Hire the Enid Porter Room

Hire a unique historic venue for your next meeting, away day or training.

A short walk from the city centre, the Enid Porter Room is perfect for meetings, workshops, talks and pop-up events.

When you hire the Enid Porter Room you get access to:

• The whole room, including a separate entrance and separate toilet facilities
• Projector, laptop and Wi-Fi
• Kitchenette with a sink and drinks fridge
• A named staff member to help with any questions
• Access to a public courtyard
  

Our Space

Facilities

We also have an accessible toilet, baby-change facilities and a range of period products available for all to use.

We do not provide catering, but you are free to arrange your own. We recommend the wonderful locally-owned café Bridges, which is only a 5 minute walk away from our site.

We don’t have an alcohol licence. If your booking will involve the sale of alcohol, you’ll need to apply for a Temporary Event Notice from Cambridge City Council. It’s a very simple process, and we’d be happy to chat to you about it once you’ve made your booking.

Getting Here

The Museum is easily accessible by foot, only 3 minutes’ walk from Cambridge’s quayside and 10 minutes’ from King’s Parade. There is ample cycle parking on nearby Northampton Street, and The Madingley Road Park and Ride is just a short bus ride away.

Accessibility

We’re delighted to welcome everyone to the Museum of Cambridge, whatever their access needs. We’re happy to chat with you about our unusual site and its suitability for your needs, and we’ll do everything we can to make your event as accessible as possible. The courtyard and Enid Porter Room are accessible to wheelchair users with small wheelchairs. We have an accessible toilet onsite.

Prices

The Enid Porter Room is available to hire 10am-5pm, Monday-Sunday. We’re also happy to make out of hours bookings – including through the night (ghost tour, anyone?!) just drop us an email or give us a ring, and we can usually accommodate your request.

The price below includes use of all the facilities listed above, though we can offer discounts if you make block bookings. If you have any special requests, please mention these when making your booking request.

	Duration	Standard Rate	Community Rate
The Enid Porter Room and Courtyard	1 hour	£45	£25
The Enid Porter Room and Courtyard	Half day (3.5 hours)	£120	£75
The Enid Porter Room and Courtyard	Full day (7 hours)	£240	£150

Note that hire of the Courtyard does not automatically prevent members of the public from accessing the Courtyard – we can discuss your requirements as part of the booking.

Beyond the Enid Porter Room, the entire Museum building is also available for hire for that most special of event! Please contact us to chat through your booking.

What our guests have said about the Enid Porter Room

“Could not recommend more. The staff were absolutely amazing throughout the booking being flexible on dates and times of our booking and making sure the room was set up in the best way for our event. They were very accommodating and made us very welcome. The space itself is great – adaptable and has access to a projector – and was a great venue for bringing people from organisations across Cambridge together. Will definitely be booking again for future events.”

“The Enid Porter Room was ideal for our purposes, we had a team retreat there for ten people and could lay it out however we chose. We were ideally situated to head into town for breaks or wander to the river. The team at the Museum of Cambridge were a delight to work with throughout the process and very helpful on the day with any queries that we had. I would highly recommend the venue!”

Terms and Conditions

Download our Terms and Conditions here. You’ll need to read and understand these before you make your booking request.

Request to Book

Please get in touch by emailing us at enquiries@museumofcambridge.org.uk. Don’t forget to tell us the date you’re hoping to book, and how many people you’re looking to accommodate.