AIM_size_designation Small Museum (up to 20,000 visitors p.a.)
AIM_size_source mm.aim.0504
Accreditation Unaccredited
Address_line_1 Lock Lane
Address_line_2 Sandling
Admin_hierarchy /England/South East (English Region)/Kent (English County)/Maidstone (English District or Borough)
DOMUS_Subject_Matter agriculture
DOMUS_identifier 708
Deprivation_index 6
Deprivation_index_crime 2
Deprivation_index_education 7
Deprivation_index_employment 8
Deprivation_index_health 10
Deprivation_index_housing 3
Deprivation_index_income 8
Deprivation_index_services 1
Geodemographic_group Thriving Rural
Geodemographic_group_code 1br
Geodemographic_group_name_long 1br-Thriving Rural
Geodemographic_subgroup Rural Growth Areas
Geodemographic_subgroup_code 1b2r
Geodemographic_subgroup_name_long 1b2r-Rural Growth Areas
Geodemographic_supergroup Affluent England
Geodemographic_supergroup_code 1r
Geodemographic_supergroup_name_long 1r-Affluent England
Governance Government-Local_Authority
Identifier_used_in_source_database SE000451
Latitude 51.297284
Longitude 0.508202
Name_of_museum Kent Life
Notes Hybrid (Devolved 1992 - Initially the museum was devolved to a Trust. It is unclear when this arrangement ended, but as of 2015 the museum is operated by Planning Solutions Ltd on behalf of Maidstone Borough Council). Previously known as 'Museum of Kent Life'
Postcode ME14 3AU
Primary_provenance_of_data domus
Region_country South East
Size medium
Size_prov domus
Subject_Matter Rural_Industry-Farming
Town_or_City Maidstone
Visitor_Numbers_Data 10:50197:2005:Babbidge, Ewles & Smith. 2006. 'Moving to Museum Trusts'
Year_closed 9999:9999
Year_opened 1985:1985
Year_opened_source https://kentlife.org.uk/about-us/
media 0
project_id mm.domus.SE451