A small museum, with a big story to share
Fresh from the Women's Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science, we are proud to showcase banners, sashes, badges and documents that tell the story of the fight for equal voting rights for women.
The exhibition also includes the diaries of imprisoned campaigners and contemporary leaflets detailing protest tactics such as a plan to 'rush' the House of Commons.
Active between 1890 and 1914, the Ladies Dining Society was a discussion club formed by eleven Cambridge women, including some with connections to Newnham College. Few people realise how important this group of 'University Wives' were to voting equality
Join Dr Ann Kennedy Smith in the Enid Porter Room and learn more about this notable group of women and most especially Mary Ward, author of the play Man and Woman: the Question of the Day and for many years the Honorary Secretary of the Cambridge Women’s Suffrage Association.
Banners were an essential part of equality protests and the choice of design and material were critical to their success
Join us in the Enid Porter Room on Wednesday 10 October to learn more about the manufacture of the banners used during the long struggle for voting equality.
Newnham Ladies have helped to shape the city of Cambridge and contributed much to the education of women and the success of the suffrage campaign
Join us on a walking tour of the streets and colleges of Newnham to learn more.
Voices, Video and More...
Running throughout November and December Word of Mouth is an opportunity to learn more about the largest ethnic minority in our county and gain a unique insight into the lives of the Travelling families who visit our city each year for the Midsummer Fair
Exploring the history and stories of the Travelling People and Showmen of Cambridgeshire
Join us from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Friday 16 November for a special opening night event to celebrate the launch of the exhibition. Come and hear stories from the Travelling People of Cambridgeshire, the event will include speakers, music and refreshments.
The Board of Trustees of the Museum of Cambridge are pleased to announce that our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 27 November 2018
Order of business will commence promptly at 7.15pm in the Enid Porter Room of the Museum of Cambridge
Come tell your stories of the Travellers in Cambridgeshire.
A final Memory Café for the year, to complement Word of Mouth, which runs until Sunday
Join us and explore Hidden Cambridge, taking in the streets, alleys, buildings and history of the people living in the area between St John's College and Quayside — the centre of trade that made the town a thriving inland port long before the first students arrived — before crossing the river to Castle Hill and the location of the Roman settlement of Duroliponte.
The January 2019 Hidden Cambridge and the Museum of Cambridge walking tour is fully booked
The everyday lives of working-class people in the east of Cambridge during the Great War
Showcasing research by 100 Years of Coconuts, Wolfson College and the Everyday Lives in War First World War Engagement Centre at the University of Hertfordshire that explores the cultural memory of everyday Cambridge and examines the changes to the pattern of life during an era of previously unparalleled trauma