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Welcome to the Rye Castle Museum website. Here you can find information about the opening times and admission prices for our two sites, as well as school visits and new exhibitions. There is also information on the all-important Women’s Tower Project, Rye Museum Association and how to join it, our Talks Programme and much else. The talks are held every second Tuesday of the month except for August and sometimes January. The current Latest News page (see above and right) will keep you up-to-date with what is happening at the Museum and you can always catch up on what you’ve missed by clicking Latest News at right and selecting a previous post.
The site has a wealth of information about Rye’s Local History. Here you can search under the categories listed at right for the specific topics that interest you. You can find out about the history of the town–its streets, defences, buildings, notable people, maritime history, trades and industries, what people of the past have said about Rye, stories set in and around Rye as well as the history of our Invasion Coast, the Cinque Ports, Romney Marsh, surrounding towns and villages, smuggling in the Rye area–and much more.
We have a programme (thanks to volunteers) for going through the site to update it and correct errors, but there are undoubtedly things we’ve missed. Please let us know if you spot something which needs amending.
We add new articles when we can so if you cannot find the topic you are looking for, please keep trying, or let us know you’d like us to make the addtion of your topic a priority. There is so much material begging to be added it can be hard to decide what to tackle next! If you would like to contribute to the research or be more involved, then please contact us !
Many of the articles were originally researched and written by a Curator, or volunteers who are members of the Museum or were members of the Rye Local History Group who did research on Rye before they joined together with the Museum in 2004. Some of this material has appeared in the Rye Local History Group Journal, now the Rye Museum and Local History Group Journal. A subscription to the Journal is included with Rye Museum Association membership.
We very much hope you enjoy using the website to find out about Rye Castle Museum and about Rye’s long and fascinating history.