The Glenn Miller Museum is currently CLOSED.

It will be open on SUNDAYS from 2nd May 2010 10.30am to 4pm up untill 17th October 2010.
(The museum can also be viewed on Saturdays by pre-arranged appointment for groups of 20+)
THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED OVER WINTER.

Admission: Adults £3, children 16yrs & under free.

Please note that during festivals and other events, entry to the museum is restricted to ticket holders
of the event. This includes The Twinwood Festival (28th 29th 30th August) and Rhythm Festival
(20th 21st 22nd August). Please check before travelling or phone 01923 282725 if in doubt.

During World War Two Glenn Miller was based at Milton Ernest Hall which is a couple of miles from Twinwood Arena and Airfield.

It was at this Hall that Glenn gave performances with his orchestra and in nearby Bedford they played at the Corn Exchange. This building still looks very much the same as it did then.

Glenn turned the Co-Partners Hall in Bedford into his Radio Station and here the bulk of his recording was done along with many famous stars such as Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.

On August 27th 1944 at RAF Twinwood Airfield Glenn Miller performed a concert for the aircrews using two trailers as a stage next to Twinwood Control Tower. It was at the Control Tower that Glenn Miller was last seen alive on a bleak day in December 1944. From here he flew to his death with two others in a Norseman - a small single engine aircraft en route to Paris to lead his orchestra.

John Miller, Glenn's nephew now hosts the Twinwood Festival. The John Miller Orchestra is the only Big Band performing the music of Glenn Miller with direct family links to the great man himself.

In 2001 Twinwood Events took on the task of transforming the Tower back to its original condition. On June 2nd 2002, the newly restored and refurbished Control Tower was opened to the public by Beryl Davis, Glenn's wartime singer. To celebrate this a Glenn Miller Concert was held, and this was the forerunner of what is now the annual Glenn Miller Festival.

Over the years thousands of people have visited the Control Tower to pay homage to this legendary musician and band leader and it has become somewhat of a shrine to his fans from around the world, and of course it is now the focal point of the incredible International Glenn Miller Festival which is held over the three days of the August Bank Holiday (see Future Events).