A small museum, with a big story to share
Are there more visitors to our Museum than we could ever imagine…? Having been on Castle Hill for hundreds of years, we must have gathered a ghost or two along the way. We know from personal experience that strange things
From the excitement of the rides to the delicious food and treats on sale. From the music playing to the things available to buy. Did you or your family work at a fair? Did you look forward to them for weeks beforehand?
Fun fairs, markets and festivals, we want to hear your stories. Join us on Friday 31 August and share your recollections at our second August Memory Café.
Join us on Friday 14 September for our Your Female Heroes Memory Café.
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.
