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Cambridge & County Folk Museum


Social history museum, showcasing a collection representing life in the South Cambridgeshire villages.
Address: 2/3 Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ
Telephone: (01223) 355159.


Cambridge Farmland Museum


Exhibits on farming through the ages and the rural history of Cambridgeshire. Traditional buildings to explore.
Address: The Farmland Museum, Denny Abbey, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge CB5 9PQ
Telephone: (01223) 860988/489.
Fax: (01223) 860988.


Cambridge Museum of Technology


Housed in the Old Pumping Station, and showcasing original pumps, boilers and other engines. Early Cambridge wirelesses, instruments and other local artefacts. Note the extremely restricted opening times.
Address: The Old Pumping Station, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge CB5 8LD
Telephone: (01223) 368650.


Fitzwilliam Museum


Art museum of the University of Cambridge. Site includes a partial online catalogue of exhibits.
Address: Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB
Telephone: (01223) 332900.
Fax: (01223) 332933 .


Museum of Classical Archeology


Replica casts of hundreds of well-known Classical works of Greek and Roman sculpture.
Address: The Museum of Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA
Telephone: (01223) 335153.
Fax: (01223) 335409.


Scott Polar Research Institute Museum


Artifacts, paintings, drawings, photographs and other material relating to the Antarctic and to expeditions there. Note the short opening hours.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences


Fossils, rocks and minerals from around the world. Local geology and prehistoric wildlife exhibits. Regular events.
Address: The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ
Telephone: (01223) 333456.
Fax: (01223) 333450.


The Farmland Museum


Farming through the ages and the rural history of Cambridgeshire. Variety of traditional buildings.
Address: The Farmland Museum, Denny Abbey, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge CB5 9PQ
Telephone: (01223) 860988/489.
Fax: (01223) 860988 .


The Pepys Library


Showcases Samuel Pepys' diaries and a significant number of volumes he collected. Note the restricted opening times.
Fax: (01223) 332187.


University Museum of Zoology


Collection of scientifically important zoological material.
Address: University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ
Telephone: (01223) 336650.
Fax: (01223) 336679.


Whipple Museum of the History of Science


Scientific instruments, apparatus, models, pictures, prints, photographs, books and other material from the medieval period to the present day.
Address: Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH
Telephone: (01223) 330906.
Fax: (01223) 334554.


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