Our Opening Hours

Unfortunately, due to volunteer shortages, we will be closing our Museum from 1:30pm on Saturday 22 February. We will open again from 11:30am on Sunday 23 February. Sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. 

Our 2020 schedule is in operation — we’re open for visitors throughout the week, as follows:

  • Monday: 10:30am – 5:00pm
  • Tuesday: 10:30am – 5:00pm
  • Wednesday: 10:30am – 5:00pm
  • Thursday: 10:30am – 5:00pm
  • Friday: 10:30am – 5:00pm
  • Saturday: 10:30am – 5:00pm
  • Sunday: 11:30am – 4:30pm

Are you interested in working for the Museum? We have positions open for an Operations and Facility Manager and a Community and Visitor Engagement Officer. See the Opportunities page for more details.

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Did you know that our Museum Shop stocks a wide range of exciting and unique products that will make perfect gifts throughout the year?

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Welcome to our Museum

Over three hundred years of Cambridgeshire history in the former White Horse Inn. The timber framed building was a coaching inn from the 17th century. Explore our collections, from household objects, paintings and toys to Fen folklore cures and remedies. Discover the fascinating stories of local people – find the Giant’s Boot, the prize belt of the long distance champion of the world, witch bottles and the real Muffin Man.

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Upcoming Events

  1. EXHIBITION: Children’s Books at the Museum of Cambridge

    3 January, 9:30 am - 26 February, 5:00 pm

  2. EXHIBITION: Women, Unity, Strength

    28 February, 10:30 am - 5 April, 4:30 pm

  3. March Walking Tour: Hidden Cambridge and the Museum of Cambridge

    1 March, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

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Opportunities

Operations and Facility Manager
Community and Visitor Engagement Officer
Trustees of the Museum

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Capturing Cambridge

Capturing Cambridge is a project which develops the Museum as a venue, resource centre and ‘home’ for local and community history projects in Cambridge.

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Tracing Traditions

How do people remember and reinvent age-old traditions for our modern world? How does folklore influence the way we live? We will be exploring these ideas and more in this project.

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