A small museum, with a big story to share
Plough Monday Inspired Art Workshop at Babylon Arts: 12:00pm — 2:00pm, Saturday 5 January, Babylon Arts Gallery, Waterside, Ely, CB7 4AU
Drop in to the Babylon Gallery in Ely on Saturday 5 January and craft some colourful artwork, inspired by the East Anglian agricultural tradition of Plough Monday, to brighten the winter months…
Your ticket purchases are a key part to securing our local heritage. Along with our partners, Oblique Arts, we would like to say thank you by taking you on a free tour of our current exhibition Word of Mouth…
The Museum of Cambridge is full of unusual and fascinating items and the Follows and Bates Tabletop Marmalade Maker is surely one of them…
We’re told wondrous, curious and sometimes tremendously heart-breaking stories about the past as we grow up but they are so easily lost. How can we preserve them?
We want to create a team of oral historians who will help us to collect tales from around Cambridgeshire. We’re running oral history training sessions where you can learn how to interview people for our archives…
Want to visit, but you’re too busy during the day?
We are now opening late once a month, so that more people have a chance to visit our unique Museum.
More than five hundred years of history can be quite a lot to take in and you may be wondering where to start. Why not join us at either 12:00pm or 2:00pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for a brief introduction to our Museum?
It was a massive wrench for the many cyclists in Cambridge when Ben Hayward’s of Trumpington Street and Laundress Lane closed their doors for the last time in January 2017. Friend of the Museum Carolyn Ferguson relates the story of one particular bike sold by the firm that has particular relevance to our visitors…
The Chivers family of Cambridgeshire had been long-established in the village of Cottenham. In the early 19th century, they opened a market garden growing and selling fruit and vegetables. The particularly fruitful summer of 1873 led them to diversify into jams and preserves and the rest is history…
We have all heard the old rhyme that explains what a bride should wear to her wedding in order to guarantee future happiness, prosperity and good luck. There are, however, many other things that a newly married couple should bear in mind. Tracing Traditions Project Assistant Sarah Dore explores some unusual customs…
Friend of the Museum of Cambridge Carolyn Ferguson investigates the link between cotton pockets, commonly used by women during the 18th or 19th century, a famous nursery rhyme and a local story of endurance…