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Maidenhead Heritage Centre is a heritage centre and museum in the town of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.[1]
Maidenhead Heritage Centre and Museum was founded in 1993. The centre presents the history of Maidenhead history from Roman times to the present.[2] It collects and preserves artefacts, photographs, documents, and sound recordings, to illustrate local history. The Maidenhead Archaeological & Historical Society,[3] founded in 1960–1, collaborates with the centre.[4]
In December 2006, the centre and museum moved to a permanent location in Park Street. Special exhibitions are organised and presented,[5] for example one on Maidenhead Bridge, the main historic road bridge to the east of the town, in 2007, marking its 230th anniversary.[6] There is a permanent exhibition of material related to the Air Transport Auxiliary, which was based at White Waltham Airfield.[7]
The museum was accredited by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in 2009.[8]
References
edit- ^ Maidenhead Heritage Centre, Culture24.
- ^ Local History – Maidenhead 100AD to Present Day Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine, Maidenhead Heritage Centre.
- ^ Maidenhead Archaeological & Historical Society, archaeology.co.uk.
- ^ Current archaeology, Issues 128–145, A. & W. Selkirk, 1992, page 21.
- ^ Maidenhead Heritage Centre, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.
- ^ Maidenhead Heritage Centre Celebrates Bridge To Prosperity, Culture24, 1 August 2007.
- ^ "Permanent ATA exhibition Grandma Flew Spitfires".
- ^ Centre gets seal of approval[permanent dead link], Local Berkshire, 5 November 2009.