Rye Castle Museum

News Flash

Rye Town Council at its meeting of 26th October voted to contribute £5000 to the Women’s Tower Project!  (See below)

A Reminder:  Winter Opening Hours begin on 1st November.  

The East Street site will be closed until April, but the Ypres Tower will be open 10:30 – 3:30 on Saturdays and Sundays.

Are these dates in your diary? 

All these events take place at the East Street site.   

7 November:     Craft Fair  10:00 – 4:00

28 November:  Christmas Craft Fair  10:00 – 4:00

 5 December:    Christmas Grotto  Meet Santa!   Starting time to be announced

12 December    Coffee Morning  10:30 – 12:30

And there are two not-to-be-missed talks before the end of the year too.  Talks are held at the Museum’s East Street site and begin at 7:30.    Admission for members is £1.50 for members and £2.50 for guests. including refreshments.   There is always a raffle as well.

Tuesday, November 19th     Imogen Corrigan
The Dregs of the People Remain:   The Black Death and its Aftermath

After her successful talk on children in the Middle Ages,  Imogen Corrigan returns to tell us about the impact of the Black Death on people’s views of death and the afterlife.  A pertinent topic for Ryers as our Romney Marsh was profoundly affected.

Tuesday, December 8th    Monica Janssen
Ten Beds that Made History

Local author and play director Monica Janssens has written another book. this time  about Beds in Historyand will share what she has learned about ten of them in this talk at the Museum.

 Women’s Tower Project

Since the launch of the Women’s Tower Project on 25th August, those yellow forms for buying bricks, stones, castellations and other parts for the restoration of the Women’s Tower at the Ypres Castle have continued to come in. Is yours among them?      Rye Town Council has given us a big boost by voting to grant  £5000 to the project for which we are very grateful.  We hope others will follow their good example.

Once the necessary repairs have been completed we hope to use this rare survival of a Women’s Tower to house displays showing the life of Rye’s women and children in the past. If you too would like to be part of this project and have not received a leaflet providing details and a form, do visit either of the Rye Castle Museum sites or contact the Museum (01797-226728 or info@ryemuseum.co) You would have the satisfaction of knowing you had helped to save a special building of our town so it can not only be used by Ryers but also provide yet another attraction for visitors.

Rye Castle Museum Website

We’ve been busy re-organising and adding articles to the site http://www.ryemuseum.co.uk/. Just uploaded are more articles under  Notable People,  Romney Marsh, Rye Harbour, Trades and Industries and  Buildings and Streets . And there is a new category:  Said about Rye  – what people of the past have said about our town.   Further additions  are on the way so keep checking….  The possibilities are endless.  Thanks to those who have already volunteered to help with typing, editing, writing,  managing photos…..  Several have already started work!   If you too would like to be part of the team,  please drop an email to jlfloydeltc@gmail.com    There are jobs for all who are willing!