Museum of Cambridge

The Museum of Cambridge, formerly known as the Cambridge & County Folk Museum, is a museum located in Castle Street in central Cambridge, England.

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Opening hours:
Monday and Wednesday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Cambridge & County Folk Museum” and “The Museum of Cambridge”
Address: 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AQ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinity College and Pepys Library.

Trinity College

University

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Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. Trinity College is situated 1,400 feet south of Museum of Cambridge.

Pepys Library

Library

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The Pepys Library of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is the personal library collected by Samuel Pepys which he bequeathed to the college following his death in 1703. Pepys Library is situated 480 feet east of Museum of Cambridge.

St Giles’ Church, Cambridge

Church

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The Church of St Giles is a Grade II*-listed church in Cambridge, England. It is a Church of England parish church in the Parish of the Ascension of the Diocese of Ely, located on the junction of Castle Street and Chesterton Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambridge Castle and Cambridge.

Cambridge Castle

Locality

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Cambridge Castle, locally also known as Castle Mound, is in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Built after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 to control the strategically important route to the north of England, it played a role in the conflicts of the Anarchy and the First and Second Barons' Wars.

Cambridge

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Cambridge is a university city in Cambridgeshire in England. It is a city of crocuses and daffodils on the Backs, of green open spaces and cattle grazing only 500 yards from the market square.