Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex
Welcome to the official YouTube Channel for the Weald & Downland Living Museum. Take a look at this short video of our fascinating living Museum, and travel through 950 years of rural history in south east England. Visit us at Singleton, near Chichester, in West Sussex.
Weald & Downland Living, West Sussex
In January 2015, the Museum embarked on the dismantling of a late 18th century barn and early 19th century stables at May Day Farm, Pembury Road, Tonbridge. The buildings were in the path of a road widening scheme on the Tonbridge-Pembury section of the A21 in Kent. The work was led by Museum Carpenter-in-Residence, Joe Thompson, and the project has been partially funded through Balfour Beatty, the contractors for the road scheme. After careful dismantling, the timbers were conserved and stored at the Museum, before re-erection. May Day Farm barn and stable opened to Museum visitors on 27 August 2018. Watch this fascinating time-lapse video of its dismantling.
Weald & Downland Living Museum of buildings, Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex. 10th May 2018.
Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester, West Sussex
Come and discover rescued traditional rural buildings set in a beautiful landscape, which tell the stories of the men, women and children who lived and worked in them over a 950-year period.
Enjoy the Museum's 40-acre site and visit our collection of historic buildings - we have 50 to explore. There is a regular programme of domestic and craft demonstrations, including cooking in our Tudor kitchen; blacksmithing in our Victorian smithy; plus seasonal demonstrations. Take a walk in the woods, bring the dog (we are dog friendly), visit the waterside café or enjoy your own picnic.
Explore | Learn | Conserve - The Weald & Downland Living Museum
Narrated by Christopher Timothy.
Set in over 40 acres in the heart of the South Downs National Park, the Weald & Downland Living Museum is a unique and vibrant open-air museum, created to preserve and celebrate the history of rural England and the ordinary people who lived it, a story which might otherwise be lost. At the heart is a large collection of historic buildings and artefacts spanning over 1,000 years, originating from the counties of Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Kent – the ‘Weald and Downland’ region.
The Museum has been a spiritual home to many, since it opened to the public almost 50 years ago. It is only through the inspirational effort and dedication of their Founder Roy Armstrong and the many passionate visionaries and volunteers that the museum exists, all sharing a common goal –
‘To rescue and conserve historic buildings, to teach traditional trades and crafts, to ensure their preservation and to share the untold stories of rural life in South-East England.’
With working exhibits that through demonstrations, crafts and hands-on activities, show how these buildings would have operated hundreds of years ago.
The Museum’s collection stands proudly within the site, reminding and educating everyone who visits, not only of the past, but also the present, and will stand the test of time in an ever changing future.
The Weald & Downland Living Museum gives a sense of place and wonder, and continues to give so many a chance to witness a past that is truly alive.
Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex
The Weald & Downland Living Museum's new visitor centre was officially opened by Hugh Bonneville at an event on 18 May 2017. This short video documents this special day, where we thanked our donors, including the Heritage Lottery Fund, without whom this project would not have become a reality.
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A day out at The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, which displays over 45 historic houses and agricultural buildings dating from the 13th century to victorian times + Edward Cullinan's Exhibition Hall. From min 3:30 a walk around the pretty hills of Downs, Sussex, admiring English thatched cottages.
Music:
min 0:00 - a pity I had to change Theme from a summer place by Max Steiner with not less beautiful but somewhat less matching A little night music by Mozart
Little bird, little bird - min 3:22
Sussex Oxen Sol and Saxon in the Market Square
Welcome to the official YouTube Channel for the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. The purpose of the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum is to stimulate public interest in and to promote and encourage the preservation of buildings of architectural or historical interest and to stimulate public interest in ancient crafts, trades and manufactures.
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Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Sussex
The Museum has been working closely with Swan Lifeline and a pair of Mute swans – a cob (male) and pen (female) were released on our mill pond on Thursday 2 November 2017.
The Gateway Project at the Weald & Downland Museum
Welcome to the official YouTube Channel for the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. We are currently fundraising for our Gateway Project - here is an animated fly-past of our Gateway Project buildings, which are due for completion in 2017. Learn about the project at wealddown.co.uk/gateway. Animation with kind permission from Nick Dexter (
Historic Building Conservation Programme -- Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester UK
European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards 2011
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
In August 2015, the Museum began to painstakingly dismantle one of its exhibit houses - a medieval house from Sole Street, Kent. The building is being carefully removed from its current site, to make way for the Museum's exciting new Gateway Project buildings - kindly supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The building will be conserved and re-erected on a new site within the Museum's grounds during 2016. Learn all about the project and how you can donate at: wealddown.co.uk/gateway
Snuffles The Pig, A Day in the Life. Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
Snuffles and her ten piglets are proving so popular that we installed a web cam to show what a day in the life is like for her and her little family. Here are just some of the highlights of Snuffles' busy day at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum...
Wood Show 2015 at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
Wood has formed a part of many of the Museum’s shows since the 1980s and this two-day event celebrated its many traditional uses. Here's a short video to give a flavour of the event.
The Museum is home to over 50 buildings – many of which are timber-framed – so wood is central to the Museum’s conservation work.
Visitors to the Wood Show enjoyed a range of wood craft demonstrations, a working wood yard, teams of heavy horses carrying out forestry tasks, exhibitors and displays. From viewing the Museum’s own timber-framed buildings to crafted bowls, furniture, tools, toys and other wood products – it was a fun day for all the family!
Our Wood Shows run every two years, s we hope you can join us in 2017!
Weald and Downland Museum tour - Singleton, Sussex
Video tour of the Weald and Downland Museum - Singleton, West Sussex. The Museum is open all year round and runs short courses in traditional trades and crafts. They also run educational courses in practical building conservation skills and 2 year MSc courses. See for more details.
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As seen on SkyEye Britain - LAUNCHING IN EARLY 2013! - skyeye-app.com
Watermill restarts after 12 month closure for repair at the Museum
Welcome to the official YouTube Channel for the Weald & Downland Living Museum. Our purpose is to stimulate public interest in and to promote and encourage the preservation of buildings of architectural or historical interest and to stimulate public interest in ancient crafts, trades and manufactures.
Weald & Downland Museum 2015 - Steam Engines
'Steam & Vintage' display of full size steam engines in the arena, with each engine described by the commentator.
Historic Clothing Project: Dyeing, from Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
The Historic Clothing Project, established in 2007, is a unique and innovative investigation into the construction and production of lower status clothing across a broad chronological period at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum. The aim of the project is to produce a comprehensive stock of replica historic clothing covering a range of periods to clothe those working in our exhibit buildings.
The clothing is produced on site by a team of 30 volunteers who meet once a month under the supervision of the Museum's Domestic Life Interpreter, Lesley Parker, and historic clothing consultant, Barbara Painter.
This is an excerpt from the video produced by Darren Mapletoft and Chichester University for our 2013 exhibition.