A small museum, with a big story to share
Exploring the history and stories of the Travelling People and Showmen of Cambridgeshire
Join us from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Friday 16 November for a special opening night event to celebrate the launch of the exhibition. Come and hear stories from the Travelling People of Cambridgeshire, the event will include speakers, music and refreshments.
The Board of Trustees of the Museum of Cambridge are pleased to announce that our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 27 November 2018
Order of business will commence promptly at 7.15pm in the Enid Porter Room of the Museum of Cambridge
Come tell your stories of the Travellers in Cambridgeshire.
A final Memory Café for the year, to complement Word of Mouth, which runs until Sunday
Join us and explore Hidden Cambridge, taking in the streets, alleys, buildings and history of the people living in the area between St John's College and Quayside — the centre of trade that made the town a thriving inland port long before the first students arrived — before crossing the river to Castle Hill and the location of the Roman settlement of Duroliponte.
The January 2019 Hidden Cambridge and the Museum of Cambridge walking tour is fully booked
The everyday lives of working-class people in the east of Cambridge during the Great War
Showcasing research by 100 Years of Coconuts, Wolfson College and the Everyday Lives in War First World War Engagement Centre at the University of Hertfordshire that explores the cultural memory of everyday Cambridge and examines the changes to the pattern of life during an era of previously unparalleled trauma
Three stories of education and everyday life
Join us as Dr Laura Carter explores the experience of growing up in the region using three local life stories that have been reconstructed from information derived from the 1946 British Birth Cohort — a longitudinal study that has followed more than 5,000 postwar babies from cradle to old-age.
Tickets are free, but you must book so that we can manage attendance.
Join us and explore Hidden Cambridge, taking in the streets, alleys, buildings and history of the people living in the area between St John's College and Quayside — the centre of trade that made the town a thriving inland port long before the first students arrived — before crossing the river to Castle Hill and the location of the Roman settlement of Duroliponte.
The February 2019 Hidden Cambridge and the Museum of Cambridge walking tour is fully booked
Join us for a Twilight event at the Museum of Cambridge Explore some weird and wonderful objects from the Museum’s collection in an interactive session with arts and crafts, object handling and more. Follow the trail and discover hidden secrets
What would soldiers send to their loved ones in WWI? It wasn't just letters but handmade gifts as well. Injured WWI soldiers would spend time carefully decorating heart-shaped pin cushions to send home to family members at home as a
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.
