The Museum of Cambridge is calling the residents of Cambridgeshire to celebrate the place they call home – in miniature!
Museum of Cambridge Launches Major Crowd-Sourced Exhibition Project Ahead of Redevelopment

The Museum of Cambridge is calling the residents of Cambridgeshire to celebrate the place they call home – in miniature!
There is one very prominent item in our collection that even we overlook: the shop front of the Enid Porter building! Originally from 45 Bridge Street, it was a shop known long ago as ‘Le Cage’ and subject to demolition in
In a museum like ours, looking after our collection and our building is everyone’s job. The Museum of Cambridge holds more than 25,000 items donated to it over the last 85 years from people across Cambridgeshire and we are caretakers of the 400 year old White Horse Inn. Everything that we do is about looking after and sharing the stories of our objects.
Our winter exhibition has come to a close. Alex, our Community and Engagement Officer, tells us what the exhibition was all about and shares some of the exhibition’s highlights and successes.
Seafood, cheese, and baking have all played their part in the Cambridgeshire’s culinary history. Trustee Roger explores them in detail.
Martin adopted the Museum’s rotary quern having had a lifelong interest in the history of early agriculture. In this article, he explores the history and use of quern stones in Britain.
Collections Officer, Aimee, talks about our recent Collections Care Audit awarded by AIM Collections Care Audit Grant with Icon and supported by The Pilgrim Trust in June.
The Museum of Cambridge is excited to be launching a brand-new exhibition this December. Celebrating Together, a community-led exhibition, will look at how people in Cambridge get together, what food they make, what traditions they follow, what they enjoy the
The Museum of Cambridge is excited to be launching a brand-new exhibition this December. Celebrating Together, a community-led exhibition, will look at how people in Cambridge get together, what food they make, what traditions they follow, what they enjoy the
Collections Officer Aimee F shares the ideas behind our new exhibition.