A small museum, with a big story to share
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…
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…