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Rural Life Living Museum

Visit us in the Surrey Hills and discover our ancient heritage and inspiring collection of rural machinery, artefacts and objects. Something for all ages to explore.

A painting of some of the collections at the Rural Life Living Museum. Image by Steve Wells.
Painted by Steve Wells

Admission details

Paid entry for Museum and Museum Events Annual Membership.

Location

The Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL.

Opening hours

We have different opening times summer and winter and sometimes close for private events so please check before visiting.

What's On

Adult Course - Craft Courses; printing and dyeing

13/08/2025

Adult Course - Craft Courses; printing and dyeing

Adult Course - Craft Courses; printing and dyeing

20/08/2025

Adult Course - Craft Courses; printing and dyeing

Steam at Work 6th & 7th September

06/09/2025 - 07/09/2025

Steam at Work 6th & 7th September

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See more events at the Rural Life Living Museum
Photo by © Mike Carrington affcc.uk

See the rest of the events we have on this year!

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A painting of the stable block at the Rural Life Living Museum. Image by Hugh Walker.
Painted by Hugh Walker

Explore and Discover

There is so much to see and do at the Rural Life Living Museum. An ancient site, historic countryside buildings, a large collection of implements and objects from rural life, machinery, cycles, fire engines and much more….. Welcome. Come in. Explore.

Learning

Be Curious. Be inspired. We welcome school visits, youth group sessions, host adult courses and work in partnership with our community on our outreach programme. We have collection-based loan boxes available for classrooms and community groups to hire. It's what our museum does best: learning and discovery - come and see us and be inspired!

Private Hire and Events

Have fun. Celebrate. Get work done. We have private hire options for all occasions: vehicle rally's, sales events, business meetings, staff volunteer days, parties, weddings, wakes, heritage filming and much more. Hire our unique space for your special event or team day. Enjoy our rural setting and surrounding countryside as we help organise the day.

A photo of the Rural Life Living Museum driveway A photo of the Rural Life Living Museum's traction engine in steam.