Huguenot Museum — Attraction in England

A small museum on the first floor of what is/was the Tourist Information Centre. The museum, modest cost c£5:00 (with concessions) tells an important aspect of the history of Rochester and nation. The Huguenots fled persecution from Franch, during war of religion. During the same period in history in England Elizabethan laws were applied by successive protestant monarch against English Catholics and other non-conformists. For a small museum, it covers a lot of history and is very informative with artifacts from the period including a bible that was baked in a loaf of bread to hide it. A wonderful and detailed dolls house a small sculpture as well a other objects use in daily, religious and medical life including a bleeding pan. The Hugonauts founded the French Protestant hospital further down the high street. Currently below the museum is displayed one of the original HMV paintings of Nipper - His...

Sometimes making a detour can be the best part of a trip. Certainly was the case today. The sweeps festival and Guild hall, Dickens etc in Rochester was a great plan but..... Coming across from the station if I can recommend an unmissable stop, The Huguenot Museum before you get to the high St. (It's upstairs to the left)

Please come with a learners mind. It is a very well put together exhibition and such informed staff who were so so helpful.

Huguenot history is such a lesson to be learn for all of us. The pains of religion and how we must look after those who have suffered.

I truly recommend an hour here.

Don't pay attention to negative reviews below. Size of a museum...

First of all I was asked by the woman behind the desk if I wanted the pensioner entry price and when I politely replied no because I am not a pensioner all I got was Oh make sure to see the dollshouse which was very beautiful. Today is my 54th birthday and I am prematurely grey. I had been looking forward to going round for ages as I am of Hugenot descent. I spent as little time as I could as I was so upset and as soon as I rejoined my husband and daughter outside, we went off somewhere quiet and I burst into tears because of how I was spoken to. I had so been looking forward to today's visit and it was utterly ruined by how I was spoken to especially as it is...