On this website you can find out about our exhibitions, events and educational activities. Let us keep you in touch with the history all around you.
Every object has its story and we aim to unlock these untold tales through our events and activities.
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Waterbeach Community Primary School Win Award Working with Museums. Year 5 and 6 pupils at Waterbeach Community Primary School have won Cambridgeshire Young Persons Award presented by The Cambridgeshire Local History Association for their project: “Conflict and Community: The lasting Legacy of Waterbeach RAF Station & Barracks” led by The Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey and Waterbeach Barracks Museum, funded by The Big Lottery.
10 September, 2010; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
An opportunity to hear 3 local personalities – Alan Macfarlane, Allan Brigham and Nicholas Chrimes – present their personal viewpoints on the City of Cambridge, and then join in to voice your views and ask questions.
29 August, 2010 10:30 am to 30 August, 2010 5:00 pm.
Find out all about Medieval Life in the Black Knight Medieval Camp.
10 September, 2010 12:00 pm to 31 October, 2010 5:00 pm.
Visit the 1950s house in a room! The Museum will be putting on a disply of 1950s domestic life with all the mod cons of the era from TV’s to vacuum cleaners.
28 August, 2010; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Make a basket in a day! Yes, we promise you it is possible.
15 August, 2010; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
On this course, students will discover some of the sources of rich, glowing dye colours to be found in the plant world. Participants will learn how to apply natural dye colours to textile fibres, using a variety of materials and techniques.
2 September, 2010; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Clay Day!
