insideKENT Magazine Issue 87 - June 2019 | Page 52

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
Kent’s Top 100 ARTS & CULTURE HOTSPOTS
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CRAMPTON TOWER MUSEUM © Thanet Tourism
POWELL-COTTON MUSEUM
36. The Guildhall Museum
Cattle Market, Sandwich CT13 9AH
www.sandwichguildhallmuseum.co.uk 38. Crampton Tower Museum
The Broadway, Broadstairs CT10 2AB
www.cramptontower.co.uk
Situated in the heart of Sandwich, this newly
refurbished museum and archive is now open to
the public. The Crampton Tower Museum is a fascinating
small museum that’s partly housed in a flint tower
adjacent to Broadstairs railway station. Here you
can see the work of the locally born Victorian
engineer, Thomas Crampton.
37. The Huguenot Museum
95 High Street, Rochester ME1 1LX
www.huguenotmuseum.org
The Huguenot Museum is the first and only museum
of Huguenot history in Britain. It tells an important
story of Britain’s first refugees; the crafts, trades
and skills they brought with them and the impact
their contribution has had on the development of
our country.
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THE GUILDHALL MUSEUM
39. Powell-Cotton Museum
Quex Park, Park Lane, Birchington CT7 0BH
www.quexpark.co.uk/museum
Quex Park is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum
and the Powell-Cotton family’s extraordinary
collection of natural history, ethnography and fine
and decorative arts. Quex House, the Powell-Cotton
family home, invites you into the lives of this
remarkable family.
40. Canterbury Roman Museum
Longmarket, 11A Butchery Lane,
Canterbury CT1 2JR
www.canterburymuseums.co.uk/romanmuseum
Canterbury Roman Museum is Kent’s only Roman
museum, providing a fascinating and family-
friendly insight into life in Roman Britain. Visitors
can explore Canterbury’s history, wander through
the marketplace and discover hidden treasures
as they step back – and down – to the streets of
Roman Canterbury.