The Museum of Cambridge

Needle Felting Workshop with Annie Brown
2017-12-09 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Cambridgeshire
Join textile artist Annie Brown and learn how to make a beautiful needle felted landscape using natural and dyed, unspun wool. You will have the opportunity to try out various techniques and embellishments before beginning your main piece. Materials will be provided during the workshop, but you are welcome to bring any wool that you would like to include. There will be the option to buy a needle felting kit at the end of the workshop if you so wish.
Images to work from will also be provided but please feel free to bring along your own photos for inspiration.
Beginners are welcome
The cost of the workshop is £32 per person (includes materials).
Maximum class size is 12 so booking is essential.
Book your tickets through Cambridge Live
or email enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk with any questions.

Willow and Rush Christmas Decorations Workshop (Afternoon)
2017-12-02 13:00 - 15:00 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Join basket weaver Nadine Anderson for a workshop creating stars and hearts and other rustic decorations to grace your home and Christmas table.
Maximum 15 people per workshop
Suitable for adults and 13+
£20 per person (includes materials)
Book your tickets through Cambridge Live
or email enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk with any questions.

Willow and Rush Christmas Decorations Workshop (Morning)
2017-12-02 10:00 - 12:00 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom

Scandi Folded Star Christmas Workshop
2017-11-25 10:00 - 16:00 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Join Niki Chandler for a no sew workshop making stunning folded Christmas Scandi style stars.
Maximum class size is 15, so booking is essential. Tickets cost £40 per person
Specialist materials will be provided, please bring with you a basic sewing kit, thread and fabric if you wish for a particular colour scheme. If bringing your own fabric avoid anything too thick or anything that frays excessively. Some silk may work o.k. You can use up to 4 different fabrics per star.
Book your tickets through Cambridge Live
or email enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk with any questions

Ghost Hunt with Ghost Hunt East Anglia
2017-10-31 20:00 - 2017-11-01 00:30 | Cambridgeshire
Celebrate Halloween at the Museum with Ghost Hunt East Anglia (if you dare)! Book your ticket via their website
Find out more about the ghost hunt and spooky happenings at the museum in our blog post here.

Halloween Family Activities
2017-10-28 13:00 - 17:00 | Cambridgeshire
Share your memories and stories about Halloween for our Tracing Traditions Project – how do you celebrate this spooky time of the year? Join us for family craft activities and story telling.

Drop in Memory Cafe: Hobson's Conduit: Cambridge's Unique Watercourse
2017-10-13 15:30 - 17:30 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Do you have memories of water running through the streets as a child? Did you car ever get stuck in the runnels on Trumpington Street? Come and share your memories and stories of Hobson’s Conduit to coincide with the exhibition (and enjoy a cup of tea and a piece of cake on us)!

Evening Reception: Hobson's Conduit - Cambridge's Unique Watercourse
2017-09-29 20:00 - 22:00 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Join us for the official reception of this exciting exhibition.
The trustees of Hobson’s Conduit are concerned about urban pressures on this precious water course which has graced Cambridge for over four centuries. the Conduit corridor from Nine Wells to the city centre is one of Cambridge’s surviving green lungs.
This year the trustees commenced a ten year programme to record and monitor the ecological diversity of the Conduit and its green corridor. This was launched at a public Bioblitz on 10-11 June 2017. The initial findings of the Hobson Conduit Bioblitz are presented at the Museum of Cambridge from 26th September – 22nd October. Hobson’s Conduit: Cambridge’s Unique Watercourse not only shows the rich but pressurised asset we have , it also describes the changing contribution the Conduit has made since the early sixteenth century to heritage, health and well-being of the city. Visit the exhibition to discover the Conduit is much more than the runnels in Trumpington Street.
Reserve tickets

Exhibition: Hobson's Conduit - Cambridge's Unique Watercourse
2017-09-26 - 2017-10-23 | Cambridgeshire
The trustees of Hobson’s Conduit are concerned about urban pressures on this precious water course which has graced Cambridge for over four centuries. The Conduit corridor from Nine Wells to the city centre is one of Cambridge’s surviving green lungs.
This year the trustees commenced a ten year programme to record and monitor the ecological diversity of the Conduit and its green corridor. This was launched at a public Bioblitz on 10-11 June 2017. The initial findings of the Hobson Conduit Bioblitz are presented at the Museum of Cambridge from 26th September – 22nd October. Hobson’s Conduit: Cambridge’s Unique Watercourse not only shows the rich but pressurised asset we have , it also describes the changing contribution the Conduit has made since the early sixteenth century to heritage, health and well-being of the city. Visit the exhibition to discover the Conduit is much more than the runnels in Trumpington Street.

Talk: Fabric Pictures of the Past
2017-07-31 15:00 - 16:30 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Talk on Fabric Pictures of the Past and a tour of the museum.

Quilt Workshop: Art of the Stitch
2017-07-27 11:30 - 13:30 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Join Niki Chandler for a morning of hand stitching where you will use a variety of fabric scraps to build up a beautiful small abstract artwork for your wall.

Quilt Workshop: Patchwords
2017-07-26 15:00 - 17:00 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Join author Adele Geras for a creative writing workshop. Adele will be using items from the Museum’s collection to help inspire you to write your won story or poem.

Quilt Workshop: Colour and Pattern
2017-07-26 11:30 - 13:00 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
This workshop will look at the interconnecting themes of colour and pattern through analysis of the fabrics in quilts and costume from the Museum’s Collection.

The British Quilt Study Group Study Day
2017-07-25 11:00 - 17:00 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
This full day workshop will teach you to begin quilt research.

Volunteer Day
2017-06-02 - 2017-06-03 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Looking forward to a fun day on Fri 2 June at the museum when we welcome people to see what our volunteers do during volunteers week.

Women's Wisdom Cafe
2017-05-19 15:00 - 17:00 | The Museum of Cambridge, 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AQ, United Kingdom
Join artist Emma Smith for this special event celebrating the wisdom of local women over history from wives tales to female pioneers with special guests Antony Carpen and Alice Wroe.
– Chart the wisdom of women who have guided your life
– Discover the folkloric foresight of local women
– Contribute your knowledge and future predictions
– Enjoy free tea and cake
Held in our Enid porter Room, this is a FREE event.
Drop in, no need to book
This event is part of hunch – a programme of public events and artwork for Parker’s Piece by Emma Smith commissioned by UNIVERSITY ARMS, CAMBRIDGE.
For more information visit: www.hunch.exchange
t: @HunchCam
i: @HunchCambridge
Photograph courtesy of Cambridgeshire Archives
