News Archives - Amberley Museum

2021 Events Calendar

Mar 16, 2021 | News

We are delighted to announce our provisional Event Calendar for 2021. View here. We are planning to host most of our usual, much-loved events as well as a brand-new event, James Bond Weekend, highlighting our involvement of being a location for ‘A View to a...

Seeking New Board Members

Mar 4, 2021 | News

Amberley Museum, founded in 1979, is located in the South Downs National Park, West Sussex. We preserve rural, transport, industrial and communications history in a 36 acre former chalk pits and lime works, welcoming around 50,000 visitors pa, including 2,000 school...

Second Lockdown Closure

Nov 5, 2020 | News

Amberley Museum is now temporarily closed from Thursday 5th November until our planned open date which we hope will be Saturday 5th December. Thank you to everyone who has visited and supported us over the last few months and we hope that those of you who visited over...

Amberley Museum receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund

Oct 12, 2020 | News

Amberley Museum has been awarded £80,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today. Amberley...

‘O&Ks are OK’ – Train Event!

Oct 8, 2020 | News

‘O&Ks are OK!’ Industrial Railways Day – Sunday 18th October On Sunday 18 October, we will be demonstrating all four of our Orenstein & Koppel single-cylinder diesel locomotives, including ‘Monty’ the only working example of a...

Amberley Museum receives £50,000 National Lottery support

Aug 27, 2020 | News

Amberley Museum has received £50,000 National Lottery support to help address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on heritage Amberley Museum has received £50,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help cover costs over the next few months to support opening....