Ampthill Micro-Museum

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1 Bedford Street
Ampthill, England MK45 2LU
Situated above Ampthill Fireplaces, the Ampthill-micro museum is the first of its kind in Bedfordshire. Detailing the past of our historic Georgian market town, Ampthill. The exhibition shows the history of the small Bedfordshire town all the way back to 1089 with its initial mentioning in King William the Conqueror’s Domesday book. Travelling through time the exhibit shows how the town was involved with King Henry VIII, the rapid redevelopment of the 1700s and many more interesting points in the towns long history. The museum also allows visitors to get hands on with history, featuring a copy of the famous book ‘Masquerade’ by Kit Williams which sent the whole country on a treasure hunt for a golden hare which was buried in Ampthill and inspired a whole generation of treasure-hunting books, this amongst other things are available to view in the museum. The museum is open 10am-5pm Monday to Friday and 10am-4pm on Saturday.

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Photo of Henry M
nothing stuffy or dusty
11/20/2019

a fantastic place and clearly a lot of love and thought has gone into arranging the exhibits. Strong...

Photo of Inspiration52827
A great way to spend 30 minutes if you're in Ampthill
3/25/2019

Really interesting, especially the Masquerade book info. Nice people that run it too, a great thing ...

Photo of Louis J
A great micro insight to Ampthill
9/7/2017

Very informative with lots of interesting history. I really liked the way it's displayed. The people...

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