Hear From Emily, who did a university placement with the Museum of Cambridge, about her experiences and reflection of her time with us!
My Placement at the Museum of Cambridge
Museum of Cambridge to Preserve Framed Artwork Collection
Museum of Cambridge to Preserve Framed Artwork Collection with over 150 objects being cared for in a month.
Capturing Cambridge Open Day
Capturing Cambridge Open Day on 28th March was set up as a one-day event to allow locals of Cambridge city and the wider county the opportunity to record and share their histories. Created as an in-person event to support the
The Museum of Cambridge hosts a Summer of Stories!
The Museum has a fun-packed summer full of creativity and crafting ahead. We are all really looking forward to imagining, making, and sharing stories with you all! Here are all the ways you can get involved in ‘The Summer of
A Museum for Cambridge
Sophie Casford our Engagement Officer has been with the Museum for nearly a year. Before she gets super busy with a jam-packed Summer of glorious events she shares the joys and achievements of her role to date! This year has
So what did you tell us you loved about Cambridgeshire?
By Sarah Hutton and Neil Clarke As the last few photographs are coming in, we are finally reaching the end of one of the biggest and far-reaching community projects we have been lucky enough to work on with the folk
Woodworm, Blunder Traps and the “Agents of Deterioration”.
As the proud custodians of 40,000 objects, we have a lot of work to do taking care of them all. Whether an item is 60 or 600 years old, they all come with unique challenges. I’m Alex, the Museum of
History Hidden in the Walls
Our building work continues at the Museum. After the repair to the two chimney stacks using reclaimed brick work has continued on cleaning and clearing the roof valleys of debris. That went relatively quickly and the site has moved onto
Bricks and mortar
The Museum of Cambridge sits within the old White Horse Inn, a public house until 1934, it was saved from demolition and converted into the Cambridge and County Folk Museum. The White Horse Inn can trace its history to about
Collections Care and Conservation in action
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.