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September 2023

Prestigious Whatman paper and Turkey Mill, where it was made, spread Maidstone’s fame across the world. Perhaps less well known is the role of the Whatman family in the story of Vinters Park.

August 2023
People love messing about on the river, and it was no different for Friends and guests who enjoyed a scenic evening aboard the Kentish Lady.
This year’s annual outing on Thursday August 3, 2023, hosted by Maidstone Museums’ Foundation, took them up the River Medway

July 2023
Unheralded women whose courage played crucial roles in the Second World War were brought to life in a talk at the Museum Friends’ shop.
Pete Batty’s fascinating insight into the women he dubbed Band of Sisters attracted an appreciative audience of Maidstone Museums’ Foundation (MMF) members and guests on July 6.

June 2023
There was a good turn out to this year’s AGM, held again in the Friends’ Shop.
There were excellent and informative reports from the Chairman, recounting the year’s efforts and achievements, and from the Treasurer, showing the organisation is in very good shape finance-wise.

May 2023
On 3rd May year 5 and 6 year students from local primary schools participated in the ‘Primary Speaks’ competition, organised and run by the MMF Youth Ambassadors.

The aim of the day was to encourage a range of young people to become involved and interested in the amazing local resources and collections that the Museum provides

May 2023
That Medway is flying high as a renowned specialist hub of vintage aircraft restoration was underlined by a fascinating talk at the MMF Museum Friends’ Shop on May 4, 2023. An audience of more than 20 heard Robin Heaps, an electronics engineer and director of Medway Aircraft Preservation Society