BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Museum of Cambridge - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Museum of Cambridge REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250116T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250116T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20241204T152611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250110T113207Z UID:12540-1737032400-1737036000@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Subversive Stitching: Textiles and banner-making in women’s activism DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT. WE WILL BE RECORDING THIS TALK; PLEASE EMAIL ENQUIRIES@MUSEUMOFCAMBRIDGE.ORG.UK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE TALK IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. \nDiscover the powerful history and significance of textile banners and their role in women’s activism with Carey Bennet and Cathy Dunbar\, in this companion talk to our exhibition ‘Educating Cambridge’. \nCarey Bennet and Cathy Dunbar will share about the making of banners by Cambridge women within the context of a UK wide project in 2018 to commemorate women’s suffrage. This project celebrated the use of banners by the suffragists and suffragettes of the 1900s\, who marched to demand the vote for women. Over history\, women have used their province of sewing and weaving to assert themselves in the face of inequality and misogyny. The talk will reference banner-making’s significance in campaigns within Trades Unions\, the Peace Movement\, wider feminist campaigns and climate activism. The textile banner has become widely used in recent campaigns\, having the power to bring women together around commitment to a common cause. \n\n\nAbout the Speakers \nCarey Bennet lives and works locally as an art therapist in Cambridge\, having had previous careers as an art teacher\, researcher\, education officer and children’ services manager. Carey employs fabrics and threads as a medium for her own imagery\, and is interested in the historical use of textiles in women’s activism. \nIf you’re interested in Carey’s work\, feel free to email her at careybennet@gmail.com. \nCathy Dunbar is a feminist artist and activist\, mainly working collaboratively with other artists within the community. She is a founding member of Sew Angry\, Mrs Fubbs\, The Society of Xtras and The Freudian Slips. She has worked within the industry as a weaver\, a machinist\, a seamstress and a dressmaker at different times of her life. She uses used textiles as an art medium alongside other materials and is interested in textiles and threads as a medium and metaphor for the human condition. \nFind out more about Cathy’s work via various channels: \nInstagram: @cathydunbar54 \nBlog: cathydunbar.com \nWebsite: mrsfubbsparlour.com \nwww.Thesocietyofxtras.com \n\n\n\n\nBook now: \nThis talk has now sold out. We will be recording this talk; please email enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk if you would like to be notified when this talk is available online. \nSubversive stitching: Textiles and banner-making in Women’s activism Tickets\, Thu\, Jan 16\, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite \n  \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. We kindly suggest a donation of £7\, which includes the talk and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers). Your donation supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \nNOTE: Eventbrite has changed its set up and now only allows one ‘donate as you feel’ ticket per purchase. Please kindly book tickets separately per email; the same email can be used. \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/subversive-stitching-textiles-and-banner-making-in-womens-activism/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Activity,Exhibition,Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Banner-Postcard-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241205T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241205T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20241030T111446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T111446Z UID:12448-1733403600-1733407200@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Leah Manning's Legacy: Cambridge\, Women’s Rights\, and Spanish Refugees DESCRIPTION:A companion talk to our exhibition ‘Educating Cambridge’\, join Peter Cunningham as he discusses the legacy and life of Leah Manning. \nAn outstanding personality born in 1886\, Leah Manning came to Cambridge in 1906 to train as a teacher at Homerton College. She caught the attention of Principal Mary Allan who persuaded her to teach at the ‘Cambridge Ragged School’ (founded 1854) in New Street\, a building now housing Anglia Ruskin’s Music Therapy Department. She is now remembered there by a Blue Plaque\, for her “pioneering struggle” as a “lifelong champion” of women’s and children’s causes. Homerton College is also recorded as funding renovation of the Ragged School. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMiss Allan and other Homertonian women joined the suffragette movement. Leah herself was politically active as a member of the Fabian Society in Cambridge and aligned with trade unions and the Social Democratic Federation to support the emergent Labour Party. Leah herself in 1919 became Cambridge Chair of the National Federation of Women Workers\, campaigning against low pay and conditions of female ‘bedders’ in colleges. She went on to be one of the first women Labour MPs for Islington East\, and after World War 2\, she won Winston Churchill’s former seat as MP for Epping. \nMeanwhile\, as a campaigner against the Spanish Civil War\, in 1937 she used her political skill and experience to persuade the British government to provide a ship for evacuation of 3\,888 children from Bilbao following the bombardment of Guernica. She then oversaw the placement of these evacuees in various parts of the UK. A plaque can be seen on a house in Station Road\, Cambridge\, where Jesus College accommodated 29 Basque refugee children. \nAbout the Speaker \nPeter Cunningham studied at Cambridge 1967-’70 focusing on history and history of art\, followed by a year in Norwich at UEA and research at Leeds University. Increasingly interested in education through art\, he engaged in teacher education at Westminster College\, Oxford\, taught at primary schools in Oxford and Leicester\, before returning to teacher education in Cambridge at Homerton College. \nA recent collaborative book with Catherine Burke and Lottie Hoare is: \nEducation through the Arts for Well-Being and Community: \nThe Vision and Legacy of Sir Alec Clegg \nwith contributions by Clegg’s nephew Sir David Attenborough\, \nand the late Sir Tim Brighouse\, inspirational educationist\, to whom I owe much. \n\n\nBook now: \nLeah Manning’s Legacy: Cambridge\, Women’s Rights\, and Spanish Refugees Tickets\, Thu\, Dec 5\, 2024 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite \n  \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. We kindly suggest a donation of £7\, which includes the talk and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers). Your donation supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \nNOTE: Eventbrite has changed its set up and now only allows one ‘donate as you feel’ ticket per purchase. Please kindly book tickets separately per email; the same email can be used. \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/leah-mannings-legacy-cambridge-womens-rights-and-spanish-refugees/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Activity,Exhibition,Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Leah-Manning-and-her-plaque-e1730285802315.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241202 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20241022T122308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241129T151828Z UID:12415-1732838400-1733097599@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Made in Cambridge Christmas Market DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Cambridge is delighted to welcome you to our annual Made in Cambridge Christmas Market 2024!\n \nWhen: Friday 29th November – Sunday 1st December\, 10am – 5pm daily\n \nWhere: Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street CB3 0AQ\n \nCost: FREE\n \nGet ready to immerse yourself in the Christmas spirit at our Christmas Market. Browse local\, hand-made gifts from talented Cambridgeshire makers\, and gift something different this Christmas!\n \nA festive market celebrating unique and local talent\, the Museum of Cambridge is delighted to host a variety of Cambridgeshire artisans showcasing and selling their craft. Explore a curated selection of handcrafted gifts\, made by the talented people of Cambridgeshire. Gift\, or treat yourself well\, knowing you’ve supported local people\, and spend time at our festive market and be inspired by festive décor!\n \nOur amazing vendors for the Made in Cambridge Christmas Market:\n \nFriday 29th November\nVicky Hallam Design\nWhittle Wire\nPrebble Pots\nOtherside Silly\nRowan Humberstone\nNadia Rose Makes\nRecycled Weaver\n \nSaturday 30th November\n\nVicky Hallam Design\nWhittle Wire\n\nAnsari Prints\nAdira Jewel\nI Like Your Bag\nWildMoonWhispers\n \nSunday 1st December\nHannah B Pottery\nElectraglade\nNancy K Jewellery\n\nPrebble Pots\nOtherside Silly\n\nTrinity Orchards of Cambridge\nBrewBoard\n \nVolunteer-run drinks stand and Second-hand book stall\nIn addition to this wonderful variety of Cambridgeshire makers\, there will be a volunteer-run drinks stand every day serving mulled wine\, tea and coffee to add to the festive cheer! In the Museum’s continued support to sustainability\, we will also be selling second hand books at the Christmas Market and our Museum shop\, offering something for everybody. All proceeds will support the daily running and conservation care of the Museum of Cambridge\, an independent charity. \n \nJoin the Museum of Cambridge for a weekend of festive cheer\, and local artistry and talent. Shop\, visit or browse amazing drinks and gifts galore. Let the wonder of our talented city infuse your holiday season with warmth and cheer!