Working Weekends at Rural Life Museum

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On the 4th weekend of the month the Rural Living Museum runs its 'Working Weekend' events - full of family fun activities and the chance to experience all sorts of its vast collection from tractors to the flower mill, through to weaving and vintage fire engines.

Content for these weekend varies depending on the season and the availability to skilled crafts people and volunteers.  These great family-friendly weekends also will appeal to steam and engine specialists, visitors and local residents looking for a new way to explore this great living history museum. 

Working Weekend event dates

26th - 27th September

Whats on -  A weekend full of activity, fun, engines and crafts including Flax demonstrations where visitors see how raw flax plants are processed by hand into fibers that can be spun into linen thread.

24th - 25th October

Whats on - A weekend featuring Military and Commerical Vehicle Rally

Working weekends bring our vast collection to life, giving visitors the opportunity to experience all sorts, from tractors and a flour mill, through to spinning and weaving, woodturning, vintage fire engines, buses, bicycles and more!