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VE Day in Cambridgeshire: Why it is important to remember

VE Day in Cambridgeshire: Why it is important to remember

Cambridge Market Square on VE Day, 8 May 1945 by Dr N Henry VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) was celebrated on 8th May 1945 in Cambridge with a mixture of joy, relief and sobriety. Unlike London that was devastated

2 May 20252 May 2025 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Museum Read more

A History of Punting in Cambridge: Dogs, Pimms and Flat bottoms

A History of Punting in Cambridge: Dogs, Pimms and Flat bottoms

Marcus Stone, A Pleasant Spot on the Thames, 1863 by Dr N Henry Punting on the River Cam is one of the main touristic attractions in Cambridge together with, of course, visiting the Museum of Cambridge that stands very close

30 April 202530 April 2025 Blogs, Museum Read more

The Miller of Cambridge: February1805 – The agricultural crisis and the intensification of the enclosure movement in Cambridgeshire

The Miller of Cambridge: February1805 – The agricultural crisis and the intensification of the enclosure movement in Cambridgeshire

January ended with James waiting anxiously for a cargo of wheat from Hamburg which he bought for £1,300 (several tons of wheat). On Thursday 31st of January James writes in his diary: I hope the ship will come but no

29 April 202529 April 2025 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Projects, Tracing Traditions Read more

Love, Nudity and a Ghost in Bottisham

Love, Nudity and a Ghost in Bottisham

by Dr N Henry The grade one listed church in Bottisham, Holy Trinity, houses many treasures but is noticeably one of the rare churches to celebrate the lives of women and their contributions to society. Women are celebrated in all

3 April 20253 April 2025 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Museum Read more

Volunteer Highlight: Carlotta

Volunteer Highlight: Carlotta

Our volunteers are at the heart of the Museum and we appreciate every one of them! Find out about our Front of House volunteer Carlotta and what it’s like volunteering with us. Hello! My name is Carlotta, and I have

3 April 20253 April 2025 Blogs, Museum, Volunteer Blogs Read more

Temporary Exhibition: It Takes Time to Grow

Temporary Exhibition: It Takes Time to Grow

“It takes time to grow, and you probably won’t realise it but you are not the same person that walked into this room.” -LGBTQ+ Young Person from The Kite Trust The Museum is proud to display “It Takes Time to

3 April 20253 April 2025 Collections, Events, Exhibition, Museum, News, Projects Read more

A ‘Head StArt’ for Young Emerging Artists of Cambridgeshire  

A ‘Head StArt’ for Young Emerging Artists of Cambridgeshire  

The Museum of Cambridge proudly displays works by three young local artists from Long Road Sixth Form College and College of West Anglia in its temporary exhibition, “Educating Cambridge.”  Since October 2024, the Museum of Cambridge has been working with

4 March 202526 March 2025 Blogs, Collections, Exhibition, Museum, News, Projects Read more

Whose Town is it? Two 19th Century Takes on the Question

Whose Town is it? Two 19th Century Takes on the Question

Oil painting by James Ward, View of Cambridge from Castle Hill By Dr N. Henry John Le Keux (a London engraver) and James Ward (a London painter) both produced artistic impressions of the town of Cambridge viewed from Castle Hill

3 March 20253 March 2025 Blogs, Collections, Museum, Tracing Traditions Read more

Folklore Finds: Snakestone

Folklore Finds: Snakestone

While this might look like a simple fossil at first glance, if we take a closer look, it soon becomes clear that there is some fascinating folklore going on here!  This is a snakestone – a name given to ammonites

3 March 20253 March 2025 Blogs, Collections, Museum, Tracing Traditions Read more

Robert Farren: Artist and Social Commentator

Robert Farren: Artist and Social Commentator

It was a sad irony to discover in the Museum of Cambridge the beautiful book of etchings by Robert Farren, Cambridge and Its Neighbourhood, published in 1881, just as Farren’s house of the same year, Mayfield, 110 Hills Road, was

5 February 20255 February 2025 Blogs, Capturing Cambridge, Collections, Museum Read more
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