insideKENT Magazine Issue 87 - June 2019 | Page 50

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
Kent’s Top 100 ARTS & CULTURE HOTSPOTS
MUSEUMS
CONT.
THE HISTORIC DOCKYARD CHATHAM © Robert Radford
31. Lashenden
Air Warfare Museum
Headcorn Aerodrome,
Headcorn TN27 9HX
www.lashendenairwarfaremuseum.co.uk
The Lashenden Air Warfare Museum is
one of the longest established aviation
museums in the country, having been
formed in 1970. The museum collection
was started by members of the Maidstone
branch of the Royal Air Forces Association
in the late 1960s. The museum’s first
aircraft arrived just before Easter 1970,
this being the very rare Fieseler Fi 103R-
4 Reichenberg piloted V1 flying bomb.
32. The Micro Museum
Church Hill, Ramsgate CT11 8RA
www.themicromuseum.org
The Micro Museum is the home to a
unique collection of vintage personal
computers, calculators, games and micro
electronics.
33. The Historic
Dockyard Chatham
Chatham ME4 4TZ
www.thedockyard.co.uk
A visit to The Historic Dockyard Chatham
is an experience like no other. Explore 400
years of history, create your own adventure,
set sail on a voyage of discovery and much
more besides.
34. Kent Battle of
Britain Museum
Aerodrome Road,
Hawkinge CT18 7AG
www.kbobm.org
The world’s largest Battle of Britain
collection of memorabilia, with artefacts
from over 700 crashed aircraft on display.
KENT BATTLE OF BRITAIN MUSEUM
35. The Kent Museum
of Freemasonry
66 St Peter's Place,
Canterbury CT1 2DA
www.kentmuseumoffreemasonry.org.uk
The museum is a hidden treasure which
boasts a rare collection of exhibits of
national and international importance.
The collection of Masonic material is
probably the finest in the UK outside of
London, with a vast collection of regalia
and books covering all Masonic orders
through the ages.
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THE KENT MUSEUM OF
FREEMASONRY