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.
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
Features include recreations of:[5][6]
a Victorian public house, the Baverstock Arms, named for a 19th-century Alton brewer. Serves alcoholic refreshments at lunchtime.
a Victorian railway station based on the GWR station at Winchester (Chesil). Features a 4mm scale model of the station with operating trains.
1940s period home interiors, kitchen and living room.
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.
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.
EL 3908 Thornycroft Steam Wagon, works number 115, built in 1902.[11]
AA 5296 Taskers Little Giant, works number 1599, built in 1914.[12][13]
SR 1294 Taskers Little Giant, works number 1726, built in 1917.[14][15]
BD 7994 Taskers road roller, works number 1906, built in 1923.[16]
YB 183 Taskers Little Giant steam lorry, works number 1915, built in 1924.[17] The only surviving Taskers steam lorry.[18]
OT 8201 Taskers road roller, works number 1933, built in 1928.[19][20]
AA 2470 Wallis & Steevens steam wagon, works number 7279.[21]
OT 3078 Wallis & Steevens Advance road roller, works number 7867 built in 1926.[22]
OT 8512 Wallis & Steevens Simplicity road roller, works number 7940, built in 1928.[23]
Motor vehicles
There are some 25 commercial vehicles along with private cars, two generations of motor buses and a coach.
Cars
BS 8239 Thornycroft 4 seater, built in 1903.
H 2499 Thornycroft 14HP open tourer, built in 1905.
DS 6683 Thornycroft open tourer, built in 1907.[24]
DS 6684 Thornycroft 30HP open tourer, built in 1907.
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
^"Sir George Young: Previous Engagements: 2000". Retrieved 6 March 2009.
^"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.
^Katie Barnett (20 August 2008). "Visitors flocking to town museum". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
^"Hampshire and Winchester museums and art leased to trust". BBC News. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^"What you'll find in Milestones Living History Museum". .hants.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^Milestones. Peterborough: Hudsons Heritage Group. ISBN 0-7117-4183-2.
^"Car, 1907 Tourer, made by Thornycroft, 1907". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ a bMilestones, p. 21. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMilestones (help)
^Walker, Alex (13 January 2021). "On The Move – Three Wheeling into Milestones!". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^Milestones, p. 17. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMilestones (help)
^ a b cMilestones, p. 22. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMilestones (help)
^"Lorry / J-Type military lorry". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^"Lorry / J-Type lorry". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^"Lorry / Handy coal lorry". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^"Fire tender / Nubian". Hampshire Cultural Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ a bMilestones, p. 12. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMilestones (help)
^"Inside Milestones". Milestones. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^Milestones, p. 8. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMilestones (help)
^"Explore the LEGO Lost World Zoo at Milestones Museum". Basingstoke Gazette. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
^"Mythical Beasts - Legendary creatures come to life in LEGO Bricks | Hampshire Cultural Trust". hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018.
^"Christmas Market". Milestones Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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