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...

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...

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...

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...

Try out the side-by-side map. It shows old Maidenhead alongside familiar contemporary maps - and you can change the layers displayed yourself. The maps are not available to print but you can screen-grab. Maidenhead Heritage Centre and RBWM Museums & Libraries have pooled their collections … 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...

The British public first saw the Spitfire at the RAF Hendon air display on Saturday 27 June 1936. Although full-scale production was supposed to begin immediately, numerous … Click the image, or here, to read more...

Inspirational women from a century of Maidenhead life were under the spotlight (July/August 2019).  Nick Forder, curator at the town’s museum, put together a fascinating … Click the image - or here - to read more

The 80th anniversary of the formation of ATA was marked with special new displays which featured ATA pilots and flight engineers (including Freddie Laker) with strong connections … Click the image - or here - to read more

Opened 23rd February 2020 All the World's a Stage was the exhibition running when Maidenhead Heritage Centre closed for the Covid-19 outbreak. Photographs of the exhibits and the 14 wall panels are … Click the image - or here - to read more