museums

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
81-83 High Street, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 0AL
Tel: 01494 892192
Website: www.roalddahlmuseum.org/

Two fun and fact-packed biographical galleries and a fantabulous interactive Story Centre.

The Museum is open 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. This means we are closed on most Mondays.

The Chiltern Brewery
Nash Lee Road, Terrick, Aylesbury HP17 0TQ
Tel: 01296 613647
Website: www.chilternbrewery.co.uk/

OPENING TIMES & ADMISSION: Monday to Saturday 9.00 - 5.00 Closed Sunday The first small brewers museum in the UK, the "breweriana" opened here in 1994 and contains brewing artefacts from earlier county breweries, along with some interesting family momentoes. A number of individual and group tours of the brewery are available.

Five award-winning beers are produced here, available on draught or in bottles, and a number of commemorative house beers have been produced for special occasions. There is a popular Brewery Shop with an amazing range of prize-winning beers and brewery produce.

Tours cost from £3.50 per person and need to be booked, so please phone for details of the various tours available and a booking form.

County Museum and Roald Dahl Children's Gallery
Church Street, Aylesbury
Tel: 01296 331441

The County Museum dates back to the 15th century and includes much material on the county's Roman and Celtic past. There are displays of fossils and villages, and exhibitions of trades such as lace making, pottery, jewellery and crafts. There is access for the disabled and a cafe.

The Roald Dahl Gallery has many interactive exhibits which children will enjoy, based on the characters and machines from the author's books.

National Heritage Museum of the Year 1996/7
Winner, Gulbenkian Award for Education 1997/8
Special Museum Commendation, European Museum of the Year Awards 1998

OPENING TIMES & ADMISSION:
County Museum
Monday to Saturday 10.00 - 5.00
Sundays 2.00 - 5.00
Adults £1.50
Children (under 17) free
Entry is free after 4.30

Roald Dahl Gallery
Opening times vary — please phone for details before setting out.
Dahl Gallery tickets include free Museum entry
Adults £3.50
Children (3 to 16) £2.75, under 3s free
At busy times, entrance to the Dahl Gallery is on a timed basis.

Buckingham Old Gaol Museum
The Old Gaol Museum of Buckingham, Market Hill, Buckingham
MK18 1JX
Tel: 01280 823020
Website: www.mkheritage.co.uk/ogb/

Restored by the Buckingham Heritage Trust, the Old Gaol is a landmark building containing a museum which reflects Buckingham's history using an audio-visual display, presented in the various cells.

OPENING TIMES & ADMISSION:
Monday to Saturday 10.00 - 4.00, last admission 3.30 pm
Please telephone for Sunday opening hours
Admission £1.50
Concessions £1.00
Children under 5 free

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