Sat 5th - Sun 6th Dec 2026 Festive Weekend

Join us for a weekend of festive fun

Meet Father Christmas in one of our historic buildings and listen to local choirs performing seasonal tunes.

The Museum’s collection of historic buildings will be decorated traditionally for Christmas with ivy, natural foliage, and candles. The 1940s Prefab will show how people celebrated a restrained wartime Christmas enlivened by make-do-and-mend decorations. Within the buildings you will find costumed stewards carrying out activities and telling visitors what life would have been like for past inhabitants.

Re-enactors will be bringing history to life showing pre-Christmas preparations.

There will be artisan craft stalls full of locally made products as well as stalls from the traveling historical market. The Museum’s shop will be stocked with items that would make great Christmas gifts. Families can have-a-go at candle-making for a small additional charge, listen to festive storytelling and take part in Christmas themed craft activities.