\n \nBeautiful Carols\nJoin us on Saturday\, 30th November at 2pm\, when a talented group of carollers will fill the market with the festive spirit. Enjoy a heart warming performance of classic and modern carols\, adding a magical touch to your Christmas shopping experience!  \n\n \nAccessibility\nYou can read about our accessibility information on our website here Accessibility – The Museum of Cambridge. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Visitors with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.\n \nGetting Here\nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College.\n \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website.\n \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \n \nHealthy Events\nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/christmas-market-2024/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Activity,Museum,Our Cambridge,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Christmas-Market-Square-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241113T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240912T102338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T132727Z UID:12196-1731502800-1731506400@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: The Women of Cambridge in the Second World War DESCRIPTION:Join Zoë Jasko\, author of Hope is Daffodil Bright\, as she explores the pivotal role women played in Cambridge during the Second World War. Her book portrays the wartime experiences of Alice Bragg\, who\, after moving to Cambridge in 1938 with her husband Lawrence\, found herself at the forefront of the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS). As the war unfolded\, Alice\, with no prior experience\, took on the leadership of the WVS and later became Cambridge’s third female Mayor in 1946. Touching upon the various roles of women of Cambridge at war\, Zoe’s research and novel provide fascinating insight into a city at war and a community pulling together. \nAbout the Speaker: \nZoë Jasko is a writer\, public speaker\, and performer. Her books What the Wind Saw: Short Stories from the Heart of Hertfordshire (2022)\, Hope is Daffodil Bright (2023) and The Portraits on the Wall: Five Cherished Pets\, Five Special Stories (2024) are published by The Endless Bookcase. Trained as a light lyric soprano\, she is cofounder and creative director of the Hertfordshire based Felici Opera. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and four children. \nFind out more about Zoë here: www.zoejasko.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Today! \nhttps://WomenofCambridgeinWWII.eventbrite.co.uk \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. We kindly suggest a donation of £7\, which includes the talk and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers). Your donation supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \nNOTE: Eventbrite has changed its set up and now only allows one ‘donate as you feel’ ticket per purchase. Please kindly book tickets separately per email; the same email can be used. \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-the-women-of-cambridge-in-the-second-world-war/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/lady-with-armband.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241030T200000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240817T103322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240822T125600Z UID:12101-1730313000-1730318400@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: Ruth is Stranger than Fiction Live! Ghosts of Cambridge and Beyond DESCRIPTION:Ruth is Stranger than Fiction is a podcast all about the dark histories of East Anglia. On air since 2020\, previous episodes have covered fenland folklore\, witch trials\, smuggling gangs\, strange societies\, and unsolved mysteries. It is a podcast about peculiar local stories and the (also sometimes peculiar) people who keep these stories alive. \nAfter previous sell out events at the Museum of Cambridge\, host Ruth McPhee and guests are back for another live podcast! They will be delving into the stories of some of the many ghosts that haunt the streets and landscapes of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. We will hear about the most haunted house in Cambridge\, a grey lady or two\, Elijah and the Chief Worm\, and more spooky tales fit for All Hallows Eve. \nFind out more about Ruth is Stranger than Fiction: www.ruthistranger.co.uk \nBook now: Ruth is Stranger than Fiction Live! Ghosts of Cambridge and Beyond Tickets\, Cambridge | Eventbrite \n  \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. We kindly suggest a donation of £7\, which includes the talk and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers). Your donation supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \nNOTE: Eventbrite has changed its set up and now only allows one ‘donate as you feel’ ticket per purchase. Please kindly book tickets separately per email; the same email can be used. \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-ruth-is-stranger-than-fiction-live-ghosts-of-cambridge-and-beyond/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Ghost Hunts,Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ruth.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241019T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241019T170000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20241004T074309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T082738Z UID:12280-1729346400-1729357200@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:You Are Invited: Launch of Legacies of Windrush in Cambridgeshire DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Cambridge warmly invites you to a special event celebrating the launch of the Legacies of Windrush in Cambridgeshire project. Join us on October 19th\, from 2 pm – 5 pm for an afternoon of celebration\, storytelling\, and community. \nWe are honoured to welcome our partner in this project\, Dr Carol Brown-Leonardi who will give a talk highlighting the significance of the Windrush generation’s contributions and legacy. You will also hear more about the project from the Museum of Cambridge\, and how you or your loved ones can get involved. This event will mark the beginning of an exciting journey to collect and share the stories of the Windrush Elders\, preserving them for future generations through an exhibition and events. We’re excited to work with young people to bring these stories to life and truly celebrate the lives of the Windrush Generation in Cambridgeshire. \nEnjoy a wonderful afternoon filled with music and delicious food\, as well as an opportunity to visit the Museum and connect with fellow members of the Windrush community. \n Event Details: \n📅 Date: October 19\, 2024 \n🕒 Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM \n📍 Location: Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, CB3 0AQ \nWe look forward to celebrating with you\, and together\, preserving the legacy of the Windrush generation in Cambridgeshire. \nPlease RSVP by emailing alex.smaridge@museumofcambridge.org.uk for catering purposes. All are welcome! \n  URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/you-are-invited-launch-of-legacies-of-windrush-in-cambridgeshire/ LOCATION:The Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Legacies of Windrush in Cambridgeshire,Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/HMT_Empire_Windrush_FL9448-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240926T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240926T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240827T144612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T101908Z UID:12154-1727355600-1727359200@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: The Opportunities of Twinning: Cambridge and Szeged DESCRIPTION:Hear about the rich culture of Hungary and Szeged\, Cambridge’s twin city. As a companion event to the temporary community exhibition “Our Hungarian Twin City Szeged & its Cultural Riches” curated by the Cambridge Szeged Society\, this talk will delve into the sights of Szeged and discuss the strong cultural exchange through twinning cities. Cambridge’s relationship with Szeged through twinning has produced art exchanges of local artists and choral visits from local talents\, alongside an annual programme of talks\, concerts and film screenings. Hear about all the things the Cambridge Szeged Society develops to foster this friendship\, and the work behind it! \nAbout the speaker: \nJulia Seiber Boyd has been the Chair of Cambridge Szeged Society since 2005. Born in London to Hungarian parents Matyas Seiber (Composer) and Lilla Bauer (Modern Dance lecturer at Goldsmiths College London)\, they both settled in the UK in the 1930s. She was educated at Oxford University and moved to Cambridge when she got married in 1979. She practiced as a lawyer until retirement\, nearly 20 years ago. Julia became interested in developing the many new avenues offered to Cambridge by twinning with Szeged since 1987\, and has worked