life and were regularly seen dotted around the countryside. It’s tempting to think that they were rarely used before about 1800 but this may just be because
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