Milestones Living History Museum
Milestones Museum at night
Milestones Museum is located in Hampshire
Milestones Museum
Location within Hampshire
Established1 December 2000
LocationBasingstoke, Hampshire, England
Coordinates51°15′59″N 1°06′41″W / 51.2665°N 1.1115°W / 51.2665; -1.1115
TypeHeritage centre
Public transit accessRoute 8 bus
WebsiteMilestones

Milestones Museum of Living History is a museum located on the Leisure Park in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. Milestones is made up of a network of streets that have been recreated according to those found in Victorian and 1930s Hampshire.

It was opened on 1 December 2000 by Duke of Edinburgh[1][2] as a joint project between Hampshire County Council and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

In the year running 2007/8 the museum received 88,338 visitors.[3]

In 2014, ownership of the Milestones Museum was transferred to the Hampshire Cultural Trust as part of a larger transfer of museums from Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council.[4]

Exhibits

Buildings

Thornycroft J bus outside the Baverstock Arms
1940's kitchen

Features include recreations of:[5][6]

A new addition for 2021 is Mr Simpson's Teddy Bear museum, featuring more than 260 examples dating from 1905 onwards.[7]

Many of the shops and workshops feature sound tracks of appropriate conversations and sound effects.

Road vehicles

There is a large collection of road vehicles, notably by local manufacturers, Thornycroft of Basingstoke and Taskers of Andover. These cover examples of human powered, horse drawn, steam and motor driven vehicles.

Human powered

Twining's reversed tricycle

Horse drawn vehicles

Horse drawn pantechnicon

Steam vehicles

Little Giant traction engine

Include two road rollers by Taskers and two by Wallis & Steevens. There are also two Taskers Little Giant traction engines, one displayed with a log trailer.

Motor vehicles

There are some 25 commercial vehicles along with private cars, two generations of motor buses and a coach.

OEC motorbike and sidecar
1931 Thornycroft Bulldog lorry

Fire Brigade

Shand Mason horse drawn steam pump

The Museum fire station has a selection of hand-propelled, horse-drawn and motorised fire engines.

Railway and tramway stock

Avonside 1572 0-6-0ST "Woolmer"
Portsmouth tram No 84

Temporary exhibitions

Between February and April 2014 the museum hosted an exhibition of Lego models of extinct animals, constructed by Bright Bricks.[36] In 2018, the exhibition returned, focusing on mythical creatures.[37]

A Victorian themed Christmas Market is held in early December.[38]

References

  1. ^ "Sir George Young: Previous Engagements: 2000". Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  2. ^ "At a Meeting of Hampshire County Council held at The Castle, Winchester on Thursday, 14 December 2000 at 11.00 a.m." 14 December 2000. Archived from the original on 23 January 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  3. ^ Katie Barnett (20 August 2008). "Visitors flocking to town museum". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Hampshire and Winchester museums and art leased to trust". BBC News. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ^ "What you'll find in Milestones Living History Museum". .hants.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  6. ^ Milestones. Peterborough: Hudsons Heritage Group. ISBN 0-7117-4183-2.
  7. ^ "Mr Simpson's Teddy Bear Museum". Milestones Museum. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  8. ^ Milestones, p. 19.
  9. ^ Milestones, pp. 6–7.
  10. ^ Milestones, p. 10.
  11. ^ "Thornycroft Wagon 115". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  12. ^ Milestones, p. 5.
  13. ^ "Tasker Tractor 1599". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  14. ^ a b Milestones, p. 15.
  15. ^ "Tasker Tractor 1726, "Blossom"". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Tasker Road Roller 1906". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Tasker Wagon 1915". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  18. ^ Coulls, Amthony (2020). Steam Lorries. Amberley. p. 53. ISBN 9781445698502.
  19. ^ Milestones, p. 23.
  20. ^ "Tasker Road Roller 1933". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Wallis & Steevens Wagon 7279". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  22. ^ "Wallis & Steevens Road Roller 7867, "OldLytham II"". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  23. ^ "Wallis & Steevens Road Roller 7940, "Susie"". Steam Scenes. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  24. ^ "Car, 1907 Tourer, made by Thornycroft, 1907". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  25. ^ a b Milestones, p. 21.
  26. ^ Walker, Alex. "On The Move – Three Wheeling into Milestones!". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  27. ^ Milestones, p. 17.
  28. ^ a b c Milestones, p. 22.
  29. ^ "Lorry / J-Type military lorry". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  30. ^ "Lorry / J-Type lorry". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  31. ^ "Lorry / Handy coal lorry". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  32. ^ "Fire tender / Nubian". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  33. ^ a b Milestones, p. 12.
  34. ^ "Inside Milestones". Milestones. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  35. ^ Milestones, p. 8.
  36. ^ "Explore the LEGO Lost World Zoo at Milestones Museum". Basingstoke Gazette. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  37. ^ "Mythical Beasts - Legendary creatures come to life in LEGO® Bricks | Hampshire Cultural Trust". hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018.
  38. ^ "Christmas Market". Milestones Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

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