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Welcome to St Neots Museum

The museum presents the history of the busy market town of St Neots on the River Ouse, from prehistoric times onwards and includes the original early 20th-century gaol cells where prisoners were detained.

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What’s on at St Neots Museum

We organise a variety of specialist and family events from walks, talks, one-day festivals, temporary and touring exhibitions.

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Discover Local Gifts at St Neots Museum’s Winter Craft Fair

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Murder, Mystery & Dinner: A Night Out in St Neots

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St Neots Living History Festival is back for 2026!

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Chair of Board of Trustees: Lead an accredited museum into its next chapter

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Summer at the Museums Returns to St Neots Museum

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Paine’s Brewery

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St Neots: Through the Lens, a Photography exhibition at St Neots Museum

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Museums & Wellbeing

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A428 Excavations Update

The Kimbolton HoardSt Neots Museum

Curator’s Corner – Celtic Treasure

Family crafts – Easter hat

Toddler Time – Christmas

Curator’s Corner – Ghosts of St Mary’s Churchyard

Curator’s Corner – Victor Ekins and the Battle of Britain

Toddler Time – Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Curator’s Corner – Edwardian Police Cells

Family Crafts – Shadow Monsters

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From our collection and exhibitons

Fathers Day Poster by Paine’s Brewery

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St Neots Derailment

The Great Train Crash

In November 1895 a Great Northern Railway Scottish express from Kings Cross encountered a broken rail and derailed at St Neots killing one and injuring six passengers.
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Quarter stater of King Cunobelin

A gold quarter stater of Cunobelin, who was the powerful king of the Catuvellauni tribe from around 10-40CE
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The Kimbolton coin hoard

68 gold coins, dated to about 100BCE-40CE. The coins were found close to the village of Kimbolton by a metal detectorist in late 2010, and subsequently identified as Iron Age ‘stater’ coins by the British Museum.
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Anglo-Saxon silver coins

Two Anglo-Saxon silver pennies of Aethelred II who reigned 978-1016 and minted at Huntingdon by the moneyer, Aelfric. The coins were discovered by a local metal detectorist and purchased through the National Treasure Scheme.
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The Bank of St Neots

A regency banknote issued by the short-lived bank of St Neots in 1824. Donated by a family who owned a pawn shop in Enfield, London, where it is believed the note was given in payment for a property.
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John Bellingham at the Old Bailey

A print of John Bellingham, a merchant who spent part of his childhood in St Neots, and later in life murdered the British Prime Minister, Spencer Percival. The print depicts Bellingham standing in…
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Mammoth bone

Most mammoths become extinct at the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, and this tooth from a full-sized male was discovered in Sandy Heath Quarry in 2003. Mammoths had an incredible 5 to…
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The St Neots parish chest

The St Neots parish chest has been on display in the museum since we opened in 1998 after being restored and preserved is a long-term loan from the parish church.
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Found something interesting?

Have you dug up some archaeology in the garden, found an antique in the attic or at the back of a drawer – if it’s of local historical value we might be interested. Please contact assistant@stneotsmuseum.org.uk