Museum of Cambridge
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The Museum of Cambridge, formerly known as the Cambridge & County Folk Museum, is a museum located in Castle Street in central Cambridge, England. It is housed in the former White Horse Inn, a Grade II listed 16th century former public house that closed in 1934.[1] The Museum first opened in 1936, following a 1933 exhibition organised by the Cambridgeshire Federation of Women's Institutes, entitled 'A Festival of Olden Times, held in Cambridge's Guildhall.[2] Enid Porter, a leading authority on Cambridgeshire culture, history, customs and beliefs and a pioneer of oral history, was Curator of the Museum from 1947-1976.[3]
The museum presents the lives of the people of Cambridge and its surrounding area, the county of Cambridgeshire and the Fens from 1700 onwards. The collection includes more than 20,000 objects reflecting the social history of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire, including applied art, coins, costumes, decorative art, fine art, hobbies, law and order, medals, medicine, music, social history, textiles and toys.[4] The museum also holds oil paintings by local artist Mary Charlotte Greene (1860-1951), a relative of author Graham Greene, as well as inn signs by another local artist, Richard Hopkins Leach (1794-1851).[5]
The museum also administers Capturing Cambridge, a website that crowd sources local history, documenting stories and memories across Cambridge and the surrounding area street by street.[6]
The museum is an independent charity, governed by a Board of Trustees.[7] In 2020, as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the museum launched a fundraising campaign with the support of Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner.[8] In May 2021, the museum announced the success of its fundraising campaign[9] and re-opened to the public.
The museum was shortlisted for the 2006 Gulbenkian Prize.
See also
References
- ^ "About". The Museum of Cambridge. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "About". The Museum of Cambridge. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "About". The Museum of Cambridge. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Collections Information". The Museum of Cambridge. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Museum of Cambridge | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Capturing Cambridge | Discover Cambridge through the ages". Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Articles of Association". The Museum of Cambridge. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Museum of Cambridge launches fundraising campaign with MP". InYourArea.co.uk. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ pmPermalink, Beth10 May 2021 at 7:35 (10 May 2021). "Museum of Cambridge succeeds in fundraising campaign". The Museum of Cambridge. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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External links
- Museum website
- Capturing Cambridge website
- Entry in the 24 Hour Museum
- Friends of the Museum of Cambridge
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