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
museum's e.mail
cromwellmuseum@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Telephone
01480 375 830
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
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.
Drop in and do something
Lots of opportunities for making and doing for younger visitors at the Museum over the Autumn half-term
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
Where
The Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon
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