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Celebrate Easter at Medway’s egg-cellent heritage attractions

Published: Monday, 20th March 2023

History will be brought to life at Medway’s fantastic heritage sites over the Easter holidays.

  • Discover fairies and folklore at Eastgate House this spring

    Published: Tuesday, 7th March 2023

    Do you touch wood for luck, avoid walking under ladders, have a lucky gnome in your garden or even a green man?

  • A photograph of the letter and envelope which has been donated to The Guildhall Museum by Stephen Downham.

    New Dickens letter will soon be on display in Medway

    Published: Tuesday, 7th February 2023

    A new letter, written by Charles Dickens’ son, will soon be on display in Medway.

  • A black and white arial photograph from 1920 showing the road between Chatham and Rochester

    Remarkable heritage of the high street between Rochester and Chatham recognised

    Published: Wednesday, 1st February 2023

    A collection of historic buildings and sites around the high street which runs between Rochester and Chatham have been listed at Grade II by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

  • Celebrate Christmas at Medway’s beautiful Tudor mansion

    Published: Monday, 5th December 2022

    Residents are invited to step back in time this Christmas at Eastgate House.

  • Arts Council England funding success for Kent-Medway Museum Partnership

    Published: Friday, 4th November 2022

    The Kent and Medway Museum Partnership is thrilled to announce it has once again been awarded Arts Council England funding as a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO). 

  • Isaac Newell: more than a name

    Published: Tuesday, 25th October 2022

    Find out more about the Medway boy who was an inspiration for football in Argentina at a new exhibition.

  • Have a spooktacular Halloween in Medway

    Published: Monday, 17th October 2022

    Grab your broomsticks, dust off your capes and polish your cauldrons - there are plenty of fun activities for the whole family to enjoy across Medway during the October half-term.

  • A picture of Chatham House in Medway newly revitalised

    A Medway historic listed building has been revitalised

    Published: Tuesday, 27th September 2022

    Work to restore the front of a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion in Rochester has been completed.

  • Medway's wonderful wedding venues

    Published: Wednesday, 31st August 2022

    Couples are invited to create their own historic moments in unique locations as Medway reveals its hidden gems - a collection of venues available for a range of ceremonies, celebrations and events.

  • Two mannequin heads wearing 50s style sunglasses, one is wearing a 50s scarf wrapped around its head and the other has a straw hat on

    Step back into the fabulous fifties at Eastgate House

    Published: Monday, 1st August 2022

    Take a trip back to the decade when austerity and rationing gave way to glamour and rock’n’roll at Medway’s beautiful Tudor mansion.

  • A toy Corgi, with a crown on it's head, sitting on a blue pillow with Eastgate House in the background

    Celebrating Her Majesty The Queen's favourite dog breed

    Published: Friday, 27th May 2022

    Cuddly Corgis will be hidden around a Grade I Elizabethan house to help get visitors into the jubilee spirit. 

  • Celebrating Medway’s hidden heroes

    Published: Thursday, 3rd February 2022

    We are launching a new campaign, Medway’s Heroes in Time, to find hidden heroes in local history.

  • Work to revitalise one of Medway’s historic listed buildings is well underway

    Published: Tuesday, 25th January 2022

    Work is well underway to restore a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion in Rochester.

  • HMS Chatham funnel badge will soon be on display for residents to admire

    Published: Friday, 3rd September 2021

    We're inviting residents to view a piece of naval history when it goes up on display in Chatham. 

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