Quiet Hours 2024
Throughout 2024, we will be offering a series of Quiet Hours for visitors who are neurodivergent to enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
These Quiet Hours will run on selected days during the school holidays and selected event days.
All Quiet Hours run between 9am and 10am, with the Museum opening as usual from 10am.
Find out more about our upcoming Quiet Hours here;
February half term - Friday 16 February
Our Aircraft Factory the home of our Wellington Bomber, the Flight Shed where you have a go at deciphering Morse Code, step inside the Vickers Wellington walkthrough as well as being able to get up close and sit in the pilot’s seats of the Hawker Hunter and Harrier aircraft* and the London Bus Museum with a wide array of buses on display from vintage to modern.
Visitors who are neurodivergent can enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our half term family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 4pm when all our exhibit areas will be open. *some activities have step access only
Easter holidays - Monday 8 April 9am - 10am
As part of World Autism Acceptance Week 2024, we will be opening our Motoring Village which includes the Jackson shed – British Grand Prix: Where it all began, Campbel ERA Shed - Fastest on earth: Racing Legends of Brooklands and the Barnes Wallis Stratosphere Chamber an hour for a Quiet Hour, for visitors who are neurodivergent to enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our Easter family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 5pm when all our exhibit areas will be open.
May half term - Friday 31 May
We will be opening our Motoring Village which includes the Jackson shed – British Grand Prix: Where it all began, Campbel ERA Shed - Fastest on earth: Racing Legends of Brooklands and the Barnes Wallis Stratosphere Chamber for a Quiet Hour, for visitors who are neurodivergent to enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our half term family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 5pm when all our exhibit areas will be open.
Working Vehicles Day - Saturday 20 July
We will open our gates an hour early at 9am for a Quiet Hour for our second Working Vehicles Day so that you can see the big, unusual and surprisingly familiar up close!
We will also be opening our Motoring Village which includes the Jackson shed – British Grand Prix: Where it all began, Campbel ERA Shed - Fastest on earth: Racing Legends of Brooklands and the Barnes Wallis Stratosphere Chamber for visitors who are neurodivergent to enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 5pm when all our exhibit areas will be open
Summer holidays
Tuesday 30 July
Our Aircraft Factory the home of our Wellington Bomber, the Flight Shed where you have a go at deciphering Morse Code, step inside the Vickers Wellington walkthrough as well as being able to get up close and sit in the pilot’s seats of the Hawker Hunter and Harrier aircraft* and the London Bus Museum with a wide array of buses on display from vintage to modern. Visitors who are neurodivergent can enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our half term family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 5pm when all our exhibit areas will be open. *some activities have step access only
Saturday 17 August
We will be opening our Motoring Village which includes the Jackson shed – British Grand Prix: Where it all began, Campbel ERA Shed - Fastest on earth: Racing Legends of Brooklands and the Barnes Wallis Stratosphere Chamber for visitors who are neurodivergent to enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our half term family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 5pm when all our exhibit areas will be open.
Wednesday 28 August
We will be opening an hour earlier between 9am and 10am for a Quiet Hour with our Aircraft Factory the home of our Wellington Bomber, the Flight Shed where you have a go at deciphering Morse Code, step inside the Vickers Wellington walkthrough as well as being able to get up close and sit in the pilot’s seats of the Hawker Hunter and Harrier aircraft* and the London Bus Museum with a wide array of buses on display from vintage to modern. Visitors who are neurodivergent can enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our Summer Holiday family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 5pm when all our exhibit areas will be open. *some activities have step access only
Emergency Services Day - Sunday 15 September
We will open our gates an hour early at 9am for a Quiet Hour for our annual fun filled Emergency Services Day - where you will see a wide variety of emergency vehicles and pieces of apparatus used in our emergency services. This will be an impressive line-up of current serving vehicles and older historic vehicles with no sirens or flashing lights operating for the Quiet Hour period.
We will also open our Motoring Village which includes the Jackson shed – British Grand Prix: Where it all began, Campbel ERA Shed - Fastest on earth: Racing Legends of Brooklands and the Barnes Wallis Stratosphere Chamber for visitors who are neurodivergent to enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 5pm when all our exhibit areas will be open.
October half term - Thursday 31 October
We will be opening our Motoring Village which includes the Jackson shed – British Grand Prix: Where it all began, Campbel ERA Shed - Fastest on earth: Racing Legends of Brooklands and the Barnes Wallis Stratosphere Chamber, for visitors who are neurodivergent to enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our half term family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 5pm when all our exhibit areas will be open.
Christmas holidays - Sunday 28 December
Our Aircraft Factory the home of our Wellington Bomber, the Flight Shed where you have a go at deciphering Morse Code, step inside the Vickers Wellington walkthrough as well as being able to get up close and sit in the pilot’s seats of the Hawker Hunter and Harrier aircraft* and the London Bus Museum with a wide array of buses on display from vintage to modern. Visitors who are neurodivergent can enjoy these areas of the Museum, free from the hustle and bustle of our normal opening hours.
Our Café will be open for our ‘Brooklands Breakfast offer’ and our Christmas holiday family activities will be running from 9am.
The Museum will then be open as normal from 10am – 4pm when all our exhibit areas will be open. *some activities have step access only