as Chair to facilitate various exchanges. \nFind out more about the Cambridge Szeged Society: \nCambridge Szeged Society | Cambridge Szeged Society (cambridge-szeged-society.org.uk) \nBook Today! \nGreatOpportunitiesofTwinningTalk.eventbrite.co.uk \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. We kindly suggest a donation of £7\, which includes the talk and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers). Your donation supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \nNOTE: Eventbrite has changed its set up and now only allows one ‘donate as you feel’ ticket per purchase. Please kindly book tickets separately per email; the same email can be used. \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-the-great-opportunities-of-twinning-achievements-of-cambridge-and-szeged/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Zoe-Jasko-Talk-Image-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240911T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240911T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240520T130816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T130928Z UID:11698-1726059600-1726063200@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: The Spinning House DESCRIPTION:Caroline Biggs grew up in and around Cambridge. She was a former Trustee of The Museum of Cambridge\, where she organised the History Festival to address the massive imbalance between historical knowledge about the ‘town’ as opposed to the ‘gown.’ She has studied Creative Non-Fiction at Cambridge University and has an MA in Creative Non-Fiction from UEA. \nShe will be talking about her new book\, The Spinning House\, which exposes how the University of Cambridge once imprison women suspect of ‘evil.’ Mistakes were made. Violence and legal action from the townspeople followed until finally an Act of Parliament was passed to put an end to the jurisdiction of the university over the women of Cambridge. \nYou can also find out more from her blog: therealcambridge | More than just Colleges … \nBook now: The Spinning House Tickets\, Wed\, Sep 11\, 2024 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite \n  \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. We kindly suggest a donation of £7\, which includes the talk and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers). Your donation supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \nNOTE: Eventbrite has changed its set up and now only allows one ‘donate as you feel’ ticket per purchase. Please kindly book tickets separately per email; the same email can be used. \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-the-spinning-house/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/spinning-house.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240704T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240704T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240222T145312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240703T172404Z UID:11303-1720098000-1720101600@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:POSTPONED Talk: Hope is Daffodil Bright: Women's Voluntary Service in Cambridge during WWII DESCRIPTION:DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES\, THIS TALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE CHECK FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON WHEN THIS TALK WILL BE RESCHEDULED. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED. \nAlice Bragg moved to Cambridge with her family in 1938 when her husband\, Lawrence was appointed head of the Cavendish Laboratories. Within a year the Second World War broke out and her life unexpectedly changed. With no training or experience\, she became head of the Women’s Voluntary Service in Cambridge and in 1946 the city’s third female Mayor. Zoë Jasko author of ‘Hope is Daffodil Bright’ dramatizes Alice’s war time life and the essential work of the WVS. Her research and her subsequent historical novel give a fascinating insight into a city at war and a community pulling together. \nAbout the Speaker: \nZoë Jasko is a writer\, public speaker\, and performer. Her books What the Wind Saw: Short Stories from the Heart of Hertfordshire (2022)\, Hope is Daffodil Bright (2023) and The Portraits on the Wall: Five Cherished Pets\, Five Special Stories (2024) are published by The Endless Bookcase. Trained as a light lyric soprano\, she is cofounder and creative director of the Hertfordshire based Felici Opera. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and four children. \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. Your ticket includes the talk by Zoë Jasko and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers)\, and supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \n  \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-hope-is-daffodil-bright-womens-voluntary/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Untitled-design-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240627T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240627T201500 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240616T133701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240618T131541Z UID:11783-1719514800-1719519300@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:"The Stories Behind the Stitches" Late Night Opening DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to invite you to “The Stories Behind the Stitches” Late Night Opening (General Entry) as we move into the next phase of the exhibition! \nVisit the Museum of Cambridge after-hours and enjoy our temporary exhibition\, the launch of two new trails\, and late-night shopping. \n  \n“The Stories Behind the Stitches” Temporary Exhibition\nOpening at the end of March\, “The Stories Behind the Stitches” has been a very popular temporary exhibit\, exploring wellness\, disability and self expression through Cambridge textiles. The exhibition highlights how the needle and thread have been paramount in Cambridge and Cambridgeshire community’s self-expression throughout milestones in a person or community’s life. Visitors will be taken on a journey which allows them to consider themes of education\, family-life\, disability\, and celebration\, expressed through textiles. \nThe exhibit is now open and will be on display until Autumn 2024. You can find out more here: Exhibition: “The Stories Behind the Stitches” – The Museum of Cambridge \n  \nLaunch of Two New Trails\nWe are delighted to launch two new trails in conjunction with “The Stories Behind the Stitches” at this Late Night Opening\, as we enter the next phase of the exhibition: a Museum interpretation walk-through titled “Why do we Craft?” and children’s trail “Mischief Runs Amok at the Museum”. \nWhy do we craft? \nWalk Through Cambridge’s Crafting History \nJourney through the Museum of Cambridge and discover how and why we have crafted through the years. Whether it’s storing your knives\, the history of the Cambridge Tapestry Company\, or stitching a map as part of a young girl’s education\, Cambridge’s rich history of craft has many threads to explore. \nMischief Runs Amok at the Museum \nMischief the Monkey has been running wild through the Museum and has left a trail of red ribbon behind. Help us find all the ribbons and tidy up after this crazy ape! \n  \nMuseum Shop\nDuring our Late Night Opening\, you’ll also have the opportunity to visit the Museum shop\, which is stocked with fun vintage games and toys\, books about local history\, and locally made craft items. There will also be a selection of items specifically themed around the temporary exhibition! Plus\, every purchase in the shop supports the ongoing development of this fabulous Museum\, ensuring we can continue to provide enriching experiences for all our visitors. \n  \nNo Booking is required. Standard Entry applies for General Entry of the Late Night Opening. £6/Adults\, £4.50/Students\, Free for 16 and Under. \n  \nThings to Note:\nAccessibility \nYou can read about our accessibility information on our website here Accessibility – The Museum of Cambridge. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge. \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/the-stories-behind-the-stitches-late-night-opening/ LOCATION:The Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/General-Entry-Horizontal.