News Articles

MMF News articles are listed in chronological order with the latest first - click the titles to read the full article.

Enjoy a night at the theatre and help MMF support a vital museum access project

September 2024

MMF is one of the charities kindly chosen again by the long-established and highly regarded Willington Players to benefit from every ticket sold by the charity for their next production, Terence Rattigan’s acclaimed Second World War drama Flare Path. This story of love, loyalty and desire is set against the backdrop of an RAF Bomber Command night mission.

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Freemasonry – Centuries of Friendship and help for good causes

September 2024

For more than 300 years, Freemasons have been sharing friendship, helping good causes – and somehow courting controversy. This has dogged a movement that has more than 8,000 members in East and West Kent, 190,000 across England, Wales and Scotland, and 5,000 female members. Secrecy, alleged strange practices, aprons and “secret” handshakes, nepotism – accusations fly.

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Fruits of East Malling’s Labours

August 2024

f it’s true that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, we should be grateful to East Malling Horticultural Research Station.This pioneering Kent-based institution that celebrated its centenary in 2013 has developed many new varieties of apple and also strawberry.

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Fun and Games at Museum Friends’ Shop

June 2024

It was all fun and games inside and outside the Museum Friends’ Shop when entertainers promoted the Maidstone Museum’s new gallery. Adam and Leanne from local business Keep Calm and Book Us shared their time between the Museum and the shop in Fremlin Walk on Saturday June 8, 2024

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New MMF President

June 2024

Victoria Wallace, a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, has become the new President of Maidstone Museums’ Foundation. She succeeds Sir Robert Worcester KBE DL, who has been accorded the title of MMF President Emeritus for his contribution to the charity’s work over several years.

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New Gallery “Matches London Museum Standards”

June 2024

It’s open! More than 50 Friends of Maidstone Museums attended a reception and exclusive viewing of Lives in our Landscape, the exciting new gallery set to attract even more visitors to the County Town’s “jewel in the crown.” Hosted by Maidstone Museums’ Foundation (MMF), the event on June 5

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