Plan Your Visit to Chiltern Open Air Museum

Come and explore Chiltern Open Air Museum, a family-friendly and accessible day out for all. Immerse yourself in a day of exploration amidst captivating history, heritage crafts, events, and experiences. Wander through our stunning gardens and encounter our farm animals.

COAM is a beautiful and enchanting place, designed for the whole family to discover, learn, explore and relax. 

  • Map of Chiltern Open Air Museum

    Museum Map

    Discover Chiltern Open Air Museum with our easy-to-use downloadable map!

    This helpful guide makes it simple to explore our beautiful open-air grounds, so you can effortlessly find all our carefully restored historic buildings, fascinating exhibits, and stunning countryside views.

    Download Map
  • Cake on a table

    Café in Skippings Barn

    Nestled in one of our historic buildings, our café has a range of hot & cold food, beverages and tasty snacks.

    Treat yourself to a barista coffee, freshly made fruit smoothie or a slice of cake.

    Open 10.30am – 4pm

    Our food menu is updated regularly. Take a look at the sample menu at the link below.

    Sample Menu
  • Inside the gift shop at Chiltern Open Air Museum.

    Gift Shop

    Explore our Museum shop and discover traditional products, games, books, craft kits, and unique souvenirs. The shop has many items made at the Museum including pressed apple juice, charcoal, and handmade gift items. Every purchase from our shop contributes to supporting the Museum and its invaluable conservation efforts.

    Donate to Support the Museum
  • Children on slide in COAM's adventure playground

    Natural Playground

    Our natural playground is located next to the Museum’s Village Green. Children can climb, slide and swing on the wooden structures and release lots of their energy.

    The playground was designed and created by Wildwood UK.

    Children should be supervised by an adult at all times while using the playground.

    More family activities

Please also see our FAQS for more information

Useful Information

  • We advised to pre-book your ticket in advance. For our current prices please see our Opening Times & Prices page

  • Alongside our café in Skippings Barn we have ample picnic benches around the site should you want to bring your lunch. At larger events additional caterers will also be on site.

  • At Chiltern Open Air Museum, we are committed to being inclusive and enhancing accessibility for all our visitors. In 2024 we were ‘Commended’ in the Tourism South East Beautiful South Awards in the Accessible Tourism category. Take a look at our dedicated Accessibility page for information.

  • Our site is large so there are always lots of quiet spots. If you want to visit at a quieter time we recommend visiting on a non-event day or on a special event day arriving between 10am and 11am when it’s always quieter. The site is always quieter after 2.30pm. Some events can be loud and include gunfire. You can check the events calendar on our website for full details of each event.

  • Buggies are welcome on site and there are ramps into most of our historic buildings. A few of our historic buildings are very small and will not accommodate a pram, but there is plenty of space to park them outside. Our paths are gravel and can get a little muddy in bad weather.

  • Baby changing facilities are located at our Bakerloo midsite toilets.

Finding Us

You can find us just a short drive from Junction 17, M25

Newland Park, Gorelands Lane

Chalfont St Peter, HP8 4AB

01494 871 117