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🇬🇧 1940's Weekend - Milton Keynes Museum


Time: 10:30 - 16:30

🇬🇧 We're turning back the clock with the return of our 1940's event next weekend at Milton Keynes Museum. Join us at the Museum for a brilliant family day out – with lots to enjoy...

🗓 2025 DATES
▪️
Saturday 6th September
▪️Sunday 7th September

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
✨️ Re-enactors
✨️ Fabulous 40s films and newsreels
✨️ Live music from Lola Lamour and Johnny Victory
✨️ A Railways at War exhibition
✨️ A selection of wedding dresses from the era
✨️ Traders selling vintage fashion, jewellery and military gear
✨️ Storytelling with Neil Storey
✨️ A steam engine, and small selection of WWI ✨️ military lorries and transport trucks
1940s games for the children
✨️ Children can hunt for Guy the Spy
✨️ Peggy Skivvy will explain what life was like for home-makers
✨️ A look at the important work done by our feathered friends in the conflict
✨️ Learn about rationing – and how a little had to stretch a long way

🍻 FOOD & DRINK
The Granary Tea Room will be open for hot and cold snacks. Real ale bar, and ciders 

✈️ SUNDAY FLYPAST
A flypast by a BBMF Lancaster (Sunday only)

♿️ ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/home/access-statement/

🎟 TICKETS COST:
Pay once and visit the Museum for free for a whole year!
▪️Adult: £17.50
▪️Concession: (Over 65s, student and disabled) £13.50
▪️Child (5-16): £12
▪️Family: £45
▪️Under 5s: FREE
▪️Carers: FREE   

ℹ️ TICKET INFORMATION
Pre-book in advance or turn up on the day. No pre-booking required for annual ticket holders. 

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