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240613T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240613T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240325T160650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T160650Z UID:11459-1718283600-1718287200@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Tales from the Fen: The Folklore of Cambridgeshire in my Printmaking DESCRIPTION:Lizzie Ault is an artist who uses forgotten stories to link people with places. Lizzie uses observation\, imagination\, and a sprinkling of the fantastical to create striking imagery that evokes a sense of connection with the landscape and a celebration of East Anglian heritage; the wildlife\, characters\, stories\, and places that hold visceral memories from history. \nLizzie studied Fine Art\, Painting at the University of Wales Institute\, Cardiff from 2002 – 2005. After a 10-year career in design\, she returned to fine art in 2020 and discovered printmaking. \nLizzie has spent the last few years researching the folklore of Cambridgeshire and East Anglia to inspire her artwork. She has used some of the artefacts and stories from the Museum of Cambridge and the Enid Porter project in this research and will be sharing the artwork inspired by the collections as well as other local stories in this talk. From Elizabeth Woodcock to Mucky Porter\, Lizzie has become fascinated by the unique collection of folk tales from East Anglia and has created artwork that captures the character of the region. She will share insights into her research and her artistic process in lino print and etching. Lizzie will be showcasing her original artwork as well as sharing sketchbooks and printing plates that she has produced during this period. \n\n\n\n\nFind out more about Lizzie here: www.talesfromthefen.co.uk \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. We kindly suggest a donation of £7\, which includes the talk and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers). Your donation supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \nNOTE: Eventbrite has changed its set up and now only allows one ‘donate as you feel’ ticket per purchase. Please kindly book tickets separately per email; the same email can be used. \n  \n\n\nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/tales-from-the-fen-the-folklore-of-cambridgeshire-in-my-printmaking/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/glass_eels_RBG_12_300dpi-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240516T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240516T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240218T155008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T134608Z UID:11283-1715864400-1715868000@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: Discovering gothic revival and arts and crafts in Cambridge DESCRIPTION:It is not always to find the hidden gems in Cambridge\, as there is so much to see.  This talk will walk you through the buildings and interiors of Colleges and Churches in the centre of town that have examples of gothic revival architecture and arts and crafts interiors.  It will help you to understand how and why this style of work came about\, show you where to find and see examples\, whose work you can see and talk about the artists and designers who worked in Cambridge. \nAbout the Speaker: \nYvonne first came to Cambridge in 1975 to complete a joint honours degree in Sociology and European Thought and Literature at Anglia Ruskin University before qualifying as a social worker at University College North Wales\, Bangor in 1979.  She worked in social care in Cambridgeshire for most of her career\, in both the local authority and charitable sectors.  In 2011 she took her ‘gap year’ with VSO to work with a disability project in Tajikistan.  She trained as a Cambridge Green Badge guide and qualified in 2016.  She is now an official Cambridge tour guide and has her own website that offers a range of tours to visitors from around the world.  Her visitors guide: ‘Gothic Revival and Arts and Crafts in Cambridge’ was a lockdown project\, completed in 2023.  Yvonne lives close to Cambridge with her husband and has two adult sons\, who now live locally. \nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. Your ticket includes the talk by Yvonne Pinchen and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers)\, and supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \n  \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-discovering-gothic-revival-and-arts-and-crafts-in-cambridge/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/overmantel4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240502T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240502T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240325T155021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T134633Z UID:11455-1714654800-1714658400@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Textiles Therapy: Aiding mental health\, mourning\, disability and injury DESCRIPTION:Have you ever picked up a needle and thread? It could have been patching up a hole in your favourite t-shirt\, popping a button back on your coat\, or maybe trying your hand at something a bit more ambitious\, such as an embroidery project or a quilt. \nAlongside the more practical uses of sewing\, textiles have been used for centuries as outlets for mental health\, mourning\, disability\, and injury. Beau Brannick\, the Museum of Cambridge’s Collections Officer\, and curator of ‘The Stories Behind the Stitches’ exhibition\, will discuss objects in the collection and exhibit which explore these themes. These range from embroideries stitched by injured and disabled out-of-action soldiers whilst residing at the First Eastern General Hospital to samplers stitched in memory of a lost loved one. \nDue to the nature of our 16th-century old building\, the Museum of Cambridge is not wheelchair accessible. However\, the talk will be held in our hireable space\, which has level access\, and there is an accessible bathroom on site. We are working on enhancing our accessibility\, and we recognise that this is a core development priority. This talk allows the Museum to discuss disability within the collection and share these objects and research in an accessible space. \nAbout the Speaker: \nBeau Branick is the Collection Officer at the Museum of Cambridge and Curator of their new exhibition\, ‘The Stories Behind the Stitches’ (Exhibition: “The Stories Behind the Stitches” – The Museum of Cambridge)\, which explores people’s connections and stories within the Museum’s textile collection. \nBeau is currently studying MA Queer History at Goldsmiths University of London\, with an interest in the intersections of queerness and disability. They are a keen textile enthusiast and have participated in projects such as co-curating the Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt. \n\n\n\n\nSupporting the Museum of Cambridge \nThe Museum of Cambridge is an independent Charity and is not part of either the Cambridge Council or the University of Cambridge. We kindly suggest a donation of £7\, which includes the talk and entry to the Museum of Cambridge (usually £6 for Adults\, £4.50 for Students/Jobseekers). Your donation supports the daily running and conservation care of the Museum\, an independent charity. \nNOTE: Eventbrite has changed its set up and now only allows one ‘donate as you feel’ ticket per purchase. Please kindly book tickets separately per email; the same email can be used. \n  \n\n\nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/textiles-therapy-aiding-mental-health-mourning-disability-and-injury/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Untitled-design.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240326T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240326T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240208T203548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T203548Z UID:11250-1711476000-1711479600@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: The Great Plague in Cambridge 1665-1666: A People’s History DESCRIPTION:Using 17th century records this talk starts with an account of the first plague victim identified in Cambridge in 1665. A chronological narrative follows tracing the course of the epidemic through the streets of Cambridge\, introducing the victims\, their families and friends\, and looking at the effect of the plague on the social and economic life of the town. The whole is set within the context of life in 17th century Cambridge\, and the epidemiology of the plague is discussed. Although there are many harrowing tales to be told about the victims\, even at its darkest point the talk shows that there was hope\, love and humanity. \nAbout the Speaker: \nBefore Retirement Evelyn Lord was the course director for the University of Cambridge Masters degree in Local History. Her Ph.D. was awarded by the Department of English Local History\, University of Leicester and she has worked at the universities of Manchester and Derby. She is the chair of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History\, and of the Cambridgeshire Records Society editorial committee. She is the convenor of the Landscape and Local History Research Group and is an emeritus fellow of Wolfson College\, Cambridge. \n  \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-the-great-plague-in-cambridge-1665-1666-a-peoples-history/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Plague-picture.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240315T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240315T210000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240221T144231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T140204Z UID:11295-1710531000-1710536400@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Does Mill Road matter? Local history and museums in the 21st century DESCRIPTION:As part of the Cambridge Festival\,  Mill Road History Society and The Museum of Cambridge present a talk by Roger Lilley\, looking at their history\, relationship and opportunities for the future\, as well as some of the interesting material in the Museum.  Roger is Chair of Trustees at MoC and an editor for the museum social history website\, Capturing Cambridge.