Museum of Cambridge

The Museum of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, UK, is a local history museum that explores the social and cultural history of the city and the surrounding area. The museum is housed in the former White Horse Inn, a historic building that dates back to the 17th century.

The museum's collection includes a wide range of objects, photographs, and documents that relate to the history of Cambridge and its people. The exhibits cover a variety of topics, including the history of the local industries, such as brewing and farming, as well as the social and cultural history of the city, including its traditions, customs, and famous residents.

Some of the highlights of the museum's collection include the Cambridge & County Folk Museum Collection, which includes a range of objects related to local traditions and customs, and the Cambridgeshire Collection, which contains books, photographs, and other documents related to the history of the region.

The museum also hosts a variety of events and activities throughout the year, including talks, workshops, and family-friendly activities. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday and admission is free, although donations...

This museum is surrounded by Kettle's Yard. It has a big sign on the wall facing Northampton Street, but nothing much on Castle Street, where the entrance is. The sign looks like it was painted on the wall a century ago, and somehow doesn't communicate the fact that this is, in fact, operating today.

The building is a former inn. It has a lot of exhibits of the sorts of things one would find in an inn over the 400 years of its existence. Although the exhibits are largely household items, they are sufficiently old that an old person like me doesn't immediately think "Oh, we had one of those when I was growing up."

This is not the Fitzwilliam Museum, but it's quaint and quirky and well worth a visit on a rainy day. The staff are volunteers and are friendly and knowledgeable (based on a limited sample).

I visited because I wanted to find out more about the history of the town. There is some of this (including about the settlement that was close to the museum in Roman times), but this is not its strength.

You have to pay, but the cost is modest for...

When I visit a city I try to find a local museum that tells the story about the local history. I have mixed feelings about this one. I loved the house, the different rooms, and thinking about all the people who may have spent time in them over the years. The artifacts though seemed to be just a random collection of items from the past 100 years or so that had no connection to Cambridge. It was neat to see them, but I didn’t walk out with any more knowledge about Cambridge than I did when I walked in.

The £6 entry fee seemed OK on the way in but seemed a bit high afterwards. What I found even more annoying though while I was walking around were the “certificates of adoption” hanging on some of the items - they indicate that someone “adopted” the item and made a contribution. I doubt the money is being used to upkeep that specific item and they detracted from the item - and seemed to be more of a “look...