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Duxford is Europe's premier aviation museum ‐ as well as having one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and naval exhibits in the country. This famous heritage site began as an airfield in the First World War and also played a vital role in the Second…
Distance: 12.3 miles away

Explore this lovely abbey still featuring superb Norman interiors. At different times, it housed Benedictine monks, the Knights Templars and nuns of the Franciscan order, the Poor Clares. See the Franciscan nuns' refectory of the mid 14th Century and the rooms converted for their founder, the Countess of…
Distance: 13.1 miles away

The Museum of Zoology is home to a huge variety of recent and fossil animals.Our collections rival those of the major university museums world‐wide, and are used for academic study by researchers within and beyond the University. Families and group visitors enjoy our regularly‐changing, free, self‐led trails and…
Distance: 12.1 miles away

The story of the people and horses involved in racing from its Royal origins to Lester Piggott, Frankie Dettori and other modern heroes. Learn about the horse and the jockey in our Practical Gallery. Tack up a model horse and find out about the daily routine…
Distance: 5.7 miles away

Established in 1884, the Museum displays renowned archaeological and anthropological collections from around the world. The ground‐floor gallery displays collections of world prehistory and local archaeology; the first‐floor gallery offers an historical and geographical display of the social anthropology collection; while on the top floor, special exhibitions…
Distance: 12.1 miles away

Welcome to this warm‐hearted museum displaying the everyday life of Cambridge people since 1700. The Cambridge & County Folk Museum has been open to the public for over 60 years, providing a fascinating insight into the history of Cambridge for local people and tourists alike. The…
Distance: 12.6 miles away

A fascinating historical site for all the family to enjoy At the farmland museum you can discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages, visit a village shop and see a magnificent 17th Century…
Distance: 13.1 miles away

The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art museum of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 by the bequest of the VIIth Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion and contains magnificent collections of works of art and antiquities of national importance. The Fitzwilliam Museum collections are world‐renowned,…
Distance: 12.1 miles away

19th Century lock up and 16th century charity cottage housing agricultural and domestic artefacts from 19th & 29th Centuries, plus rural crafts such as straw‐plaiting and corn‐dollies. Cage situated in Bridge Street.…
Distance: 14.7 miles away

This award‐winning friendly family‐size museum welcomes over 20,000 visitors a year, including families, groups, researchers and over 5,000 school children. It stands in an enclosed grass meadow, suitable for picnics, with the ruins of the 12th century Walden Castle in the grounds. The local and social history…
Distance: 11.5 miles away

The Scott Polar Research Institute's Museum holds a collection of artifacts, paintings, drawings, photographs including cinematographic film, lantern slides, and Daguerreotypes, and other material. The focus of the exhibition is the life and expeditions of the Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. The majority of artefacts, documents…
Distance: 11.9 miles away

West Stow Country Park and Anglo‐Saxon Village is a very special place. Within its 125 acres there are a host of different stories waiting to be revealed to the visitor ‐ the history of the land in this part of the Lark Valley, how man has changed…
Distance: 14.6 miles away