The Museum of Cambridge

The building in which the Museum of Cambridge is housed dates from around 1600; it was the White Horse Inn for over 300 years, but became a museum in 1936 to preserve the social and cultural history of Cambridge (the Cambridge and County Folk Museum, before its new name). We visited it as part of the Open Cambridge events.

We walk through the bar area to the kitchen, the walk up the narrow staircase to the first floor to see the guest room and dining room. There are interesting folklore exhibits concerning the Fens area (former marshland now used for agriculture, northwards of Cambridge) and art and artisans of Cambridge. After visiting the childhood room, we go out into the yard. Here, the small Enid Porter building is dedicated to a former long-standing curator of the museum and is now available for hire.Read more