A small museum, with a big story to share
In 2018, the Fitzwilliam Museum saved a marble bust of Queen Victoria. The Museum of Cambridge is proud to have a more flattering wooden example of the young queen which was given to the Museum in 1936, its first year
We are pleased to be recruiting for the role of Museum Community and Volunteer Engagement Officer. JOIN OUR TEAM TO HELP US TELL THE STORIES OF CAMBRIDGE, FROM THE ORDINARY TO THE EXTRAORDINARY. This is an exciting opportunity to
Museum of Cambridge Releases New Single To accompany our touring exhibition that is bringing our unique knowledge of the history of Cambridgeshire out to you, we have released a song that will be featuring in it. The Merry in Maytime exhibition explains
Banners celebrating women’s rights now in display in the heart of Cambridge Following an initiative by the Museum of Cambridge a number of groups set out to celebrate the centenary of women getting the vote by making contemporary Suffrage Banners.
January is a time of rest after a busy festive period, right? Not for us! Those of you in the Grand Arcade on Sunday 6 January will have been treated to quite a spectacle at 1pm – but what was
We breathed new life into a long held Cambridgeshire tradition with a flashmob molly dance to celebrate Plough Monday and the turn of the New Year…
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…