News Articles

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

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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The Star-studded Story of Maidstone Zoo

May 2024

Crowds thronged the County Town’s pavements when Lizzie the Elephant paraded down Maidstone High Street in 1940. This unusual sight was just one way that charismatic Sir Hugh Garrard Twywhitt-Drake, Mayor of Maidstone several times and Kent County Councillor, promoted his zoo at Cobtree Park.

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Young Volunteers Welcome the Archbishop

April 2024
MMF-supported Youth Ambassadors and Cur8 volunteers gave a warm welcome to the Archbishop of Canterbury when he visited Maidstone Museum.
The Most Rev Justin Welby spent more than an hour in the museum, viewing the 12th century Lambeth Bible and other Medieval artefacts.

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Folk sounds good in Friends’ shop

April 2024

Friends and guests were in fine voice as the Maidstone town centre shop once again hummed to the distinctive sounds of three of Kent’s finest folk singers.
For their third annual concert, Bob Kenward (guitar and harmonica), Di (vocal) and John Cullen (guitar) enchanted a large audience on April 11, 2024

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