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  • May 2021

  • Wed 5

    Cambridge Talks: Historic Cambridgeshire Fires

    Featured 5 May 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Zoom

    Join us to explore historic incidents of fire in villages surrounding Cambridge.

  • July 2021

  • Wed 28

    Cambridge Talks: Cambridge 1888-1990, A Chronicle of an English University City

    Featured 28 July 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Zoom

    Join us as eminent local historian, Mike Petty takes us on a tour of his chronicle of Cambridge, 1888-1990, as reported in local newspapers.

  • September 2021

  • Wed 1

    A Great Unrecorded History: Cambridge’s Queer Past

    Featured 1 September 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Zoom

    Diarmuid Hester reveals how LGBTQ+ people have shaped the history of the Cambridge.

  • Fri 10

    The Museum Makers with Rachel Morris

    Featured 10 September 2021, 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
    Zoom

    Join us as author Rachel Morris talks about their new book 'The Museum Makers'

  • Wed 22

    Football and Camp Ball in Cambridge and East Anglia Since the 14th Century

    Featured 22 September 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Zoom

    Discover Cambridgeshire's fascinating history of football and camp ball with sports historian Nigel Fenner

  • October 2021

  • Wed 20

    ReStorying OUR Museum: Exploring the Museum of Cambridge’s Colonial Legacy

    Featured 20 October 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Zoom

    The Museum of Cambridge ran a project this year exploring the colonial legacy of its collection. In this talk, Florencia and Kirsten share their experiences on the project and discuss the challenges.

  • November 2021

  • Wed 24

    PERIPHERY: Ian Rawlinson speaks with The Museum of Cambridge

    Featured 24 November 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Zoom

    Event details: As an artist Ian Rawlinson's work has taken him around the UK, the world and back to his hometown of Cambridge. His recent artwork and filmmaking have seen him re-engage with his past, shedding new light on transitional places that remained

  • Thu 25

    The Eighty-Fifth Annual General Meetings of the Museum of Cambridge

    Featured 25 November 2021, 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm
    Zoom

    The Museum of Cambridge will be holding our Eighty-Fifth Annual General Meeting via zoom. The evening will consist of members voting on the Annual Accounts and election and re-election of Trustees. In addition, there will be a discussion on the

  • December 2021

  • Thu 16

    Fruit Farming in the Cam Valley: Jonathan Spain speaks with The Museum of Cambridge

    Featured 16 December 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
    Zoom

    About the talk Jonathan Spain will be speaking with the Museum about his book Fruit Farming in the Cam Valley . He will be looking at the history of the fruit industry in the Cam Valley, set in the wider regional

  • February 2022

  • Thu 3

    Cambridge Talks with Grahame Davies

    Featured 3 February 2022, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Zoom

    Poet and psychogeographer Grahame Davies takes us on a journey through two Cambridges: the world city and the workplace, the glamorous and the gritty; the famous and the forgotten. He discovers there’s always more to discover about this extraordinary city – no matter how clever you are. 

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