Our Opening Hours

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

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

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. February Walking Tour: Hidden Cambridge and the Museum of Cambridge

    2 February, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

  3. ACTIVITY: Toy Art Workshop

    16 February, 1:00 pm - 18 March, 2:00 pm

  4. Twilight at the Museums

    19 February, 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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

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

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Opportunities

Trustee Recruitment
Help us to realise new governance and operations at the Museum of Cambridge
This is an unrivalled opportunity to use your knowledge and experience to help us shape the future of a unique museum at the heart of an eclectic city.

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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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