Rural Life Living Museum Project

Our exhibition at the Rural Life Living Museum ran from 11th April with their Surrey Hills Spring Fair and the 19th April for their Founders day events, both of which saw record number of visitors to the museum and around 500 members of the public came and saw our exhibition

The Santa Special event wrapped up our 2025 programme of work at the Rural Life Living Museum. It was a cold and dark couple of weekends, which brought our Year of Photography project to a temporary close. We’ve since kicked off a new year of engagement with the RLLM, and we can’t wait to see how this one develops.

The Big Thank You event is the Museums way of show their appreciation for all the Volunteers who’ve given up their time during the year and put in countless hours of work on site to make the Museum tick.

One of the Museum’s longest-running and most loved events, Land Rover Day brings together a wonderful variety of vehicles – from vintage classics to modern models – all celebrating the iconic Land Rover.

This is a must see event for classic car enthusiasts. The Museum is packed with shining paintwork and gleaming chrome during this very special 1 day event as they welcome classic, veteran and vintage vehicle owners and clubs for the day.

See the Museum come alive with fire engines spanning over a century – from early 1900s classics to modern-day machines.

The Woodyard at the museum is a typical 1950s style working sawmill with various items of equipment powered by belt using petrol or steam engines.

The Farnham Beekeepers’ Association (FBKA) is based at the Rural Life Living Museum, with their hives located near the entrance to the museum.

Tilford, a Village at War is one of the premier second world war re-enactment events in the UK. The day begins and ends with the colours ceremony on the village green, visitors explore the military encampments, visit the control room, witness bomb disposal, learn about rationing and the war on the home front and experience the chaos of an air raid.

Each year in April we celebrate Founders Day to mark the astonishing achievement of the Museum’s founders, Madge and Henry Jackson who lived on site in Old Kiln Cottage and who built the Museum, with help from their friends, in their garden.