Cambridgeshire Museums

Learn what village life was like on the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens. This fascinating outdoor museum is based around Stevens Mill, an early 19th-century windmill. Also on the site are a timber-framed barn, shepherd's hut, a wheelwright's shop and blacksmith forge, wagon sheds, and an unusual revolving summerhouse.
Mill Close, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, CB25 0HL

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The Museum of Zoology is part of the Department of Zoology at Cambridge University and it combines dual roles as a research facility and a zoological collection. The displays are a combination of currently living species and ancient fossils. In addition, there is an ongoing programme of special exhibits meant to illustrate specific scientific and zoological themes.
Downing Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 3EJ

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Museum: Traditional farmworkers' cottage, fenman's hut, village shop, stone barn and workshops all recreate farm life in Cambridgeshire over the centuries. The museum stands beside Denny Abbey and is partly housed in the medieval abbey refectory.
Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB5 9PQ

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The Ely Museum tells the vivid story of Ely and the surrounding fenlands from the city's origins to the present. The museum is located in the centre of Ely, just 150 yards from the cathedral.
The Old Gaol, Market Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, CB7 4LS

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When Viscount Fitzwilliam died in 1816 he bequeathed his sizeable art collection to Cambridge University. From those beginnings, one of the great museums of Europe was born. In 1848 the University constructed a new building in grand neo-classical style to house the Fitzwilliam Museum. Today the museum has five distinct divisions, focused on Manuscripts, Coins, Paintings, Antiquities, and Applied Arts.
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 1RB

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The small village of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, is famous as the location of RAF base that was vitally important during the Battle of Britain. When the air base was phased out of military use, the site was transformed into the Imperial War Museum Duxford, boasting the largest collection of historic aircraft in Europe. The scope of the Duxford collection is quite extraordinary, ranging from World War One biplanes to Spitfires, Concorde and modern military jets.
Heathfield, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 4QR

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The March Museum is a Fenland museum of local history housed in a former school building on March's High Street. See a recreated Victorian kitchen, parlour and nursery. There are locally excavated Roman artefacts, and military displays including a 1798 Doddington and Hamlets Cavalry Guidon, housed in a light-proof case.
High Street, March, Cambridgeshire, England, PE15 9JJ

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The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is part of the Cambridge University Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology. This vast museum holds 750,000 exhibits, many related to African and Oriental studies. Some of the most historically interesting objects were collected by Captain Cook on his first and third voyages to the Pacific. There is also a very large collection of prehistoric remains from East Anglia.
Downing Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 3DZ

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Located in an atmospheric timber-framed building that was once an inn, the Museum of Cambridge depicts in detail the everyday life of Cambridge inhabitants over the past three centuries.
2/3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB3 0AQ

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A small museum in historic St Ives, on the banks of the River Ouse, the Norris Museum tells the story of St Ives and the old county of Huntingdonshire. Here you will find old maps and paintings, plus historic manuscripts and books related to the history of Huntingdonshire. There are exhibits of fossils, archaeology, Romans, the Victorian period, toys and games, WWII, and local arts and crafts. The museum also organises local history walks and a town trail. Behind the museum is a lovely riverside garden. The Museum is run by St Ives Town Council.
41 The Broadway, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England, PE27 5BX

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