Museum of Kent Life
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The Museum of Kent Life is a museum of agricultural and social history located in Maidstone in the county of Kent, England
The museum occupies 28 acres of countryside and includes a working farm and several historic buildings, such as an coal-fired oast house, a building for drying hops. It is also home to the Cobtree Young Farmers' Club, a recreational program for rural teenagers.
The Museum of Kent Life opened in 1985.
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- BBC News: Royal guest visits sick children. The Countess of Wessex has paid a flying visit to Kent, arriving by helicopter at the Museum of Kent Life at Cobtree in Maidstone.
- Daily Telegraph, filed: 27/08/2005. Bored teenagers get farmed out. Rural youngsters can now find alternatives to under-age drinking and mayhem, says Sarah Lonsdale Mentions the Cobtree Young Farmers' Club at the working farm of the Museum of Kent Life.