Milton Keynes Heritage Association was formed in 1994 by a number of local heritage groups and museums, with the aim of encouraging and developing co-operation between organisations having an interest in heritage in Milton Keynes, north Buckinghamshire and south Northamptonshire

Members

MKHA has about 80 organisation and individual members, with a broad range of interests and a wide geographical coverage from Buckingham in the west, Olney in the east, Towcester in the north and Woburn in the south.

Many members have information for family historians

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Local heritage events

MKHA members organise talks and other events.

Heritage Open Days this year ran over ten consecutive days from the 11th to the 20th of September. The theme was Everyday Histories.

Milton Keynes Heritage Association is helping to celebrate the City’s milestone 60th birthday by hosting a conference at the Central Library.

  • School meals

    A History of School Meals in Britain

    This talk explores how policy, practice, and lived experience have shaped school dining across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
    Thursday, 19th November 2026
    MKHA Members’ Meeting

  • Dickens of a Christmas

    Festive delights: mulled wine, hot chocolate, tea and coffee. Festive display: rooms are decorated as befitting Cowper’s house at Christmas time.
    Cowper & Newton Museum
    Sunday, 6th December 2026

  • Aylesbury

    On your Doorstep, Aylesbury

    We can learn a lot from the past and how our ancestors lived, loved, fought and died – evidence is still visible, often in unlikely places.
    Buckinghamshire Family History Society
    Wednesday, 2nd December 2026

Become a member

Membership is open to local history groups and individuals and is open to those outside the MIlton Keynes City Council boundary.

Member benefits include quarterly meetings, grants, website hosting, free IT and archiving training and heritage advocacy.

Location map of MKHA members

Grant from MK Community Foundation

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