Museum of Cambridge

[1] It presents the lives of the people of Cambridge and its surrounding area, the county of Cambridgeshire and the Fens from 1700 onwards.

[5] Cambridge & County Folk 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.

[6] Queen Mary visited the museum in 1938 and donated two exhibits, a miniature table and a tea caddy, the following year.

[8] By 1945 it was reported that the building would be required for a town improvement scheme and the museum committee would have to find a new home, but this did not come to pass.

[13] In 2020, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum launched a fundraising campaign with the support of Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner.