Every donation helps keep The Amelia open, free, and welcoming to everyone in Tunbridge Wells including our visitors. Your generous support helps fund conservation, research, learning, community outreach and free access to art and heritage for all.

Whatever you can give makes a real difference to the people who visit, learn and create here.

Your generous support will help fund conservation, research, outreach, education, access to the arts and other important projects.

When you give to The Amelia, you become part of something that belongs to the whole community. Your support helps us care for a collection of around 60,000 objects, keep our doors open to everyone regardless of means and run a learning programme that reaches thousands of children and adults every year. From the family attending their first Rhyme Time to the researcher uncovering a piece of local history, your generosity touches real lives, right here in Tunbridge Wells.

“The Amelia is somewhere I can bring my children for free, time and again and there’s always something new to discover. We’re so lucky to have it.”
Local visitor

The Amelia is a free, open and welcoming space at the heart of the town. Your donations help us keep it that way – removing barriers so that anyone can enjoy art, heritage and learning, whatever their background.

Your support helps us conserve, research and share a remarkable collection that tells the story of Tunbridge Wells and the High Weald, preserving it for  generations to come.

From school workshops to family activities, creative health sessions to youth programmes, your donations help spark curiosity and creativity in people of every age.

“I never thought somewhere like this would be on my doorstep. It’s become part of my week. I always leave having learned something new.”
Local visitor