Venue Description

Chiltern Open Air Museum is a 45 acre outdoor museum that has over 30 rescued historic buildings that have been reconstructed onsite. The buildings were the homes or workplaces of ordinary people from around the Chilterns and include a Victorian Toll House, Blacksmith's forge, tin chapel, replica Iron Age roundhouse and 1940s prefab. There is also a working historic farm that has sheep, goats, cows, heavy horses and chickens. The Museum holds over 25 special family friendly re-enactment living history events each year including Ragged Victorians, Tudor Times and Roman Gladiators, and every Tuesday during Bucks school holidays is a Terrific Tuesday, these are special themed family activity and craft days organised by the Museum's education team. The site is a popular filming location and has been used for filming well known television dramas including Downton Abbey, Grantchester, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Call the Midwife, Midsomer Murders, Horrible Histories and many more.

Accessibility

There are temporary wheelchair ramps into our historic building where possible. The pathways are compact gravel and can be tougher to use a wheelchair on. The Museum has a number of mobility scooters that can be hired free of charge from the ticket office. There are accessible toilets and disabled parking bays.

Accessibility Guide

Accessibility Guide Link: https://www.coam.org.uk/plan-your-visit/access/

Awards List

Gold in the 2013 - 2014 Best Small Visitor Attraction in the Beautiful South Awards for Excellence Bronze in the 2013 -2014 England Small Attraction of the Year The Museum holds the prestigious Sandford Award for Quality Heritage Education Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge Trip Advisor Excellence badge

Toilets

Information about the toilets has not been added for this venue.

Staff

Information about the staff has not been added for this venue.

Assistance dog facilities

Assistance dog exercise facilities

All dogs are welcome on site as long as they are kept on a short lead. Assistance dogs are the only dogs permitted inside the Museum's historic buildings. There is a field next to the Museum's car park that can be used for exercising dogs.

Other assistance dog facilities

There are a number of dog water bowls out onsite.