About Chiltern Open Air Museum

A superb day of discovery for all the family.
Explore and experience life in the Chilterns over the last 2000 years – at our award winning open air Museum, a great day out for all the family! With over 30 superb rescued and reconstructed traditional Chiltern buildings, fascinating displays and demonstrations, ‘hands-on’ workshops and superb period re-enactments – set in 45 acres of idyllic park and wood land – it’s a truly unique experience. Travel through time, from an Iron Age House through to a 1947 prefab – via historic buildings, crafts and skills, all brought vividly to life for you.
“The Museum is so natural and unspoilt.........with breathing, thinking and imagination space” - a quote from one of our visitors in 2009.
New Audio Guides for 2010. Learn about how our buildings were used and the lives of the people connected with them.