Maidenhead Heritage Centre

General admission is free. Charges apply to the Grandma Flew Spitfires permanent exhibition and flights on the Spitfire Simulator. This page covers our opening times, how to find Maidenhead Heritage Centre and accessibility information. … Click the image or here to read more...

We offer a range of workshops for KS1 and KS2 that can be delivered at the museum or in your … Click the image or here to read more...

Support the Heritage Centre by purchasing your local history books and Air Transport Auxiliary-related aviation books from our online shop. Gifts, cards and calendars are available for purchase at the … Click the image or here to read more...

The local collection, comprising over 12,000 items, can be viewed online using Search tools provided. Images are available for approximately 40% of items. Register (free-of-charge) to view the … Click the image or here to read more...

Maidenhead Heritage Centre and RBWM Museums & Libraries have pooled their collections of historical maps of Maidenhead to bring you the most comprehensive set available online anywhere. 500 detailed maps of Maidenhead, including Ordnance Survey plans for 1875, 1898, 1911, 1930 and 1950. The … Click the image or here to read more...

Visit our sister website https://atamuseum.org to access the Air Transport Auxiliary archive. Most of the 2-dimensional items have been digitised and can be viewed free-of-charge. The archive … Click the image or here to read more...

Twenty local people were interviewed in 1994 (the 50th anniversary of D-Day) to share their memories, whether on the beaches, at sea with the Navy or in the air. Our exhibition is now a permanent memorial, available for you to read online. There are … Click the image or here to read more...

Our online exhibition tells the story of "Skindles" and the central role it has played for over 150 years in the fashionable Maidenhead riverside … Click the image or here to read more...

What did the Soviet Union know of Maidenhead?  The Cold War came to an end around 1991 with the fragmentation of the USSR - and the Soviet military maps went into the public … Click the image or here to read more...