\n\n\nRoger Lilley looks at the relationship between a local history museum and a local history group and the opportunities presented for their interaction. \nRoger will be talking about the Museum of Cambridge\, its history\, trials and tribulations and future development. He’ll be talking about the way it can interact with local history societies and in particular with the Mill Road History Society. He’ll look at their legacy to the Museum\, Capturing Cambridge\, and how the Museum has used that resource to widen its outreach and collect more resources. \nHe’ll also look at new material that the Museum has collected on people and events in the Mill Road area and talk about opportunities to enrich that collection of data further. In comparison\, he will look at other roads\, communities and villages in Cambridgeshire and how the Museum has and continues to play a role in fostering a knowledge of local history. \nHe will ask how communities such as those living in the Mill Road area would like to see the future of the Museum of Cambridge\, and whose responsibility it is ultimately is to ensure that its collection and influence continues into the 21st century. \nRoger is currently the chair of the Trustees of the Museum of Cambridge. He is a former Cambridge primary school teacher with a mixed background in classics\, religious polyphony\, catastrophe reinsurance and environmental campaigning. He’s lived in Cambridge for over thirty years and devoted himself to local history research for the last ten. \nThis talk is a joint venture between the Mill Road History Society and the Museum of Cambridge\, as a part of the Cambridge Festival. \n  \nDoors open at 7pn\, and the talk will start at 7:30pm. Entry is free and open to all. Booking is recommended via an email to bookings@millroadhistory.org.uk but everyone is welcome on the night subject to space. \n  \nLocation: \nMill Road Community Centre \n6 Hazell Street \nCambridge CB1 2GN \nUnited Kingdom \nMore information is available at: https://millroadhistory.org.uk/event/does-mill-road-matter-local-history-and-museums-in-the-21st-century/ URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/does-mill-road-matter-local-history-and-museums-in-the-21st-century/ LOCATION:Cambridgeshire CATEGORIES:Museum,Our Cambridge,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Festival_1200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T200000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20240103T150236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T150236Z UID:11047-1708022700-1708027200@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: Polish folk tradition and the regional folk costumes of Poland DESCRIPTION:Poland is rich in its folklore tradition\, with each region or town having its own distinct decoration\, customs\, costumes\, songs and dances. The presentation will explore this rich tradition\, focussing on the costumes\, fabrics and embroidery that make them unique\, exploring their origins and how they have evolved in the present day. \nAbout the Speakers: \nLucyna Mazur is an art educator and lecturer. She was born in Cambridge to Polish parents and grew up in the city. She has danced with Polish folk groups for a number of years\, and this sparked her interest and study of Polish folk art and tradition. Her Polish heritage has inspired her own creative practice and she now designs fabrics which are made into textile items. \nNick Mazur also has his family’s roots in Poland and danced with Polish groups in both London and Cambridge over the years. Both Nick and Lucyna studied Polish folk choreography and ethnography at the University of Lublin in south east Poland. \n  \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-polish-folk-tradition-and-the-regional-folk-costumes-of-poland/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_0806.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T140000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20231228T115416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T150344Z UID:11038-1706187600-1706191200@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: The Railways of Cambridge: 1845 to the Present Day DESCRIPTION:In this illustrated talk Tony Kirby will explore how the railways have influenced the townscape of Cambridge from 1845 to the present day\, the history of Cambridge station itself and its surroundings\, how trams and then buses have connected it to the town centre and show some of the immense variety of trains and locomotives (steam\, diesel and electric) that have been seen here over the years. \nTony Kirby taught History at CCAT/Anglia Ruskin University from 1970 onwards\, and was latterly the University’s Co-ordinator of Strategic Planning. Until 2023 he was Secretary of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History and the County Advisory Group on Archives and Local Studies\, and is Co-President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. \n  \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email sumyin.wong@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/the-railways-of-cambridge-1845-to-the-present-day/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Tony-Kirby-picture-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240118T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240118T200000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20230713T132734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T122857Z UID:10545-1705603500-1705608000@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:The Golden Years of Clara Rackham: Socialist\, Suffragist\, Social Reformer DESCRIPTION:After her widely acclaimed talk in March\, 2023 Emerita Professor Mary Joannou\, Emerita Professor at ARU and author of the first biography of Clara Rackham\, returns to discuss Clara’s ‘golden years’. Using rare archival photographs\, Mary’s richly illustrated presentation traces Clara’s work in Cambridge during the ‘People’s War’ and after the Labour Landslide of 1945 including the new housing programmes in the city and the great international crises of Suez\, Cuba and Hungary. \n The talk combines Clara’s experiences of ageing\, disability\, bereavement and personal loss with the pleasure she derived from her extended family\, her support of CND and the peace movement and the controversial national campaign for the retention of grammar schools. What emerges is not only a picture of a tireless city and county councillor who helped to change the face of modern Cambridge\, but also of a very modest ‘private person’ and impassioned feminist public intellectual\, still politically active at the age of ninety\, whose work was instrumental to the establishment of the postwar settlement and the Welfare State. \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email annie.davis@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-clara-rackham-part-2-the-later-years-1939-1966/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/clara.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231027T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231027T210000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20230713T131150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T134459Z UID:10543-1698431400-1698440400@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:'Ruth is stranger than fiction' presented by Ruth McPhee DESCRIPTION:A special live podcast event with Ruth McPhee and guests\, taking a journey into the darker side of Cambridge’s history with stories from the old county gaol at Castle Mound. From the mid 17th to early 20th century\, the prison housed some of the region’s most wretched and devious criminals\, and provided the site for high profile and historic executions. Join us to hear about the fate of such infamous villains as serial killer Walter Horsford\, violent preacher John Green\, and scheming poisoners Mary Reeder and Elias Lucas. \n  \n  \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email annie.davis@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/ruth-is-stranger-than-fiction-presented-by-ruth-mcphee/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RISTF_1400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20230713T125421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230713T125421Z UID:10540-1697135400-1697142600@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: Pre-Conquest East Anglia as Inspiration for a Murder Mystery Novelist DESCRIPTION:Join the Museum of Cambridge online for a fascinating evening with author Lindsay Jacob. \nAuthor\, Lindsay Jacob\, talks about how the material wealth and spiritual anxieties of Anglo-Saxon East Anglia\, and limitations of the systems of law and order\, inspired him to start writing a series of pre-Conquest murder mysteries. The area was rich; but to criminals and other kingdoms\, it was ripe for theft and conquest. To the covert ‘pagan’\, it was a land of spirit-filled fens\, meres and woodland; but to the senior echelons of the Church\, these same places were home to demons and monsters. The scene was set for tensions within and between secular and spiritual worldviews to inspire murders. And as the Anglo-Saxon legal system struggled against secretive crimes\, for these to be solved in imaginative ways by an inquisitive priest. \n\nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-pre-conquest-east-anglia-as-inspiration-for-a-murder-mystery-novelist/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230927T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230927T210000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20230524T131831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230620T134118Z UID:10272-1695839400-1695848400@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Talk: Objects of the Mind: Using film to engage audiences with the Science Museum’s mental health collections. DESCRIPTION: Join the Museum of Cambridge for a talk by Tim Snelson\, media historian and Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia. \nAfter the Second World War\, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals intervened in and influenced cinema culture in unprecedented ways\, changing how films were conceived\, produced\, censored\, exhibited and received by audiences. \nIn an ongoing Research