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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.
The museum has reprinted Don Unwin’s book on the history of the Cambridge Instrument Company ,‘The Scientific’
For the last three years a team of volunteers have been busy reconstructing the winch engine house.
The museum’s major project for 2009 was bringing the second of our two National gas engine back into working order.
The Museum of Technology celebrates a double anniversary this year!
The Farmland Museum has been awarded £8,000 for a project called ‘Conflict and Community: The Lasting Legacy of Waterbeach Barracks’.
Waterbeach Barracks is a lasting legacy of WW2 and continues to be active in conflict today. This project will bring together children and veterans to explore and commemorate the army base and its relationship with the local community. The funding comes from Their Past Your Future, MLA Phase 2- Year 3 (09/10) Grant Programme, supported by The Big Lottery.
