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Cromwell Museum

Cambridgeshire

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Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon in 1599, and spent more than half his life in the town.

He became Lord Protector in 1653, the head of a British republic. The Cromwell Museum, housed in the former grammar school where he was a pupil, aims to interpret his life and legacy through portraits, documents and objects associated with him. It contains the best collection of Cromwelliana in the UK.


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Cromwell Museum

Free to all

Grammar School Walk, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 3LF

01480 708008

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Opening times

Apr - Oct Tue - Sun, 11am - 4pm Bank Holiday Mondays 11am - 4pm Nov - Mar Tue - Sun, 11am - 3pm

Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

In pictures: How the Cromwell Museum are taking history to the streets

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Longsands 60th Anniversay

Celebrating 60 Years of Longsands: Our Diamond Jubilee

  • St Neots Museum, St Neots
  • Until 6 August 2021
10% off
Sutapa Biswas, Housewives with Steak-knives, 1984-85, Oil, acrylic, pastel, pencil, white tape, collage on paper mounted onto stretched canvas, 2450 x 2220mm

Sutapa Biswas

  • Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
  • 16 October 2021 – 30 January 2022
Free to all
10% off

Untitled: Art on the conditions of our time

  • Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
  • Until 2 October 2021
Free to all
10% off
A twist of the hand

A twist of the hand

  • Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
  • Until 2 September 2021
Free to all

Art we’ve helped buy at Cromwell Museum

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell
 Acquired 1966
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell
 Acquired 1978
Portrait of Charles I
 Acquired 1986
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