Council-funded project\, Tim Snelson and colleagues at the University of Manchester have researched these interactions. A key\, but unexpected\, finding of this research has been the vital role played by objects – psychiatric instruments\, laboratory equipment\, diagnostic tools\, psychological tests\, perceptual apparatus – as the embodied materiality of the psychological ideas that the films circulated and contested. \nIn this latest project\, Objects of the Mind\, they have marshalled objects from across the Science Museum’s media and medical collections to explore the convergences between the psychiatric and cinematic and to communicate these findings to new audiences. \nIn this talk\, Tim will preview three short films that he has made with the Science Museum\, which will be screened on gallery at a Lates event for NHS’s 75th Anniversary in July in the Wellcome Galleries. These films contextualise objects within the Museum’s medical collections – the straitjacket\, the electroencephalograph (EEG)\, the sand trays used in Margret Lowenfeld’s Word Technique. Tim will use these films to illustrate his research on the interactions of material cultures of media and mental health\, but also consider the value of using films and other popular culture to recontextualise and recombine museum objects and\, conversely\, the potential of bringing an objects-perspective to film and media studies. \n  \n \nTim Snelson \nTim Snelson is a media historian and is currently Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia. His research looking at the relationship between media and social history has been published in a number of books and journals\, including exploring how changes in women’s roles and experiences in wartime shaped production of Hollywood genre films in a book titled Phantom Ladies: Hollywood Horror and the Home Front (Rutgers University Press\, 2015). He recently led two Research Council-funded projects on the interactions of psychiatry and cinema\, researched and delivered in collaboration with the British Science Association and Science Museum Group. Research from these projects\, looking at the interplay of psychiatric and cinematic ideas\, expertise and material cultures\, will be published in a book titled Demons of the Mind: Psychiatry and Cinema in the Long 1960s by Edinburgh University Press in 2024. \n  \nAccessibility \nYou can also read about our accessibility information on our website. If you’d like to chat through any accessibility requirements\, don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01223 355159 or email annie.davis@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Event attendees with additional needs are welcome to bring a supporter or carer who will be admitted to the event free of charge.  \nGetting Here \nWe are in the centre of Cambridge. You’ll find us at the corner of Castle Street and Northampton Street. We are right beside Kettle’s Yard and only a 15-minute walk from King’s College. \nYou can park your bike at the bike parks on Bridge Street or on Northampton Street. There is a bus stop on Bridge Street. Check out the Stagecoach website to plan your journey to and from the Museum. Find out more about how to get here by train\, bike\, bus\, car or on foot on our website. \nPhotography \nPlease note that photographs will be taken throughout this event\, and images may be used in future marketing and reporting materials. If you do not wish you or your family’s photograph to be taken\, please make sure to let us know. \nHealthy Events \nIf you’re feeling unwell or have recently tested positive for Covid-19\, please do not attend this event. We’ll be happy to offer you a refund if applicable\, and welcome you at the Museum on another day. \nLove events? Love them even more when they’re free? Join the Friends of the Museum of Cambridge today and you’ll get access to free events\, discounts in our shop and year-round free entry for you and a guest. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/talk-objects-of-the-mind-using-film-to-engage-audiences-with-the-science-museums-mental-health-collections/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/scrn_brain_machine_3_eeg1_mid_shot_6m58s-002.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230125T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230125T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20220913T164116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221223T160606Z UID:9079-1674671400-1674678600@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:The Bootlegging Waiter: A Story of Celebrity\, Class\, and Creativity in the 1930s with Dr. David Cowan DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with the Cambridge historian Dr. David Cowan. \n‘The Bootlegging Waiter: A Story of Celebrity\, Class\, and Creativity in the 1930s’\nArthur Henry Timmins\, a waiter born in Southampton in 1907\, burst into the pages of British newspapers in the late 1930s as the author of an autobiography and\, soon after\, a novel. A literary celebrity in the era before television\, his works drew on his experiences serving customers in British hotels\, cruise ship restaurants across the Atlantic\, and illicit bars in Prohibition-era America. Dealing with still-resonant questions around tips and labour\, Timmins’s writings drew attention to the exploitative conditions of service staff in the wake of the Great Depression. But it was a chance encounter in a restaurant with a customer that gave Timmins the confidence – and the opportunity – to break into London’s literary world. \nAbout Dr. David Cowan \nDr. David Cowan teaches modern British history at Trinity Hall\, Cambridge. He is a prize-winning historian of twentieth-century Britain. David’s recent article\, ‘Nostalgia\, Community\, and Late Twentieth Century Television’ is available online and is free to access. \nAll of your donations towards this event will support the Museum. Thank you in advance for your kind generosity! \nIf you have any accessibility requirements for this event\, please don’t hesitate to email us at enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk. or call 01223 355159 and ask for Annie. \nThere will be photography at this event – if you’d like to opt out of photography\, just add a note to your booking and let us know on the night. \nBooking is via Eventbrite. Or\, just give us a call on 01223 355159 and we can pop the booking through for you over the phone. \nYou can join us in person at the Museum\, or sign up for a digital stream via Zoom (all you’ll need is a phone or laptop\, the Zoom app\, and an internet connection). \nAll tickets are available on a ‘Donate As You Feel’ basis – please give generously as every penny of the proceeds goes towards supporting the Museum and its collections. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/annual-appeal-the-bootlegging-waiter-a-story-of-celebrity-class-and-creativity-in-the-1930s-with-david-cowan/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Restaurant_interior_in_Miami_Florida_9401684956.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221129T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221129T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20220930T131408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T131408Z UID:9161-1669746600-1669753800@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Annual Appeal: 'A Fenland History Saver Shares All' DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with renowned historian and researcher Mike Petty\n‘A Fenland History Saver Shares All’\nCutbacks and Covid-19 have greatly impacted access to the resources available to local historians for researching Cambridgeshire’s heritage. \nMike Petty became interested in the history of his home village of Stretham more than 70 years ago. \nWhile Librarian of the Cambridgeshire Collection he transformed a uncatalogued resource amassed since 1855 into a specialist library used by 1\,000 people a month. \nSince ‘retirement ‘ 25 years ago Mike has continued to share resources through posts to 10\,000 followers of his Fenland History on Facebook group and providing access through Internet Archive to Cambridgeshire books\, newspapers\, illustrations\, maps and audio files that have been consulted by 150\,000 researchers across Cambridgeshire and around the world\, including over 70\,000 users during the period of Covid lockdown. \nThis evening he will reflect on Mike’s work over the years with plenty of time for audience questions! \nAbout Mike Petty \nIn 1964 Mike Petty discovered tucked away in a back room of Cambridge Library a collection of books\, newspapers\, maps\, illustrations and ephemera on Cambridgeshire. It had been carefully collected for 110 years – but nobody had had the chance to sort it. \nOver the next 30 years Mike transformed it into the Cambridgeshire Collection\, taking it into a separate suite in the new Central Library in Lion Yard. Over that time he became the most widely acknowledged authority on Cambridge and the fenland building up unique knowledge of resources which he continues to share through regular lectures to groups and societies. \nHis wide experience in assisting thousands of enquirers for over 50 years and unrivalled knowledge of published material – books\, newspapers\, illustrations\, maps etc – combine to provide a unique service for those investigating any aspect of the area\, past or present. More details are contained on his website – www.mikepetty.org.uk \nAll of your donations towards this event will support our latest Annual Appeal – more details can be found here\, on our website. Thank you in advance for your kind generosity! \nIf you have any accessibility requirements for this event\, please don’t hesitate to email us at enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk. or call 01223 355159 and ask for Annie. \nThere will be photography at this event – if you’d like to opt out of photography\, just add a note to your booking and let us know on the night. \nAnnual Appeal: Saving Our Stories\nBehind every single object in our Museum are a whole host of fascinating stories; the story of the person who made it\, the person who used it – or even the person who found it in a basement and gave it to the Museum. \nCollections care and conservation is a complex and costly business\, requiring specialist equipment\, training\, extensive staff and volunteer time\, and substantial storage space – not to mention extremely high utility bills. \n So today\, we’re asking you for your help. Please help us keep our collections safe so that the unique stories each object tells can be handed down to future generations. \nYou can find out more about our appeal on our website: www.museumofcambridge.org.uk. