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Engaging for Change – ReStorying OUR Museum

Engaging for Change – ReStorying OUR Museum

Ginevra, a Project Volunteer in the Decolonising Team tells us about her experiences with the ReStorying OUR Museum project.

3 June 20213 June 2021 Blogs, Collections, Museum, News, Projects 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

ReStorying OUR Museum with Kirsten: A Volunteer’s Perspective

ReStorying OUR Museum with Kirsten: A Volunteer’s Perspective

Find out about the thought behind some of the conclusions of the ReStorying project and its approach to decolonisation through the eyes of volunteer Kirsten.

31 May 20212 June 2021 Blogs, Collections, Museum, News, Projects 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

Collections Officer Blogs: Caring for Objects in a Unique Setting

Collections Officer Blogs: Caring for Objects in a Unique Setting

Aimee Flack, our Collections Officer, gives us an insight into the world of collections care at the Museum of Cambridge.

4 May 20217 May 2021 Blogs, Collections, Museum, News 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

Mary Charlotte Greene and Gwen Raverat: Master and Pupil?

Mary Charlotte Greene and Gwen Raverat: Master and Pupil?

Friend of the Museum of Cambridge Carolyn Ferguson explores the relationship between two notable Cambridge artists.

7 April 201827 October 2018 Capturing Cambridge, Exhibition, Museum Read more
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