Uffington Museum

Tom Brown’s School Museum in Uffington was originally the old school room, founded in 1617 by Thomas Saunders for 12 worthy boys at a time when education for the poor did not exist. The building became the village museum in 1984 and each year has a temporary exhibition highlighting one aspect of the local area.  The museum changed its name to Uffington Museum in 2024.

Uffington Museum is one of the smallest museums in Oxfordshire, run entirely by volunteers and was granted Accreditation status in 2013 by Arts Council England.

The museum explains the history and archaeology of the area including the White Horse, illustrates the village’s connection with Thomas Hughes and Tom Brown’s School Days and also the time that the late poet laureate Sir John Betjeman lived in the village. It continues to record the changes in village life in Uffington with nearly half the collection consisting of photograph’s and articles from the late 1800’s to the present day. Uffington museum is open 2pm to 5pm every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday from Easter until the end of October and entry is free. If you have an interest in the White Horse, John Betjeman or Thomas Hughes or if you have relatives that lived or are still living in Uffington then don’t miss the opportunity to visit this ‘little gem’ of a museum.