Broadway Museum Butter Churning: 17th Century Coaching Tour
Make your own butter and eat it warm, surrounded by centuries of English history.
Churn Your Own Butter Experience at Broadway Museum is a hands-on class in the Cotswolds where you make butter using local Droitwich Salt, shape it in beeswax, and eat it fresh with soup and warm bread. The experience runs 2.5 hours and includes a traditional welcome drink, instruction from a live guide in English, and a rustic meal. Children are welcome from age 3.
The Experience
You arrive at Broadway Museum and Art Gallery for a traditional welcome drink, then move straight into the butter-making itself. Using locally sourced Droitwich Salt, you learn to churn, pat, season and wrap your butter in eco-friendly beeswax. The whole thing takes shape in your hands, and you take it home. This is not a demonstration: you do the work, guided through each step.
Once the butter is made, you sit down to a rustic meal built around what you've just created. A hearty 17th century soup or ploughman's lunch arrives with warm crusty bread, ready for your freshly made butter. The guide shares tales of the coaching era while you eat, setting the meal inside the history of the place rather than outside it. The whole experience runs about two and a half hours from start to finish.
What’s included
- Traditional welcome drink.
- admission to the museum.
- hands-on butter-making instruction with local Droitwich Salt and beeswax wrapping.
- a hearty soup or ploughman's lunch with warm bread and your freshly made butter.
- a soft drink or pop.
Operated by Broadway Museum And Art Gallery
Is this one for you?You do the butter-making yourself under a live guide's direction, so this suits anyone who wants to learn a real skill and take something home, not just watch a demo or sit through a meal. The shared format means you're working alongside other guests, which works well for families and groups who enjoy that social element.
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Top questions
Can I bring my children to churn butter at Broadway Museum?
Children are welcome from age 3, so families with younger kids can join. The butter-making itself is hands-on and suited to small hands.
What happens if I have allergies or dietary requirements?
Contact the museum directly about allergies and dietary needs before you book so they can plan your meal accordingly.
What exactly do I make and take home?
You churn, pat and season butter using local Droitwich Salt, then wrap it in eco-friendly beeswax to take away with you at the end.
Is this a shared class or private?
The class runs as a shared experience with other guests, all working through the butter-making together under one guide's instruction.
How do I get to Broadway Museum?
Public transportation options are available nearby. The museum is located in Broadway in the Cotswolds, England.
Broadway Museum Butter Churning: 17th Century Coaching Tour
2h 30m · EN
from £ 45 per person
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