Museum of Cambridge (formerly Cambridge & County Folk Museum)
2/3 Castle Street
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0AQ
England
Website
www.facebook.com/cambridgefolkmuseum
Telephone
01223 355159
Housed in the former White House Inn, this warm-hearted museum was founded in 1936 and has recently been renovated. Fun and interactive, the museum displays the everyday life of Cambridgeshire people. Our unique collection is displayed over three floors of this historic timber-framed building. The museum has full wheelchair access and a lift to all floors. Additionally, we have a very popular shop, retailing a variety of gifts, novelties and traditional toys.
Venue Type:
Museum
Eight rooms to see, including The Inn Bar, The Kitchen, Domestic Crafts, University & City, Childhood and Fens & Folklore.
Explore the lives of people today and of the past through our touch-screen computer and CD-Rom.
Collection details
Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Law and Order, Medicine, Music, Social History, Toys and Hobbies
Herbal Cures and Plants for Health
Local professional garden historian Dr Twigs Way explores the varying experiences of herbal medicines which might have been encountered by Town and Gown from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The talk with Q&A will be complemented by a Walk and Talk within the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden on Saturday 22nd June, 10.30am.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
10:30am-12pm
Admission
Adults £3.50 / Concs £2.00 / Child £1.00, 1 child free with every paying adult.
Herbal Cures and Plants for Health
Local professional garden historian Dr Twigs Way explores the varying experiences of herbal medicines which might have been encountered by Town and Gown from the 17th to the 20th centuries. The talk with Q&A will be complemented by a Walk and Talk within the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden on Saturday 22nd June, 10.30am.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
10:30am-12pm
Admission
Adults £3.50 / Concs £2.00 / Child £1.00, 1 child free with every paying adult.
Summer Holiday Trail: 'Travels, Tales and Adventures'
This Summer, go on a postcard trail around Museum of Cambridge to discover tales and adventures of travellers heading to mystery locations. Also enjoy your own family holiday adventure into the past with games and activities along the way.
Free with normal Museum admission. Drop-in activity available during all opening hours, no booking necessary. Families are also welcome to explore our exciting 'busy boxes,' feely bags and other discovery activities.
Suitable for
- 0-4
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
Trail is free with normal Museum admission.
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How Clean Are Your Whites? An Open Cambridge Event
Forget your state-of-the-art, eco-friendly washing machine with built in duvet cycle! Local historian Tamsin Wimhurst takes us back to a time of carbolic, coppers and dolly blue. Join us for an entertaining history of Cambridge laundries and wash days - when Mondays meant cold meat and pickles and mangles were an occupational hazard! Please call 01223 355159 or email info@folkmuseum.org.uk to book your place.
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
When
7-9pm
Admission
Adults £3.50. Concessions £2.00. Children £1.00 (1 child free with each paying adult)
Cambridge Medical Frontiers
Karen Kennedy from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute provides a fascinating insight into the genome project from the early work on mapping and sequencing the human genome to the implications of a ‘postgenomic future’. Includes an opportunity to ask questions. Booking essential. Please call 01223 355159 or email info@folkmuseum.org.uk to book your place.
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
When
7-8pm
Admission
£5.00 Friends/ £6.00 Non-Friends.
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