Cromwell Museum

Grammar School Walk
Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3LF
England

Website

museum's site

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cromwell

joint site with Cromwell Association

www.olivercromwell.org

E-mail

museum's e.mail

cromwellmuseum@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01480 375 830

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Located in a fragment of a medieval monastic building and the former town Grammar School attended by Oliver Cromwell. The Museum marks the life and legacy of Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658, who rose to prominence during the English Civil Wars of the mid 17th Century, and became the head of state, the Lord Protector, during England's only experiment with Republicanism.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

1 April- 31 October
Tues-Sun 10.30-12.30 13.30-16.00
1 November - 31 March
Tues - Fri& Sun 13.30-16.00
Sat 10.30-12.30 13.30-16.00

Closed: All day Monday

 Admission charges

Admission free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Research facilities for academics

Grammar School Walk
Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3LF
England

Website

museum's site

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cromwell

joint site with Cromwell Association

www.olivercromwell.org

E-mail

museum's e.mail

cromwellmuseum@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01480 375 830

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Portraits, personalia and documents associated with Cromwell, his family and the Parliamentary side of the Civil War. A significant loan collection from Cromwell's descendants is also on display.

Collection details

Coins and Medals, Fine Art, Personalities, Weapons and War

Key artists and exhibits

  • Two portraits by Robert Walker, who was effectively the 'court' painter for the Parliamentary side of the Civil War, along with two cabinets provenanced to Cromwell.

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Grammar School Walk
Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3LF
England

Website

museum's site

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cromwell

joint site with Cromwell Association

www.olivercromwell.org

E-mail

museum's e.mail

cromwellmuseum@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01480 375 830

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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