Maidstone Museum reopens to the sounds of concertina concert
Other events include half-term activities for children
The Kettlebridge Concertinas will be celebrating World Concertina Day at Maidstone Museum. Images supplied by Maidstone Borough Council
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Maidstone Museum will be reopening to the public on Wednesday, February 9, kicking off the season with an imaginative temporary exhibition ‘The Plaxtol Protocol’.
This exhibition at the museum, owned and run by Maidstone Borough Council, is set in an imaginary venue in the West Country. It features obscure rural implements, fossils, a three-in-one basket, a copper shield, weapons, folk art, a hooked spoon and a particularly heavy coin hoard. Entrance to the exhibition is £4 per adult, £2 a child aged five years and over, or a family ticket is £10.
To welcome visitors back for the first Saturday, the Kettlebridge Concertinas will be knocking out a wall of sound between 10.30am and 2.30pm on Saturday, February 12 in celebration of World Concertina Day. They will also be bringing concertinas along for visitors to have a go.
Councillor Martin Round, Chair of the economic, regeneration and leisure committee said: “I do love to visit Maidstone Museum with all the local treasures from our past and am thrilled it is re-opening. I bet the concertinas will create some great music, filling the museum with fantastic authentic sounds, it will be a lively day, why not come along.”
Maidstone Museum also has half term events planned from Wednesday, February 16 to Friday, February 18 and for details of these visit https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk/whats-on/events/february-half-term-2022/
The main Maidstone Museum is free to enter and from February 9 is open Wednesday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm with the last entry at 3.30pm.
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