The closest thing to time travel…
Travel back through 10,000 years of human history, and discover every day life in the ancient past!
Butser Ancient Farm is an open-air experimental archaeology museum and active research centre in Hampshire, learning about the past by recreating it.
Our experiments are world-renowned, and our buildings include a Roman villa, Celtic village, Stone Age farm, and Saxon halls — all reconstructed from real UK archaeology, and open to be explored!
Visit on weekends & holidays April to October, or see how to book our hands-on school trips.
visit us
See opening times & prices →
step into the past
Explore 10,000 years of history at Butser →
your visit
Step back in time and get close up with buildings, technologies, and animals from the ancient past.
Buy online to save up to 10% on your tickets!
What’s On
Annual Passes
Experience the past through the seasons, with activities, reenactments, and more completely free.
Pays for itself in under three visits!
educational trips
Discover our hands-on learning programme →
see the experiments
Watch our videos & support more discoveries →
about butser
50 years of archaeology →
