Benefits

Would you like to be a Museum Friend? There are lots of benefits…

FREE entry, which includes:

  • Special events’ days such as traditional crafts
  • Social events, including speakers
  • Activity days for children
  • Christmas Carols by Candlelight in the Abbey

Discounts, which include:

  • Renting Museum premises such as the cafe for parties
  • Renting the Education room for childrens parties/activities
  • 10% off the price of attending arts and crafts courses

Opportunities to be involved in Open Days:

  • Learning and demonstrating traditional crafts
  • Assisting with car parking
  • Waitressing and washing up
  • Being a monk for a day!

Opportunities to be involved in Friends’ workdays:

  • Preparing for the Museum’s spring opening
  • Putting the Museum to bed for the winter
  • Helping with maintaining the site
  • Carpentry through to window cleaning
  • Basic Restoration work
  • A FREE lunch!

AND …. you will receive a quarterly newsletter, which includes:

  • Updates about everything going on at the Museum
  • Interesting snippets, competitions and amusing anecdotes
  • The chance to see one of your articles in print!