Aberdeenshire Farming Museum

Aden Country Park
Mintlaw
Peterhead
AB42 5FQ

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Delightful country park location with children's play area and walks.

Relive the story of our famous farming past in the beautiful surroundings of Aden Country Park.

Start at the unique, semi-circular Home Farm steading by exploring the Aden Estate Story and the "Weel Vrocht Grun" exhibitions.
Visit Hareshowe, a working farm set in the 1950s:

• Award-winning displays & audio-visual shows
• Guided tours and costume guides
• See oatcakes baked at the Horseman's House
• Temporary Exhibitions
• Education Room available

NEW opening hours for 2012.

Open from 3rd April - 30th September and 16th October - 28th October.

11.15 - 15.30 CLOSED MONDAYS

Access

Parking: disabled parking spaces in both car parks in Aden Country Park.

Access: At the Farming Museum a ramp leads to a paved courtyard with entrances to facilities.  The ground floor of both the Farming Museum and Harsehowe Working Farm are accessible to wheelchair users (wheelchair available if required).  The first floor of the Farming Museum and Hareshowe Farm are not accessible to wheelchair users.

Exhibitions and forthcoming Events

April 2012 - onwards

The Royal Observer Corps.

The secret cold war role of the Aberdeenshire farming community.

This exhibition is about the secret role that many Aberdeenshire farmers played in the Cold War. In 1947 political conditions between the communist state of the USSR and the countries of the West were at a difficult stage. There was the real fear that there could be a nuclear war and the political conflict became called the COLD WAR.

As a result the government re-formed the Royal Observer Corp and many people from the farming community joined up. Initially they concentrated on aircraft reporting and tracking but in 1955 the Corps started to take on a new role.
Due to improvements in ground radar Fighter Command no longer needed plane spotting but there was a real need for recording the dropping of nuclear bombs and the power of the bombs.

This role was given to the Corps directed by Air Defence Operations Centres and other key military establishments.
Across the UK underground monitoring posts were created and 31 Group Controls (operations rooms) were staffed by 17,500 part-time volunteers.

The story of what the Corps did in this period and what it was like to be part of this “Secret Line of Defence” is told in this exhibition.

Keep a check on this page for up and coming events and exhibitions.

Aberdeenshire Farming Museum, which is situated within Aden Country Park, has been approved as a Recognised Collection of National Significance by the Scottish Museums Council (SMC).

Managed by the Scottish Museums Council (SMC) on the behalf of the Scottish Government, the aim of the scheme is to celebrate, promote and invest in the nationally significant museum and gallery collections around Scotland held outside the nationally run institutions.

To discuss booking special visits or for further information call 01771 624 590 during opening hours or 01771 622 807.