Powell - Cotton Museum, Quex House & Gardens
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Overview
The Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens offers an exciting, fun and interactive day out for all. Major Powell-Cotton (1866-1940) devoted his life to the study of the animals and many different cultures of Africa. This museum, founded in 1895, is his legacy, consisting of animal dioramas, ethnography, weaponry, archaeology, ceramics and artefacts from around the world. In "The Cube" visitors can handle over 400 objects. Also on display in Quex House, the family home, are collections of paintings, Eastern and Asian furniture, and English period furniture. There are also seven acres of gardens with woodland walks and a Victorian walled garden filled with unusual plants. Throughout the year there is also a programme of events, activities and temporary exhibitions.
Features
- Opening Times
- Opening Times: Museum and Gardens open 10 Jan-17 Dec, Tue-Sun 10-5 (last entry 4.30). House open Apr-Oct, Tue-Sun 1-4
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Parking nearby
- Cafe
About the area
Kent is home to the White Cliffs of Dover, an English icon that marks the point where the Kent Downs AONB stretches from the Surrey Hills down to the sea. Visitors can explore historic parklands, including Knole Park and Sir Winston Churchill’s former home at Chartwell, or beautiful nature reserves, such as the coppiced woodlands of Denge Wood and Earley Wood and the ancient fine chalk woodland of Yockletts Bank.
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