Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 1897
What’s on
Local artist Michael Murfin has been documenting the progress of Highways England’s £1.5 billion scheme to upgrade the A14 between Cambridge to Huntingdon. This is the UK’s biggest road upgrade and Michael has produced a stunning series of new works which explore the wide variety of works involved in the upgrade from archaeological excavations to heavy construction work.
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.
Use a range of fun techniques to make your very own canvas ‘bag pack’ bag to keep.
Use a range of fun techniques to make your very own canvas ‘bag pack’ bag to keep.
We’re getting everything out of the cupboards for you to make an Easter inspired hat or mask. £4 per child.
Enjoy one of our two guided walks around St Neots town centre. Step back in time and discover the people and places that shaped the town. Walks start at the Museum in New Street at 7.30pm and last approximately 90 minutes, Tickets £6 per person
We’re getting everything out of the cupboards for you to make an Easter inspired hat or mask. £4 per child.
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.
An exhibition of stunning wildlife photographs by the Friends of Paxton Pits taken at the reserve, including winning entries from the 2019 Friends of Paxton Pits Photographic Competition. Information about Paxton Pits Nature Reserve and the Friends of Paxton Pits will be available.
Enjoy one of our two guided walks around St Neots town centre. Step back in time and discover the people and places that shaped the town. Walks start at the Museum in New Street at 7.30pm and last approximately 90 minutes, Tickets £6 per person
Join us for an illustrated talk featuring pictures from the Friends of Paxton Pits Photographic Competition 2019. Refreshments will be available and information about Paxton Pits Nature Reserve and the Friends of Paxton Pits will be available.
Inspired by the photographs of Paxton Pits you’ll be making birds or bugs to take home. £4 per child, all ages welcome.
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.
The Living History Festival will be recalling the short and decisive Battle of St Neots in 1648 when a group of Royalist cavalry and foot soldiers arrived in St Neots in retreat from Kingston-on-Thames (now part of London) where they had hoped to start an uprising in favour of the King Charles I. They were followed to St Neots by a troop of Parliamentarian soldiers led by Colonel Scrope who waited until early morning before attacking and defeating the Royalist soldiers camped on St Neots market square and billeted in local Inns and homes.
St Neots Museum shop has a great selection of unique
gifts made by local artists, check out our Mothers Day displays this Saturday.
Is Eynesbury rectory haunted? find out on our last ghost walk of the season. Meet at St Mary's St Neots at 7.30pm tonight, £6.00 per person either book via Eventbrite or pay at the start of the walk, lasts about 90 mins.
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Our last Eynesbury Ghost Walk for this season is next Wednesday at 7.30pm, £6.00 per person, tickets available from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eynesbury-ghost-walk-tickets-58905558110 or from St Neots Museum
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Discover the ghosts who haunt this ancient area of St Neots on our evening walk. From English Civil War soldiers to witches and disappearing cats discover the ghostly stories of Eynesbury with Liz Davies, St Neot Museum Curator. Meet at St Mary's St Neots before walking into Eynesbury itself.Say it with flowers on Mothers Day, these pretty porcelain flowers have just arrived in the museum shop, open tomorrow, Saturday 11.00am - 4.00pm.
Michael Murfin's new exhibition 'A State of Change', One man's view of the A14 upgrade, starts today. Remarkable paintings of an incredible civil engineering project right on our doorstep, don't miss this great exhibition on until 27th April.