Events


What's on

The Cromwell Museum has a wide variety of temporary exhibitions, events, talks and tours throughout the year to appeal to a range of interests. The entries below are our current programme for the next few months.

Cromwell’s School in LEGO!

13-04-19 - 02-06-19
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Come and see local LEGO mastermind Mike Addis’s latest creation, a scale model of the Museum building as it would have been in Cromwell’s time
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The Trial of Charles I

10-02-24 - 11-02-24
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
For its 375th anniversary, an immersive dramatisation of the trial of King Charles I by his Parliament, held in an atmospheric courtroom.
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February Half Term Activities

17-02-24 - 25-02-24
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Join us at the Cromwell Museum during February half term and take part in free, family friendly activities!
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Women of the Civil War

02-03-24 - 02-03-24
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Meet costumed reenactors to discover the lives and stories of women in the 1640s
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Easter Holidays: Make a Medal

02-04-24 - 02-04-24
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us during the Easter Holidays and take part in family friendly activities!
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Easter Holidays: Design a War Horse

04-04-24 - 04-04-24
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us during the Easter Holidays and take part in family friendly activities!
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Ironsides!

28-04-24 - 28-04-24
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Civil War Cavalry return to the centre of Huntingdon! Meet some of Cromwell's 'Ironsides'.
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Cromwell Museum Spring Online Lecture Series 2024

29-05-24 - 19-06-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
A four part lecture series on aspects of the life and times of Oliver Cromwell and the 17th Century by top experts in their field.
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‘King Charles I: Man, Monarch and Memory’: an online talk by Mark Turnbull

29-05-24 - 29-05-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for an intimate view of King Charles I as a person, king and the way he has been remembered by his newest biographer.
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Risen from Obscurity? Oliver Cromwell's Early Life: a talk by John Morrill

05-06-24 - 05-06-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
425 years on from his birth in Huntingdon, how much do we really know about Oliver Cromwell’s early life and how it shaped him?
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‘The Civilian Experience of the Civil Wars': a talk by Stuart Jennings

12-06-24 - 12-06-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Using the example of Newark and its surrounding parishes, this talk will look at what the Civil War was like for those living through it.
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'Mrs Cromwell's Cookbook: Food, Print & Politics': a talk by Stuart Orme

19-06-24 - 19-06-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Does a strange cookery book, published in 1664 as a piece of political propaganda, provide a window into the Cromwells lives?
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Regicide in the Family: Finding John Dixwell. A talk by Sarah Dixwell Brown

07-05-24 - 07-05-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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Cromwell, Ireland and the Slaughter of Innocents Scandal: a talk by Tom Reilly

13-05-24 - 13-05-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
An alternative view of Cromwell's campaign in Ireland by Irish author Tom Reilly
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Easter Holidays: Civil War Soldiers

11-04-24 - 11-04-24
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us during the Easter Holidays and take part in family friendly activities!
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Cromwell's Huntingdon

04-05-24 - 29-09-24
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A new exhibit exploring what Huntingdon was like when Cromwell lived here, 425 years after his birth.
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Cromwell Crafts: May Half Term

28-05-24 - 28-05-24
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Join the Cromwell Museum at Huntingdon Library during May half term to take part in craft activities!
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Cromwell Crafts: May Half Term

30-05-24 - 30-05-24
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Join the Cromwell Museum during May half term to take part in free craft activities!
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

27-06-24 - 27-06-24
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Cromwell Up Close

23-07-24 - 23-07-24
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
A chance for an exclusive tour of the Cromwell Museum, including a rare opportunity to see and even handle some objects up close.
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

08-08-24 - 08-08-24
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Meet the Author: Novelist Charles Cordell

03-07-24 - 03-07-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Meet bestselling novelist Charles Cordell, author of the ‘Divided Kingdom’ series of novels set against the background of the Civil Wars.
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Workshop Wednesdays: Civil War Soldiers

07-08-24 - 07-08-24
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Become a civil war soldier at the Cromwell Museum on the first Wednesday in August!
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Workshop Wednesday: Create your own Charter

14-08-24 - 14-08-24
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Drop in and discover how write with a quill, the art of illumination, and craft your own important document!
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Workshop Wednesday: Explore 17th Century Huntingdon

21-08-24 - 21-08-24
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us during the third week of August to discover what Huntingdon was like when Oliver Cromwell was a boy!
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Workshop Wednesday: Cromwellian Herbal Remedies

28-08-24 - 28-08-24
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Discover what types of herbs the Cromwell family used to treat their illnesses, and make your own remedy.
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Town Hall Tours

08-09-24 - 08-09-24
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Explore Huntingdon's historic town hall with a FREE guided tour.
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Meet a Civil War Soldier

25-08-24 - 25-08-24
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Discover more about life in the 1640s as one of Parliament's soldiers
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

12-09-24 - 12-09-24
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

03-10-24 - 03-10-24
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Courtrooms by Candlelight

20-10-24 - 20-10-24
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Explore the historic Huntingdon Town Hall by candlelight in an atmospheric tour... but beware in case some of the stories come to life...
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Cromwell's Watch

01-10-24 - 10-11-24
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A rare opportunity to see Oliver Cromwell's pocket watch!
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Cromwell Museum Autumn Online Lecture Series 2024

06-11-24 - 27-11-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
A four part lecture series on aspects of the life and times of Oliver Cromwell and the 17th Century by top experts in their field.
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John Bradshawe and the Aftermath of Regicide: a talk by Charlotte Young

