Study Mornings in the KAS Library
Now autumn is here, your mind may be turning from the garden to your research interest. We would like to remind you that the KAS library in Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery contains an extensive collection of material to aid your research as well as being a pleasant location for pursuing your studies.
Wednesday mornings is the best time to visit if you require access to the Visual Records or the books in the locked cabinets. On a Wednesday morning a lot of activities are taking place and you can be sure to find someone to talk with and perhaps help you with your enquiries. However, their success has meant that the library is getting increasingly busy so we are grateful to our new volunteers, Ann and Helen, for enabling us to initiate an additional study morning on Thursdays, starting from September. Ann is working on the Visual Records and Helen is helping us establish order in our book collection. One of them will be present in the library on most Thursday mornings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and they will be pleased to see you. We hope the new Thursday morning study group will cater for those who enjoy pursuing their individual studies in a friendly and sociable but fairly quiet atmosphere.
The Book and Visual Records catalogues are available online to assist you in planning your visit. The library is open every day in line with the opening hours of Maidstone Museum. You can visit at your convenience, with the reservations that during term time the Library is used for our popular Adult Learning series on Mondays and occasionally Committees meet in there. To avoid disappointment we advise checking the online diary on the website before you set out. We also ask you to please remember your KAS membership card and sign in at the front desk and again in our visitors’ book in the Library.
For details of all of the above see the website: http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk
If you intend to spend the day studying in Maidstone then we would recommend using the Maidstone Park and Ride facilities as there is a stop close to the Museum. If you come by rail, the Museum is very close to Maidstone East Railway Station. Limited parking is available in Fremlin Walk and in the streets around the Museum. Lunch, tea, coffee and snacks are available downstairs at The Barge Kentish café-Deli, which comes highly recommended.
If you require more information please contact Pernille at Pernillerichards@gmail.com. We hope to see you in the Library soon.
A major resource for local historians and many specialists. It documents the family's large holdings in many places throughout Kent.
now available online www.kentarchaeology.ac and select ‘Wotton Surveys’
The product of an adult learning course led by Dr. Jacqueline Bower