Maidenhead Heritage Centre

Explore the amazingly varied history of Maidenhead at this Heritage Centre with lots of hands-on activities for families.

The permanent Story of Maidenhead exhibition with Roman Dress-Up and other regular family activities is supplemented with five free exhibitions a year in the Sammes Gallery, so there is always something new to see and do.

On the first floor of the museum is Grandma Flew Spitfires, which is an Exhibition and Archive dedicated to Air Transport Auxiliary, with its fabulous Spitfire simulator.

Schools & Group Visits

KS1 and KS2 School Sessions

We offer a range of school sessions at the museum exploring Maidenhead’s local history and bringing the curriculum to life.

• Roman Maidenhead: Cox Green Roman Villa, Skeletons and Archaeology, Object Handling, Costumes and Roleplay.

• Victorian Transport: Stagecoaches and Highwaymen, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Building Bridges, The Railways.

• WWI: “Maidenhead in the Great War” exhibition (from September 2014), Life at the Homefront, Object handling: Trench art, Medals, Convalescent Homes, Remembrance.

• WWII: Evacuation, Rationing, Blackout, Interviews, Object Handling, D-Day, Battle of Britain
  PLUS: discover local hero Sir Nicholas Winton “the British Schindler”.

• Wartime Aviation: Air Transport Auxiliary Exhibition – Spitfire Simulator, Object Handling, Costumes and Roleplay.

• 20th Century Maidenhead: Maidenhead and the Thames, The Highstreet, Trade and Industry, Maps and More! 

Our sessions are creative and cross-curricular, supporting learning across History, Literacy, Art, Geography, Numeracy and Science