• Exhibition: Pride & Place: An LGBTQ+ Exhibition

    The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    We're hosting a special exhibition curated by the local LGBTQ+ community about LGBTQ+ lives in the city throughout history. Exploring this year's theme of activism, and more broadly the subject of change, we'll be sharing personal experiences from those who have been involved in social movements as well as looking at the loss of LGBTQ+ spaces in the city over recent years.

  • Exhibition: Merry in Maytime

    Merry in Maytime is a travelling exhibition investigating folk customs of Cambridgeshire people around the month of May. The exhibition includes original artefacts from our Museum, oral histories and local stories, photographs of seasonal celebrations, and a specially sung traditional Cambridgeshire May Carol. Cambridgeshire is rich in traditional celebrations; this exhibition explores the origins and development of May Day, the curious custom of Beating the Bounds, and the life and costume involved with Jack in the Green May processions. 

  • Exhibition: 50th Anniversary of St. Luke’s Primary School

    The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    What happens when a primary school curates an exhibition? You'll have to pop in to the Museum to see. 'The pupils of St Luke's have contributed to an exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge! Different year groups created different projects.

  • Exhibition: Hiraeth

    The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Hiraeth is an exhibition that will explore how different groups of people relate to home and belonging in Cambridge, through audio recordings of participants talking about places in the city, maps of the city they drew from memory, alongside photos.

  • EXHIBITION: Children’s Books at the Museum of Cambridge

    Dining Parlour, The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    This small exhibition shows some of the wonderful collection of children’s books that have been gathered by the Museum since its formation in 1936.

  • International Women’s Day Events

    The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    Join us on International Women's Day for special tours that will take a closer look at the Women, Unity, Strength exhibition.

  • Arts in Prisons Exhibition Launch

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    The Museum of Cambridge is delighted to announce its first ever online exhibition. Launching on 15th July on our website, we will be hosting a conversation, via our Facebook Live, with Rebecca Lindum Green, Honorary Artist in Residence, Institute of