Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 1897
What’s on
Trapped inside a museum gallery – you need to break in to break out. St Neots Museum in partnership with Mystery in History is proud to present Season 3 of their popular Escape Room. Use the clues left by the absent-minded Assistant Curator to escape from the museum in 60 minutes! Tickets are £60 or £80 depending on team size, all bookings via Eventbrite.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, this exhibition covers those who fought and the local impact of the war.
Step back in time and discover the people and places that shaped the town. Find out how the town got its name, why a local man assassinated the countries Prime Minister, where the first people lived in our area and how the town became world famous in the 1930s. The walk starts at the Museum in New Street at 7.30pm and lasts approximately 90 minutes, walks will go ahead whatever the weather. Tickets £6.00 from Eventbrite
Join us for fun history-based activities aimed at younger children and take home your very own work of art. £4 per child – drop-in event.
The Sealed Knot is coming to St Neots and will bring to life in 1648 through the ‘Battle of St Neots’ on the Market Square. Discover how Royalists and Roundheads clashed in St Neots over 350 years ago with battles and skirmishes and drill displays. Meet the soldiers and camp followers, get the gruesome tales from the Civil War surgeon, enjoy a hog roast, and there is lots for the family to do with craft activities, town stocks and whipping post, crime and punishment display.
Helen Fowler, the Cambridgeshire Finds Liaison Officer will be at the museum to identify any items you have found in the ground, free drop in session.
Join us for fun history-based activities aimed at younger children and take home your very own work of art. £4 per child – drop-in event.
As part of the Cambridge Summer at the Museums, an annual programme of events running across museums and similar venues throughout the holidays. Visit St Neots Museum and make your own game in a box. Suitable for 4-11 year-olds. £3.50 per child and no need to book.
As part of the Cambridge Summer at the Museums, an annual programme of events running across museums and similar venues throughout the holidays. Visit St Neots Museum for this session. Suitable for 4-11 year-olds. £3.50 per child and no need to book.
As part of the Cambridge Summer at the Museums, an annual programme of events running across museums and similar venues throughout the holidays. Visit St Neots Museum and print a Spiral t-shirt. Suitable for 4-11 year-olds. £3.50 per child and no need to book.
As part of the Cambridge Summer at the Museums, an annual programme of events running across museums and similar venues throughout the holidays. Visit St Neots Museum and create a Marble Mobile. Suitable for 4-11 year-olds. £3.50 per child and no need to book.
As part of the Cambridge Summer at the Museums, an annual programme of events running across museums and similar venues throughout the holidays. Visit St Neots Museum and design a swirly clay pot. Suitable for 4-11 year-olds. £3.50 per child and no need to book.
As part of the Cambridge Summer at the Museums, an annual programme of events running across museums and similar venues throughout the holidays. Visit St Neots Museum and make print a fabric picture. Suitable for 4-11 year-olds. £3.50 per child and no need to book.
Have you dug up some archaeology in the garden, found a treasure in the attic or at the back of a drawer? Well on 6 July from 11am Cambridgeshire County Council Finds Officer Helen Fowler will be at the museum to help identify your treasures.
A new book, Tobruk to Trieste, Life of a Bofors Gunner, 1941 - 45, is on sale now in the museum shop. This fascinating book is a first hand account of army life during WW2 from local man Bert Goodwin. And our current temporary exhibition 'Their Finest Hour: St Neots at War 1939-45' reveals some of the local people who lived through the war years. Exhibition on until 20th July.
The photograph shows Bert in a snowy Italy, by the River Senio near Faenza, February 1945.
TODDLER TIME
It's 'Wash Day' this Thursday at St Neots Museum's Toddler Time! You will be able to take part in some Victorian style Washing, a Museum discovery trail, and even a soapy art activity to take home.
Please wear clothes you don't mind getting wet!
Thurs 27 June, 10:30am
Toddlers £3.50, accompanying adults and babies free
This photograph is said to show a German aeroplane that came down in Eaton Socon during WW2, it is not part of our current WW2 exhibition because we have only been given this copy recently, but we have lots of other interesting photographs from the period on our information panels. Many thanks to everyone who has provided information and photographs and do get in touch if you have any information about this particular photograph.