Blog Post 2 Our Collection
Our Collection The collection is very varied: from wagons to tiny coins, from the Stone Age to the present day, but all with a connection to the parish of Woodchurch. These artefacts trace the story of the community from the time when Stone Age man passed by to Woodchurch today with its community of 2500 […]
Blog Post 1 About Us
About Us Woodchurch is a picturesque Kent village situated seven miles from the historic market town of Ashford and five miles from the Cinque Ports town of Tenterden. The museum is housed in an eighteenth-century oak-framed barn and seventeenth-century cart shed on a rural site not far from the village centre.
AIM Collections Care Audit 2025
The Woodchurch Village Life Museum was recently awarded a grant from the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) and the Pilgrim Trust for a professionally conducted audit of our collection by an accredited conservator. The audit assesses the degree to which items on display and in store are affected by various forms of deterioration—including damp, mould, […]
Sara Thornton Puts Woodchurch ‘On the Map’
In May 2022, Sara Thornton from BBC South East Today visited the Woodchurch Village Life Museum as part of the programme’s ‘On the Map series’ to discover more about the Museum, its founder Geoff Loynes and the history of the village. The video includes interviews with curator Charles Boxer and Museum co-chair Gina McKay.