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/annual-appeal-a-fenland-history-saver-shares-all/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/laarni-navales-xBapF6deGCg-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221103T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221103T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20220913T163536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T155643Z UID:9076-1667500200-1667507400@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Annual Appeal: 'From Papua to Pampisford' -the origins of the 'Folk Museum' with Becky Proctor DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk from the wonderful Becky Proctor in support of our 2022 Annual Appeal. This is a special event just for Friends of the Museum of Cambridge. You can sign up to become a Friend here.\n “From Papua to Pampisford” – the origins of the Folk Museum in 1930s Cambridge.\nWhen renowned archaeologist Sir Cyril Fox officially opened the Cambridge & County Folk Museum in November 1936 he noted in his opening address\, “I am inclined to think that in the University of Cambridge there is more exact knowledge of the social anthropology of\, let us say\, Papua\, than of Pampisford.” Save for its archaeology\, Pampisford\, like other Cambridgeshire towns and villages\, would have rarely featured in the collections or research interests of any one of the University museums at that time. This talk describes how a dynamic group of local people established the Folk Museum to preserve and display objects to reflect the lives and traditions of local people for future generations. \nAbout Becky Proctor \nBorn and brought up in Cambridge\, I spent more than 16 happy years at the Folk Museum as Assistant Curator\, during which time we completed the huge redevelopment project\, which opened to the public in 2005. I’ve worked at Royal Papworth Hospital as Heritage Officer since 2009\, in combination with some varied roles delivering community and oral history projects. Museum work is always varied\, from posing mannequins at Burwell Museum to training retired firefighters in cataloguing skills at Kent Fire Museum. In 2020 I had the pleasure to edit the book ‘Brush with the Past’ by Allan Brigham\, and I continue to write and deliver history talks to local groups. \nAll of your donations towards this event will support our latest Annual Appeal – more details can be found here\, on our website. Thank you in advance for your kind generosity! \nIf you have any accessibility requirements for this event\, please don’t hesitate to email us at enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk. or call 01223 355159 and ask for Annie. \nThere will be photography at this event – if you’d like to opt out of photography\, just add a note to your booking and let us know on the night. \nBooking is via Eventbrite. \nAnnual Appeal: Saving Our Stories\nBehind every single object in our Museum are a whole host of fascinating stories; the story of the person who made it\, the person who used it – or even the person who found it in a basement and gave it to the Museum. \nCollections care and conservation is a complex and costly business\, requiring specialist equipment\, training\, extensive staff and volunteer time\, and substantial storage space – not to mention extremely high utility bills. \n So today\, we’re asking you for your help. Please help us keep our collections safe so that the unique stories each object tells can be handed down to future generations. \nYou can find out more about our appeal on the Support Us tab. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/annual-appeal-from-papua-to-pampisford-the-origins-of-the-folk-museum-with-becky-proctor/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Museum-of-Cambridge-low-70-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221028T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221028T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20220926T103624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T103624Z UID:9136-1666983600-1666989000@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Toads\, Lice\, and Urine: Witchcraft and Folk Magic in East Anglia with Ruth McPhee DESCRIPTION:Join us as we talk with podcaster Ruth McPhee about Witchcraft and Folk Magic in East Anglia. \nRuth McPhee is the host of Ruth is Stranger than Fiction\, a podcast all about the strange histories and unlikely characters of East Anglia. Past episodes have covered folkloric figures including will o’ the wisps\, giants\, and toadmen\, gruesome events such as witch trials\, bodysnatching\, and tragic murders\, and plenty of hauntings and ghostly goings on around Cambridge and other towns of the area. \nAn exploration of historical beliefs around witchcraft and magic in the fens and fields of Cambridgeshire and beyond\, with Ruth McPhee from the Ruth is Stranger than Fiction podcast. From malevolent curses\, spells and toadmen through to the counter-witchcraft and protective magic of bodily fluids\, witch bottles and hag stones\, join us for an evening of peculiar tales and magical intrigue. \nFind out more about the podcast and how to subscribe at www.ruthisstranger.co.uk \n\nTickets on sale from October 1st. \nBook Here! \n  \n  URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/toads-lice-and-urine-witchcraft-and-folk-magic-in-east-anglia-with-ruth-mcphee/ LOCATION:The Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RISTF_1400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221005T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221005T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20220913T163017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T155446Z UID:9071-1664994600-1665001800@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Annual Appeal: 'Cambridge per diem' with Rosie Zanders DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special talk with Rosie Zanders\, author of Cambridge per diem\, to help us raise money for our Annual Appeal.\n‘Cambridge per diem: A daily chronicle of Cambridge connections’\n Rosie has long been fascinated by Cambridge time and the personalities who have travelled through it. Time is a recurrent theme of this illustrated talk; Rosie will share some personal reflections on the passing of time\, whilst focusing on some notable Cambridge personalities. There will be a special mention\, of course\, of Cambridge connections on 5th October\, the day of this talk. \nAttendees will also have the chance to purchase a signed copy of Rosie’s book. \nAbout Rosie Zanders \nRosie is a recently retired Cambridge Blue Badge tourist guide. A love of travel and meeting people led Rosie to a long career in the tourist industry\, starting with coach tours across Europe to Austria and the south of France\, before qualifying as a Blue Badge guide in London\, specialising in conference programmes and in-house tours of Spencer House. More recently\, as a co-owner and subsequent sole director\, of Cambridge Tailor-Made Tours\, she has focused on arranging and conducting personalised\, tailor-made tours for small family groups and private clients. Her other passion\, for reading and language\, began with the study of medieval and modern French language and literature at UCL and culminated in the writing of several popular books on Cambridge. Her most recent publication is Cambridge per diem – a daily chronicle of Cambridge connections (Merak Publishing\, Nov. 2021); it contains an eclectic mix of Cambridge-related anniversaries\, at least one for every day of the year. \nAll of your donations towards this event will support our latest Annual Appeal – more details can be found on our website. Thank you in advance for your kind generosity! \nBooking is via Eventbrite. \nIf you have any accessibility requirements for this event\, please don’t hesitate to email us at enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk. or call 01223 355159 and ask for Annie. \nThere will be photography at this event – if you’d like to opt out of photography\, just add a note to your booking and let us know on the night. \nAnnual Appeal: Saving Our Stories\nBehind every single object in our Museum are a whole host of fascinating stories; the story of the person who made it\, the person who used it – or even the person who found it in a basement and gave it to the Museum. \nCollections care and conservation is a complex and costly business\, requiring specialist equipment\, training\, extensive staff and volunteer time\, and substantial storage space – not to mention extremely high utility bills. \n So today\, we’re asking you for your help. Please help us keep our collections safe so that the unique stories each object tells can be handed down to future generations. \nYou can find out more about our appeal on the Support Us tab. