About

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.

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Disabled Access Information Provided by Chiltern Open Air Museum

Disabled Access at Chiltern Open Air Museum

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.

Accessible parking at Chiltern Open Air Museum

There are disabled parking areas in our car park.

Dedicated on site parking

Toilets features at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Accessible toilet

A designated accessible toilet designed for wheelchair users and others with visible and non-visible accessibility requirements is available within the main public areas.