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Exhibits

Our 2008 displays are:

• Gurkhas

• Kent Peg Tiles

• Lost Businesses of Ashford

• Development of Ashford - 18th to 21st centuries      

*Please click either the pictures or the links above to find out further information on our collections.*           

Future Exhibits

Plans for the 2009 season include a History of Ashford Town Football Club and a look back at the Lympne (Ashford) Airport.

Continuing Exhibits

As well as our new exhibits, we also have a variety of permanent displays which are devoted to Ashford's history.

• Geological material from the local area

• Archaeological items including Roman and Anglo-Saxon artefacts

• Ashford as an important market town from the 13th to the 21st century

• Churches and Schools

• Local transport including Ashford Railway Works

• Fire and Medical Services since Victorian times

• War-time Ashford includes many displays of Ashford as a 'front-line town' during World War Two

• Domestic life from Victorian times

• Local businesses and industry from the past

• Ashford Borough in the 21st century

Also a short video presentation giving a background to the Museum and some of the old buildings, which still exist in the Ashford area, is shown during normal opening hours and can also be seen here: http://youtube.com/watch-v=3lvrUSg96Dg