MuseumsCambridgeshire

Duxford is Europe's premier aviation museum ‐ as well as having one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and naval exhibits in the country. This famous heritage site began as an airfield in the First World War and also played a vital role in the Second…

Explore this lovely abbey still featuring superb Norman interiors. At different times, it housed Benedictine monks, the Knights Templars and nuns of the Franciscan order, the Poor Clares. See the Franciscan nuns' refectory of the mid 14th Century and the rooms converted for their founder, the Countess of…

The Museum of Zoology is home to a huge variety of recent and fossil animals.Our collections rival those of the major university museums world‐wide, and are used for academic study by researchers within and beyond the University. Families and group visitors enjoy our regularly‐changing, free, self‐led trails and…

Established in 1884, the Museum displays renowned archaeological and anthropological collections from around the world. The ground‐floor gallery displays collections of world prehistory and local archaeology; the first‐floor gallery offers an historical and geographical display of the social anthropology collection; while on the top floor, special exhibitions…

Welcome to this warm‐hearted museum displaying the everyday life of Cambridge people since 1700. The Cambridge & County Folk Museum has been open to the public for over 60 years, providing a fascinating insight into the history of Cambridge for local people and tourists alike. The…

A fascinating historical site for all the family to enjoy At the farmland museum you can discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages, visit a village shop and see a magnificent 17th Century…

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art museum of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 by the bequest of the VIIth Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion and contains magnificent collections of works of art and antiquities of national importance. The Fitzwilliam Museum collections are world‐renowned,…

The Scott Polar Research Institute's Museum holds a collection of artifacts, paintings, drawings, photographs including cinematographic film, lantern slides, and Daguerreotypes, and other material. The focus of the exhibition is the life and expeditions of the Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. The majority of artefacts, documents…

The a hrefhttp:www.double‐glazers.co.ukStained Glassa Museum offers a unique insight into the fascinating story of stained glass, an art‐form that has been practised in Britain for at least thirteen hundred years. The Museum's exhibits include an early 19th century stained‐glass copy of a work by Raphael and an…

Standing majestically on a sheer rocky crag, Beeston has perhaps the most stunning views of any castle in England. Its history stretches back more than 4,000 years to when it was a Bronze Age hillfort. The huge castle was built in 1226 and soon became a…

The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Ely, which covers some 1,500 square miles of East Anglia. /pp/ppThe story of Ely Cathedral begins in Saxon Times with the life of its founder, St. Etheldreda.…

Opened as a conservation sanctuary in 1990, and set in a lovely, open rolling area of countryside known as the Huntingdonshire Wolds, within easy reach in the A1 and the A14. Hamerton's 15 acres of parkland provide a safe home for a fascinating array of beautiful creatures…