List of museums in Cambridgeshire

This list of museums in Cambridgeshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

See also: List of museums in Cambridge

Museums

Name Image Town/City Type Summary
Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode MillLodeHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, 1930s period house featuring a collection of rare clocks, gardens, and working flour mill
Blacked-Out Britain War MuseumHuntingdonHistoryinformation, everyday life in Britain during World War II
Bourn WindmllBournMillwebsite, open trestle post mill
Burghley HousePeterboroughHistoric houseGrand 16th-century country house with gardens, collections of fine and decorative arts
Burwell MuseumBurwellHistoryThemed building exhibits include agriculture, period rooms and household items, military life, blacksmith's shop, a Roman pottery, a Victorian school room, vintage vehicles, carts, farm equipment
Cambridge Museum of TechnologyCambridgeTechnologyLocated in an original sewage pumping station, includes equipment, information and artefacts from local industries
Cambridge Science CentreCambridgeScienceHands-on science exhibitions, workshops, shows and talks
Cambridge University LibraryCambridgeLibraryChanging exhibits of art, history and culture from its collections, part of the University of Cambridge
Cambridge University Museum of ZoologyCambridgeNatural historySpecimens of fossil and living animals, part of the University of Cambridge
Centre for Computing HistoryCambridgeComputerTechnology and the social, cultural and historical impact of the computing revolution
Chatteris MuseumChatterisLocalwebsite, local history, culture
Cromwell MuseumHuntingdonBiographicalLife of 17th century English military and political leader Oliver Cromwell
Farmland Museum and Denny AbbeyWaterbeachMultipleAgriculture, local history, and historic abbey dating to the 12th century
Elton HallEltonHistoric houseBaronial hall and gardens on a 3,800-acre (15 km2) estate
Ely MuseumElyLocalwebsite, area history, culture, natural history, located in the Bishop's gaol
Fenland & West Norfolk Aviation MuseumWisbechAviationwebsite, military aviation, including the World War II, the Falklands conflict and Desert Storm
Fitzwilliam MuseumCambridgeArtIncludes fine art, coins, Egyptian collections, antiquities, Near-Eastern and Asian art and artefacts, decorative art, part of the University of Cambridge
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre and Archaeology ParkPeterboroughArchaeologyOpen air reconstruction and finds from a Bronze Age settlement
Hinchingbrooke HouseHuntingdonHistoric houseTudor country house, ancestral home of the Cromwell and Sandwich families
Houghton MillHoughtonMillOperated by the National Trust, restored water mill
Imperial War Museum DuxfordDuxfordAviationMilitary aircraft, military vehicles, artillery and minor naval vessels
Kettle's YardCambridgeArtGallery of 20th century and 21st century art, part of the University of Cambridge
Kimbolton CastleKimboltonHistoric houseFinal home of King Henry VIII's first queen, Catherine of Aragon, open for tours on a very limited basis
Lawrence RoomCambridgeArchaeologywebsite, artefacts of Anglo-Saxon, Egyptian and Classical Mediterranean origin, at Girton College, Cambridge, part of the University of Cambridge
Longthorpe TowerLongthorpeHistoric house14th century, three-story tower featuring mediæval wall paintings
The Manor (Cambridgeshire)Hemingford GreyHistoric houseOne of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain, made famous as the house of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston
March and District MuseumMarchLocalLocal history, culture
Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyCambridgeMultipleArchaeology and anthropology artefacts from England, Ancient Rome, Africa, the Pacific, and great works of African, Asian, and native American sculpture, part of the University of Cambridge
Museum of CambridgeCambridgeLocalLocal history and culture, period room displays, artefacts of everyday life, formerly the Cambridge and County Folk Museum
Museum of Classical ArchaeologyCambridgeArtPlaster casts of Greek & Roman sculpture, part of the University of Cambridge
New Hall Art CollectionCambridgeArtWorks by women artists, part of Murray Edwards College, a women's college of University of Cambridge
Norris Museum, CambridgeshireSt IvesLocalwebsite, local history, culture
Octavia Hill's Birthplace HouseWisbechBiographicalwebsite, home of 19th century British social reformer Octavia Hill, co-founder of the National Trust
Oliver Cromwell's HouseElyBiographicalwebsite, home of Oliver Cromwell, also tourist office.
Peckover House & GardenWisbechHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, Georgian merchant's townhouse with Victorian walled garden
People's Portraits ExhibitionCambridgeArtwebsite, long term exhibition of portraits of ordinary people from all walks of life created by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, at Girton College, Cambridge, part of the University of Cambridge
Peterborough MuseumPeterboroughMultipleLocal history, art, archaeology, natural history, Jurassic fossils
Prickwillow MuseumPrickwillowTechnologywebsite History of the changing landscape of the Fens and the principles of drainage which created it, features restored diesel engines in a former pumping station
RailworldPeterboroughRailwaySustainable transport, model trains, railway locomotives, memorabilia
Ramsey Rural MuseumRamseyHistorywebsite, history of rural Fenland life, period rooms and businesses, agriculture, trades
Rupert Brooke MuseumGrantchesterBiographicalwebsite, life and works of poet Rupert Brooke, located adjacent to The Orchard tea garden
Ruskin GalleryCambridgeArtPart of Anglia Ruskin University
The Polar MuseumCambridgeSciencePart of the University of Cambridge, history and science of explorations of the Arctic and Antarctic
Sedgwick Museum of Earth SciencesCambridgeNatural historyGeology, rocks, minerals, fossils, part of the University of Cambridge
St Neots MuseumSt NeotsLocalLocal history, culture, prison cells
Stained Glass MuseumElyArtHistoric and contemporary stained glass, located in Ely Cathedral
Stretham Old EngineStrethamTechnologyWorking steam engine
Taggart Gallery and MuseumGreat StaughtonArtShop with museum featuring historic decorative tiles
Thorney Heritage MuseumThorneyLocalwebsite, local history, culture
Tower Museum BassingbournRoystonMilitaryHistory of RAF Bassingbourn during World War II
Waterbeach Military Heritage MuseumWaterbeachMilitary(Note: currently closed) History of RAF Waterbeach until 1966 and of Waterbeach Barracks
Whipple Museum of the History of ScienceCambridgeScienceHistoric scientific instruments and items about the history of science, part of the University of Cambridge
Whittlesey MuseumWhittleseyLocalLocal history, culture
Wimpole HallWimpoleHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, opulent mansion, gardens and grounds
Wimpole Home FarmArringtonAgricultureOperated by the National Trust, 18th century working farm
Wisbech & Fenland MuseumWisbechMultipleLocal history and culture, natural history, decorative arts
Wysing Arts CentreBournArtContemporary arts centre

See also
  • Category:Visitor attractions in Cambridgeshire

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