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/annual-appeal-annual-appeal-cambridge-per-diem-with-rosie-zanders/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/download.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220928T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220928T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20220913T161920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T155606Z UID:9066-1664389800-1664397000@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Annual Appeal: 'Josiah Chater and Victorian Cambridge' with Honor Ridout DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to invite you to join us for a very special talk with Honor Ridout to launch our latest Annual Appeal.\n‘Josiah Chater and Victorian Cambridge’ \nKeeping a diary for nearly 40 years was an achievement that has provided us with a wonderful picture of the life of Victorian Cambridge. As Josiah Chater progressed from apprentice to businessman\, he was also engaged in other Cambridge enterprises\, while supporting his growing family. And how do we know about it? Because a heroine of Cambridge history\, Enid Porter\, curator of this museum for 28 years\, delved through the many volumes of the diary to bring us a lively distillation\, supplemented with her own meticulous research. This evening presents these two remarkable characters. \nAll of your donations towards this event will support our latest Annual Appeal – more details can be found here\, on our website. Thank you in advance for your kind generosity! \nBooking is via eventbrite. \nIf you have any accessibility requirements for this event\, please don’t hesitate to email us at enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk. or call 01223 355159 and ask for Annie. \nThere will be photography at this event – if you’d like to opt out of photography\, just add a note to your booking and let us know on the night. \nAnnual Appeal: Saving Our Stories\nBehind every single object in our Museum are a whole host of fascinating stories; the story of the person who made it\, the person who used it – or even the person who found it in a basement and gave it to the Museum. \nCollections care and conservation is a complex and costly business\, requiring specialist equipment\, training\, extensive staff and volunteer time\, and substantial storage space – not to mention extremely high utility bills. \n So today\, we’re asking you for your help. Please help us keep our collections safe so that the unique stories each object tells can be handed down to future generations. \nYou can find out more about our appeal by heading to the Support Us tab on the website. URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/annual-appeal-josiah-chater-and-victorian-cambridge-with-honor-ridout/ LOCATION:Enid Porter Room\, Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SKM_C25822082617230-edited.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220523T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220523T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20211209T162223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220202T175613Z UID:7899-1653332400-1653337800@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Cambridge Talks: The Society for Psychical Research with Ruth McPhee DESCRIPTION:Join us as we talk with podcaster Ruth McPhee about the Society for Psychical Research. \nRuth McPhee is the host of Ruth is Stranger than Fiction\, a podcast all about the strange histories and unlikely characters of East Anglia. Past episodes have covered folkloric figures including will o’ the wisps\, giants\, and toadmen\, gruesome events such as witch trials\, bodysnatching\, and tragic murders\, and plenty of hauntings and ghostly goings on around Cambridge and other towns of the area. \nFor this unique live event\, join Ruth and special guests for an irreverent foray into the history of the Society for Psychical Research\, founded by Trinity College fellows including Henry Sidgwick\, Frederic Myers\, and Edmund Gurney. The intention of the society was to investigate paranormal activity from a position of scientific objectivity and academic rigour. Let’s see how that worked out for them! There’ll be themed drinks and plenty of spooky ambience to get you into the paranormal spirit. \nFind out more about the podcast and how to subscribe at www.ruthisstranger.co.uk \n\nTickets on sale from March 1st. \nBook Here! \n  \n  URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/cambridge-talks-ruth-mcphee/ LOCATION:The Museum of Cambridge\, 2-3 Castle Street\, Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire\, CB3 0AQ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RISTF_1400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220203T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220203T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20220104T111130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220104T111130Z UID:7999-1643914800-1643920200@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Cambridge Talks with Grahame Davies DESCRIPTION:“Setting to work in one of the most over-interpreted cities on earth\, Grahame Davies pitches for the margins\, subtle undercurrents and overwritten terrains of Cambridge. This light-touch genial pyschogeographer seeks the company of a series of Virgilian guides to its habits and haunts\, and the consequences are revelatory. For such reasons this warm and personal book stands a league apart from the scores of gushing screeds on the branded city and its ossified centre.” – Michael Hrebeniak  \nCambridge: the right brain of Oxbridge\, the composite capital city of Clever. For eight centuries\, this quiet English seat of learning has been one half of history’s longest-running academic arms race. When it comes to stockpiling Nobel Prizes\, only that Ivy League newcomer\, Harvard\, has more. \nThis is the mater of all alma maters\, with the kind of A-list alumni – Newton\, Cromwell\, Wordsworth\, Coleridge\, Darwin and Hawking – so famous they don’t even need first names. This is the city where Wittgenstein split hairs and where Rutherford split the atom; where Watson and Crick discovered the DNA that shapes the human body\, and where generations of students push those bodies to their limits. \nBut behind the picture-postcard image of punts\, Pimms and polymaths\, is another Cambridge: the working East Anglian fenland community that gave us Pink Floyd\, Association Football\, the Society for Psychical Research\, the Cambridge Folk Festival\, the Reality Checkpoint – and the graffiti protestor who sprayed his messages in Latin… \nPoet and psychogeographer Grahame Davies explores both 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. \n  \nBOOK NOW\n  \n  URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/cambridge-talks-with-grahame-davies/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lasma-artmane-4JYpYTedYa0-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211216T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211216T201500 DTSTAMP:20260421T130502 CREATED:20211003T145347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211003T145347Z UID:7428-1639681200-1639685700@www.museumofcambridge.org.uk SUMMARY:Fruit Farming in the Cam Valley: Jonathan Spain speaks with The Museum of Cambridge DESCRIPTION:About the talk \nJonathan Spain will be speaking with the Museum about his book Fruit Farming in the Cam Valley [2021]. He will be looking at the history of the fruit industry in the Cam Valley\, set in the wider regional and national contexts. He’ll exploring the origins and commercial development of the fruits grown locally\, in particular the Cambridge Gage\, for which the Cam Valley was famous\, but also other plums\, apples\, pears\, cherries and soft fruits. He’ll also take a look at the historical sources used in the book and consider the economic factors which brought about the rise and\, ultimately\, the fall of the industry. \nAbout Jonathan: \nAfter graduating from York University with First Class honours\, Jonathan has worked in a wide range of history and archival jobs\, including the Historical Manuscripts Commission (now part of the National Archives) and the MSS dept. of Cambridge University Library. He has also worked as a professional historical researcher on various projects and was a major contributor to the Oxford New DNB. He has published numerous articles on historical subjects and recently self-published Fruit Farming in the Cam Valley\, an Horticultural\, Social and Economic History set in the Wider Regional and National Context. The book includes maps and illustrations. \nTo order a copy of the book visit Jonathan’s blogsite where he also shares local history articles. \nAbout the event: \nThis talk is part of the Museum’s ‘Cambridge Talks’ series. All proceeds from this event will go towards supporting the Museum of Cambridge.   \nHow to book: \nTickets are by donation. To book onto this event please visit our Eventbrite page and follow the prompts. \n  \nBOOK NOW\n  URL:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/fruit-farming-in-the-cam-valley-jonathan-spain-speaks-with-the-museum-of-cambridge/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Museum,Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Spain-Capture-2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR