Roger Lilley tracks some of Cambridge’s lost streets and buildings (as seen in the novels of Susanna Gregory), and gives us clues about where we can look for their remenants today.
Capturing Cambridge: Queens Trinity Lanes
Cambridge Cycling Pioneers
Carolyn Ferguson talks about two of Cambridge’s cycling pioneers that have recently sparked her interest, their lives, and their relationships with cycling and the city.
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.
Museum of Cambridge joins Heritage Compass
The Museum of Cambridge is pleased to announce that we have been offered a place on the two-year Heritage Compass programme!
A Message from our Chair: Finding a Voice
The Chair of our Board, Lucy Walker, shares some thoughts about the Museum past and present, and how we can adapt our perspectives while looking to the future.
Volunteer Blogs: Creating School Resources from Local History Objects
Victoria Mitchell talks to us about her experience as an education volunteer and the project she has worked on during the Pandemic to create local-history resources for Cambridge schools.
Cambridge’s Archaeological Pipe Finds: Tracking a History
Join us as we take a look at the local history of tobacco pipes using both archaeological finds in the City of Cambridge and the Museum’s sizeable collection!
Capturing Cambridge: The Love and Life of Josiah Chater
Roger Lilley tells us about the life of Draper Josiah Chater of 21 Hartington Grove.
ReStorying OUR Museum
Do you enjoy local history and museums? Would you like to connect with other Cambridgeshire residents who share your interests? Do you want to rethink the way Britain’s colonial past appears in museums? Then we want to hear from you!
Volunteer Blogs: Diana T
Diana Turner talks about her experience as a volunteer working front-of-house and in collections, and why she loves the people that the Museum brings together.