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Museum of Cambridge
The Museum of Cambridge (formerly the Cambridge & County Folk Museum) is located in Castle Street. It is housed in eight rooms in the former White Horse Inn, a public house that closed in 1934. The museum presents the lives of the people of Cambridge and its surrounding area in the county of Cambridgeshire from 1700 onwards. The collection includes objects covering applied art, coins, costumes, decorative art, fine art, hobbies, law and order, medals, medicine, music, social history, textiles and toys. The building is Grade II listed. Link
by N Chadwick
Created: Sat, 10 May 2014, Updated: Thu, 18 Jun 2020
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