Name: Treasured Objects, Powerful Stories
Start: 2025-07-05T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-05T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge

Welcome!

The Museum has told the extraordinary stories of ordinary people since 1936. We care for our collection of over 40,000 everyday objects, which evoke the diverse daily lives of those living in this region over the last 300 years. We are open six days a week during term time and seven days a week during the school holidays.

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

Please note that our hours may change due to volunteer availability. Please check before travelling.

VE Day Special: No more air raids over Cambridge
June 3, 2025
Brunswick/Auckland Road air raid shelter being built in 1939 (Cambridgeshire Collection). Although Cambridge did not suffer from anything like the Blitz in London, the threat of enemy air raids had …
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Meet Milly – Our New Volunteer and Operations Officer
June 3, 2025
Hello! My name is Milly, and I’m so pleased—and excited! —to be joining the team at the Museum of Cambridge in the brand-new role of Volunteer and Operations Officer. This isn’t my first role at the …
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Temporary Exhibition: It Takes Time to Grow
April 3, 2025
“It takes time to grow, and you probably won’t realise it but you are not the same person that walked into this room.” -LGBTQ+ Young Person from The Kite Trust The Museum is proud to display “It …
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