Leaflet-Guides in English, French, German, Japanese, Polish & Spanish are available.
An educational leaflet challenges children to find answers to questions about exhibits in the museum.
 
The ground floor is devoted to a professional exhibition which tells the story of the   Kenilworth Augustinian Abbey   by descriptive plaques and surviving stonework.   The Millennium Exhibition on the ground floor was opened just after Easter 2001. It was part of the Abbey Interpretation Project costing £98980.
The first floor, which was installed in 1994 for £7265, portrays Kenilworth history by relics brought in by residents   Publications are for sale.  
The Museum is staffed by a rota of volunteers.   More volunteers are always welcome to contact the chairman of KHAS,
or else contact Michael Formstone by e-mail :-   m.formstone@ntlworld.com
 
Access on foot from the free Abbey Fields Car Park, or from the bus service 12 stops in Bridge Street or from the bus service U2 stops in Abbey Hill.   Both services run on a Sunday afternoon between Coventry & Leamington Spa and stop in Abbey End by the   Kenilworth Clock Tower   where there is a pay & display car park ( Sunday charges free all day ).   A short walk uphill along Abbey End to the   War Memorial  leads to the steep downhill path in Abbey Fields to the Swimming Baths.
From   Kenilworth Castle   down by a track to a gap near the Ford, after crossing the busy road, paths in Abbey Fields beside the Lake lead to the Swimming Baths.   Outside the baths building there is café on the corner, public toilets including a RADAR disability facility and disabled parking.

Kenilworth Abbey Barn Museum News


July 2010   KWN July 23rdfrontpage :- " Historic Kenilworth road may be protected"   - a campaign for  
" A Case for Conservation - Avenue Road, Kenilworth ( a unique housing development, almost 100 years old )"
 
June 2010   Friends of Abbey Fields, Kenilworth   launch a leaflet on The Trees of Abbey Fields available free from the library.
 
May 2010   Two objects added to the online   BBC "A History of the World" - List of Objects for Coventry & Warks   :-

Anti-aircraft shell nose-cone   and   Bronze Age axe-head

May 2010   A molded stone from the Abbey Ruins was handed over to Fr. Gus O'Reilly from the Church of St. Peter-in-Chains to be incorporated into the resurrected Shrine of Our Lady of Doncaster, along with stones from other Abbeys in England dedicated to Our Lady.   The Mediaeval Shrine was demolished in 1538, the year Kenilworth Abbey was dissolved.   Richard Morris masterminded the exercise.         ( KWN May 21stp.3 :- "Kenilworth abbey stone to sit in pilgrimage prayer garden" with photograph of the handover. )
The Garden Shrine in Doncaster Garden of Our Lady of Doncaster

 
 

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