Come to the Museum and follow the trail around the site and read each poem displayed in its respective building. You can then vote for your three favourite poems and even contribute a line of your own poetry about the Museum which may be included in a crowd sourced poem. In connection with Avoncroft Museum, [...]

A historic Edwardian garden pavilion, which has stood on the site of the former county lunatic asylum in Bromsgrove since the early 1900s, is being given a new lease of life. Preserved as part of the redevelopment of the Barnsley Hall Hospital site into a housing estate, the structure, which is known as an ‘airing [...]

January storms have seriously damaged our windmill from Danzey Green, Warwickshire, causing one of its sails to break in two. The broken part of the sail has pierced the roof of the windmill’s lower section, causing further damage. This is especially catastrophic as the windmill had only recently been repaired to a workable condition, and plans for our [...]

Regular visitors to the Museum will have noticed that there has been a huge amount of activity and improvements to the Windmill this year. In 2006 the Museum raised funds for the restoration of the windmill sails and some of those funds were to go towards the replacement of the tailpole and wheel. The tailpole [...]

Our regular visitors will be pleased to hear that the Museum’s Dovecote has now had a spring clean thanks to a grant from Worcestershire County Council. Over 1,000 litres of droppings were removed from the floor and visitors can now enjoy seeing the building’s unusual nesting boxes and appreciate how this building functions. The doves [...]

We have received over 100 tea cosies so far and there are still 2 weeks for people to enter their tea cosy into our Cosies for Conservation competition. The judging will take place on Wednesday 8th June and our judges are Mrs C  Hickman-Smith, WI County Chairman and Leanne Wightman from Tea Magazine. Following the judging some [...]

Between April and May enjoy the wonderful blossom trail at Avoncroft. With 21 different varieties of flowering trees and shrubs, it is a fantastic sight.  Please note that the blossom flowering times vary between tree varieties, so not all the blossom may be out at the same time. For more information please call the Museum.

Nick (Catering Manager), Isabel (Visitor Services Manager) and Rachel (Head of Business and Marketing) were recently invited to assist with the judging of the Diamond Awards, run by Heart of England Fine Foods. The Museum is committed to selling local produce where possible in the Tea Room and Gift Shop, and to be able to [...]

If you have visited Avoncroft over the last few weeks you may have noticed the new signs that have appeared all over the site. These were designed by Georgiana Baxter at 3Line Design and manufactured by Hanman Split who are based in Gloucestershire. These new signs are just one of the projects that are currently [...]

We are very pleased that Avoncroft once again has livestock on site. James, our Gardener, rescued 5 hens and cockerel from a farm in Aston Fields and they are now resident near the racksaw. We also have chicks which are being reared and in 18 weeks visitors will be able to see them roaming round [...]