A small museum, with a big story to share
Fresh from the Women's Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science, we are proud to showcase banners, sashes, badges and documents that tell the story of the fight for equal voting rights for women.
The exhibition also includes the diaries of imprisoned campaigners and contemporary leaflets detailing protest tactics such as a plan to 'rush' the House of Commons.
Did you know that Cambridge was at the forefront of the struggles for women's rights to vote a century ago?
Join author Sue Slack and learn about role of Cambridge women in the struggle for voting rights, from the late 19th century to 1928 and the Act that granted equal voting rights to women.
Join us on Friday 28 September for our Shop and Landmarks Memory Café.
Active between 1890 and 1914, the Ladies Dining Society was a discussion club formed by eleven Cambridge women, including some with connections to Newnham College. Few people realise how important this group of 'University Wives' were to voting equality
Join Dr Ann Kennedy Smith in the Enid Porter Room and learn more about this notable group of women and most especially Mary Ward, author of the play Man and Woman: the Question of the Day and for many years the Honorary Secretary of the Cambridge Women’s Suffrage Association.
Banners were an essential part of equality protests and the choice of design and material were critical to their success
Join us in the Enid Porter Room on Wednesday 10 October to learn more about the manufacture of the banners used during the long struggle for voting equality.
Newnham Ladies have helped to shape the city of Cambridge and contributed much to the education of women and the success of the suffrage campaign
Join us on a walking tour of the streets and colleges of Newnham to learn more.
This special Memory Café session will be an opportunity to talk about beliefs around death and related traditions and is held in collaboration with Dying for Life.
- Always wanted to know more about the amazing things that your neighbours have done? Ever wondered about the life of that fascinating old person who lives down the road? Are you interested in learning more about your local area and how it has changed over the years?
Our recent training session was so successful that we're offering another opportunity to learn how to conduct oral history interviews, and it's FREE!
Calling all grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles!
Bring all the younger members of your family along to a day of family fun at our Museum on Tuesday 23 October
Join us for six theatrical vignettes, written by local authors and fully staged in the environs of the Museum of Cambridge. Each play will draw upon an object to be found in our displays and the direction in which they take the author's imagination may surprise you!