• A child writes a note on sheet of paper on a clipboard
    Learning Session

    The session aims to help children think about all the things that make libraries so important to their users - as well as the practicalities of how the library functions.

  • Amelia Scott - black and white photograph
    Learning Session

    In this session, pupils use their enquiry skills to find out about Amelia Scott (1860-1952) - local suffragist, first female councillor for Tunbridge Wells and campaigner for the people of our local area.

  • Red, yellow and blue pigments spilling out of glass test tubes.
    Learning Session

    In this session, pupils have the opportunity to look beyond the effects they can achieve using tubes of ready-mixed paints.

  • An ammonite fossil is in the foreground being held by a student
    Learning Session

    Pupils are cast as palaeontologists and set out to explore clues about what the world was like millions of years ago. 

  • Pupils studying pre-historic artefacts
    Learning Session

    Pupils are cast as archaeologists, exploring clues about what life was like in the Stone Age through to the Iron Age, with a particular focus on our local area.

  • A child handling a skull in an object handling tray.
    Learning Session

    With skulls all around the room, pupils work in teams to identify whether they are looking at herbivores or carnivores and then which animals the skulls belonged to.

  • Children playing at the Primary School Readiness course
    Event:
    Education

    Join us at The Amelia for our monthly learning sessions open to home educated children across the borough.

  • Children playing at the Primary School Readiness course
    Event:
    Education

    Join us at The Amelia for our monthly learning sessions open to home educated children across the borough.

  • Children playing at the Primary School Readiness course
    Event:
    Education

    Join us at The Amelia for our monthly learning sessions open to home educated children across the borough.

  • 3 people watching a video - Learning about marketing
    Learning Session

    In the summer term, we offer a work experience ‘experience’ for groups.

  • People visiting the Kent & Sussex Crematorium
    12 May 2026

    This month, our Home Educators took up the chance to find out what it’s like working at the Crematorium.

  • An ammonite fossil is in the foreground being held by a student
    Learning Session

    Pupils are cast as palaeontologists and set out to explore clues about what the world was like millions of years ago. 

  • Pupils studying pre-historic artefacts
    Learning Session

    Pupils are cast as archaeologists, exploring clues about what life was like in the Stone Age through to the Iron Age, with a particular focus on our local area.

  • Isla working on an old book
    8 April 2026

    Today, I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes, finding out all about what it’s like to work at The Amelia Scott.

  • The Amelia Scott building exterior
    30 March 2026

    Kent County Council has confirmed that Adult Education classes will no longer be delivered at The Amelia Scott due to national changes to the Adult Education Budget, now the Adult Skills Fund (ASF).

  • The Children's Library with the night sky
    Event:
    Children and Family

    Come and join our fun and noisy singing session for children under 4 and their parents and carers. Available on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

  • Students from Oakley School Council visit the Amelia Scott with The Chief Executive William Benson talking to them
    23 December 2025

    Last month, the student council from Oakley School visited The Amelia for a chance to find out about the workings of another kind of council – Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.

  • 3 people watching a video - Learning about marketing
    11 November 2025

    This month, our Home Educators took up the chance to find out what a Marketing Coordinator does.

  • Bethan Minter, Creative Learning Coordinator
    9 September 2025

    This month, two Home Educators took up the chance to find out what a Creative Learning Coordinator does.

  • Brickosaurs 2024 exhibition

    Past Exhibition

    BRICKOSAURS is a unique collection of dinosaur brick models that provide an awe-inspiring spectacle for visitors!