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Maidstone Museum

St Faith's St
Maidstone, ME14 1LH United Kingdom Get Directions
01622602839
https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk/
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Hooden Horse

‘Animal Guising & The Kentish Hooden Horse’ Exhibition At Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum St Faith's St, Maidstone

The Hooden Horse can be seen snapping its teeth and causing havoc at many folk festivals, but where did it come from and how does it relate to other animal disguises around the UK? This exhibition unites Maidstone Museum’s two old Hooden Horses with their early surviving cousins; Morris Dancing revival horses; Northern skull horses; the Old Tup; Mari Lwyd; Obby Osses; and stag disguises. It explores the Christmas house-calling custom of Hoodening and its reinvention as Autohoodening, a new […]

Free

An exterior photograph of Maidstone Museum, taken from a corner view.

April Fools Fun Day At Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum St Faith's St, Maidstone

Performances in the museum: ·      Whitstable Hoodeners ·      Dover Tales Performances in Fremlin Walk: ·      Invictus Mugistis Equinus (IME) from the Broadstairs Folk Festival

An exterior photograph of Maidstone Museum, taken from a corner view.

Public Talks At Maidstone Museum Library

Maidstone Museum St Faith's St, Maidstone

·      Mark Norman, writer and broadcaster (Folklore Podcast) ·      Ben Edge, artist of Frontline Folklore works

An exterior photograph of Maidstone Museum, taken from a corner view.

May Games Fun Day At Maidstone Museum

Maidstone Museum St Faith's St, Maidstone

Performances in the museum: ·      Canterbury and Tonbridge Hoodeners ·      Bedford Handbell Ringers Performances in Fremlin Walk: ·      Trudgepig’s Beast Herding Public talk in the museum library: ·      Dr Geoff Doel: Horse Cults of Britain Free entry.

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