Please note:

The Museum is now closed at the Forum centre and along with HRGS we are looking for a new home! 

Our collection is safe and in storage for the time being. Further news and updates here and on Facebook.

During the last couple of years we have worked on ways to bring access to our collection to members and the world at large. We have created our own Youtube channel and produced a number of videos to achieve this. For example: (click on the image and then use the back arrow on browser to return here)

Working Life on Milton Creek - clip

News for Summer 2026:

We are have now moved our collection into storage. We are actively searching for a new location in the town where we can once again display our collection.  Please see our social media or local press for information. 

We will continue to operate online and will gratefully receive any donations made through our Bookshop page.

New Book

The Inns, Taverns and Public Houses of Sittingbourne 5th Edition

Yes our popular book has been updated again!

Price £13.95 +p&p See our online shop for orders.

For UK orders go to our new Shop Portal.

For enquiries or overseas orders please see our Shop page for details of how to order. We also have many other titles on local history.

Contact us

  • E: email – secretary@sittingbourne-museum.co.uk
  • T: 07472 268 388
  • find us on Facebook, Youtube,  Instagram and Twitter

For Volunteering opportunities – please visit our Volunteering page

Join Us

Membership

Our “members” are our supporters, and our friends who support the idea of there being a museum in Sittingbourne to display, represent and educate in all matters related to the history of our town and area.

For our existing members, subscriptions, which help us to keep the museum running, are due now. Please help us by paying your subscription online or by bank transfer. Go to our subscription renewal page for how to do this. Many thanks.

Please see our members information page to subscribe to or unsubscribe from our email list.  See our Facebook page also for news, photographs and debate. We also now have a Youtube channel and will publish short video films here from time to time.

What's new on the website?

If you cannot find something – please do let us know. 21/11/2025

You will find it easier to order and pay for our books on local history using our online SHOP site. 

Sittingbourne's Very Own Museum

Sittingbourne has had a museum since 1999. Sittingbourne Heritage Museum has been in the Forum Shopping Centre, Sittingbourne, but is currently searching for a new location.  The museum houses many objects from Sittingbourne and the surrounding villages which have been donated or loaned by local residents and other museums. We are able to have regularly changing displays, as well as our more permanent features such as ‘The Plough‘ finds cabinet of late medieval items rescued from the demolished public house, which once stood in East Street.

But there is more to the museum than just displays. Behind the scenes, researchers are peering into the town’s past, and then producing highly respected books on various topics.. These books and many more are available on-line and in our small shop which forms an integral part of the museum.

Entry to the museum is free but why not support our museum by becoming a member and receive regular news and information about local history ?

Sittingbourne Heritage Museum is a founding and participating member of Historic Swale – a charity organisation whose aim it is to promote Swale as a heritage destination.

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