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The Gladiator Games will take place at Chiltern Open Air Museum on Sunday 28th May and Bank Holiday Monday 29th May 2023. Buy your tickets today. coam.org.uk/events/family-event-gladiator-games/

A brief history of our rare-breed Oxford Down sheep, and the folding system that we use to raise them.

In this, the second episode of Iron Age Living, we examine the sorts of foods that Iron Age people ate and even grind our own flour in a rotary quern! Bread and butter really are timeless classics... SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: ChilternOpenAirMuseumEvents Twitter: ChilternOAM Instagram: chilternoam

In the final episode of our Iron Age Living trilogy, we look at the resource that defined the era: iron! There's tools and weapons aplenty, as well as fetching woollen cloaks and brilliant gold jewellery. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: ChilternOpenAirMuseumEvents Twitter: ChilternOAM Instagram: chilternoam

In the first episode of our Iron Age Living series, we're looking at the roundhouse: the home, meeting area and workplace that acted as the heart of Iron Age communities. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: ChilternOpenAirMuseumEvents Twitter: ChilternOAM Instagram: chilternoam

Discover the history of our forge, including its exciting relocation to our site, and learn from a professional blacksmith. Local blacksmith Mark Harding talks about his craft and answers some FAQs put to him by our presenter, Joe. To book an experience day in which you can learn to make what's in this video, visit our website: coam.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/14492?catID=13126

Jess the sheepdog pup working the sheep at Chiltern Open Air Museum at 10 months old.

Volunteer shepherd, Steve Stone, is training his puppy, Jess, to be a sheep dog at Chiltern Open Air Museum. You can follow his progress on coam.org.uk/category/sheep-dogs/

Today is #GivingTuesday . As an independent charity we receive no regular funding and have to generate all our own income. It's been a tough year for us. Please watch our video and, if you can, make a small donation and help protect our beautiful museum so it can be enjoyed by everyone.

A tin chapel from Henton in Oxfordshire that is now reconstructed at Chiltern Open Air Museum.

The reconstructed WW1 Nissen bow hut at Chiltern Open Air Museum in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.

A reconstructed Victorian toll house at Chiltern Open Air Museum. The building was originally on the London Road at High Wycombe.

A reconstructed earth cottage at Chiltern Open Air Museum. The earth is called wychert and is only found in Haddenham in Buckinghamshire. The inside has interpreted to show three different time periods in the building's history 1840, 1910 and 1977.

1940s Prefab at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Blacksmith Demonstrations at Chiltern Open Air Museum

The Little Red Hen School Workshop at COAM

Goodnight Mister Tom school theme day at Chiltern Open Air Museum

COAM lamb 2 hours old 2017

Michelle Paver Q&A session with school visitors at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Wolf Brother literacy workshop at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Storytelling and popcorn making at COAM

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New baby lamb at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Chalfont St Peter Parish Church

Making an Iron Age bread oven out of daub

Steve and Ted moving the sheep at Chiltern Open Air Museum

Suffragettes

Kirsty Bone Learning to Thatch

Kirsty Bone Preparing Straw for Thatching