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Celebrating Together: A Winter Success

Celebrating Together: A Winter Success

Our winter exhibition has come to a close. Alex, our Community and Engagement Officer, tells us what the exhibition was all about and shares some of the exhibition’s highlights and successes.

26 January 202226 January 2022 Blogs, Events, Exhibition, News, Updates Read more

CELEBRATING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS

CELEBRATING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS

The Museum of Cambridge is excited to be launching a brand-new exhibition this December. Celebrating Together, a community-led exhibition, will look at how people in Cambridge get together, what food they make, what traditions they follow, what they enjoy the

5 October 2021 Events, Exhibition Read more

CELEBRATING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS

CELEBRATING TOGETHER WORKSHOPS

The Museum of Cambridge is excited to be launching a brand-new exhibition this December. Celebrating Together, a community-led exhibition, will look at how people in Cambridge get together, what food they make, what traditions they follow, what they enjoy the

5 October 20215 October 2021 Events, Exhibition Read more

Reimagining Museum Labels: The Idea Behind the Exhibition

Reimagining Museum Labels: The Idea Behind the Exhibition

Collections Officer Aimee F shares the ideas behind our new exhibition.

13 July 202113 July 2021 Blogs, Collections, Events, Exhibition, Museum, News Read more

Breweries, Bottles and Beer

Breweries, Bottles and Beer

Collections volunteer John shares the personal story behing the Museum’s most recent exhibition.

31 May 202131 May 2021 Blogs, Collections, Exhibition, Museum, News Read more

Share Your Stories: The Museum of Cambridge launches an exciting community project

Share Your Stories: The Museum of Cambridge launches an exciting community project

The Museum of Cambridge has launched an exciting community project that calls for local residents to share their stories of the city and beyond. We are thrilled to introduce Museum Making, a project where everyone who calls Cambridge their home

4 May 20217 May 2021 Blogs, Exhibition, Museum, News, Projects Read more

Museum Making: Building a Museum for the Community

Museum Making: Building a Museum for the Community

Florencia Nannetti shares her excitement about our new ‘Museum Making’ project and its importance in helping us build even stronger connections with Cambridge’s communities both past and present.

22 April 20217 May 2021 Blogs, Exhibition, Museum, News, Projects Read more

Weaving Our Stories

Weaving Our Stories

‘Weaving Our Stories’ is a one day live art event at which artists Cathy Dunbar, Jill Eastland and Jane Hellings will be making a 3-dimensional weaving telling the stories of Cambridge women before and during the pandemic. It takes place

15 October 202015 October 2020 Exhibition, News Read more

Suffrage banners on show at Mandela House

Suffrage banners on show at Mandela House

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.

10 February 201915 February 2019 Blogs, Exhibition, Uncategorized Read more

Lucy Locket… and Elizabeth Woodcock

Lucy Locket… and Elizabeth Woodcock

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…

9 April 201827 October 2018 Exhibition, Museum, Tracing Traditions Read more
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