06-11-24 - 06-11-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Bradshawe was the judge tasked with sentencing Charles I to death in 1649; what impact did this have on this ‘chief regicide’?
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Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade: a talk by Alice Hunt

13-11-24 - 13-11-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Explore the political and cultural story of the revolutionary decade of the 1650s, with the remarkable people who lived through and made it.
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The Fall: The Last Days of the English Republic: a talk by Henry Reece

27-11-24 - 27-11-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Was the Restoration of the Monarchy inevitable in 1660? Could the Republic have survived instead?
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Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief: a talk by Ronald Hutton

20-11-24 - 20-11-24
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
With the Civil War appearing to be won in 1647 and the King captured, how was Oliver Cromwell’s political and military career transformed?
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October Half Term: Cromwellian Clock Making

29-10-24 - 29-10-24
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Join us during October half term with your family and take part in this free craft activity!
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October Half Term: Cromwellian Clock Making

31-10-24 - 31-10-24
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Join us during October half term with your family and take part in this free craft activity!
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Spinning and Weaving Workshops

13-11-24 - 13-11-24
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for an introduction to the ancient crafts of drop spinning and simple weaving, using a handheld heddle loom.
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Spinning and Weaving Workshops

16-11-24 - 16-11-24
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for an introduction to the ancient crafts of drop spinning and simple weaving, using a handheld heddle loom.
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Cromwell's Head: the Death and Afterlife of Oliver Cromwell

16-11-24 - 30-03-25
11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Explore the darkly fascinating story of Cromwell's demise... and his head thereafter!
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Cromwell Up Close

10-12-24 - 10-12-24
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
A chance for an exclusive tour of the Cromwell Museum, including a rare opportunity to see and even handle some objects up close.
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Huntingdon Christmas Market

22-11-24 - 24-11-24
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us for the start of the festuve season - and find out if Cromwell really banned Christmas!
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Meet the Barber Surgeon

19-01-25 - 19-01-25
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Discover some of the gruesome cures, medicines and surgery of the 1600s!
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The Trial of the Huntingdonshire Witches

08-02-25 - 09-02-25
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
An immersive experience recreating the witch trials of 'Witchfinder General' Matthew Hopkins in 1646, on the site where they took place...
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February Half Term: Cromwell Crafts

18-02-25 - 18-02-25
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Take part in free, family friendly crafts this half term!
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February Half Term: Cromwell Crafts

20-02-25 - 20-02-25
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Take part in free, family friendly crafts this half term!
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Spinning and Weaving Workshops

02-04-25 - 02-04-25
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for an introduction to the ancient crafts of drop spinning and simple weaving, using a handheld heddle loom.
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Spinning and Weaving Workshop

05-04-25 - 05-04-25
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join us for an introduction to the ancient crafts of drop spinning and simple weaving, using a handheld heddle loom.
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Secret Spy Training

10-04-25 - 10-04-25
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Become a 17th century spy during the Easter Holidays!
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Civil War Soldiers

15-04-25 - 15-04-25
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Meet civil war soldiers and take part in training to become a Parliamentarian soldier!
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Book Binding

17-04-25 - 17-04-25
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Discover the craft of book binding and create your own notebook.
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Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk

15-04-25 - 15-04-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
New for 2025! Join us for an evening walk around historic St Ives to explore what it was like in the 1600s when Oliver Cromwell was resident
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

22-04-25 - 22-04-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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New Treasures

03-04-25 - 27-04-25
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
See some of fascinating new items added to the Cromwell Museum's Collections!
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A Royal Audience with King Charles I

10-05-25 - 10-05-25
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
For the 400th anniversary of Charles I's accession, a chance to meet the man himself!
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Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk

20-05-25 - 20-05-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
New for 2025! Join us for an evening walk around historic St Ives to explore what it was like in the 1600s when Oliver Cromwell was resident.
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

29-05-25 - 29-05-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Cromwell Museum Spring Online Lecture Series 2025

28-05-25 - 18-06-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
A four part lecture series on aspects of the life and times of Oliver Cromwell and the 17th Century by top experts in their field
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'Cromwell: Protector of the Reformed?': a Talk by Jordan Sly

28-05-25 - 28-05-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Did Oliver Cromwell, as Lord Protector, seek to make himself leader of a Protestant alliance across Europe?
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‘The Fiery Spirits: London Mob, Radicals & Regicides’: a Talk by John Rees

04-06-25 - 04-06-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Explore the hidden history of the republicans who brought a desperate nation to the brink of revolution in the 1640s and 1650s.
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'Cromwell and the Quakers': a Talk by Erica Canela

11-06-25 - 11-06-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Oliver Cromwell had a complex relationship with the Quakers, but were they really the threat to stability that many people feared?
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‘The Blood in Winter: the brink of Civil War’: a Talk by Jonathan Healey

18-06-25 - 18-06-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
What happened in the five tumultuous months that tipped England over into a country that was rent by a brutal Civil War?
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Cromwell and the Battle of Naseby

03-05-25 - 04-10-25
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The turning point of the Civil War, 380 years on. But what role did Cromwell play?
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Cromwell Crafts

28-05-25 - 28-05-25
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Make your own town crest during May half term!
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Cromwell Crafts

30-05-25 - 30-05-25
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Make your own town crest during May half term.
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Battle of Huntingdon 1645 Reenactment

05-07-25 - 06-07-25
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the 1600s, with our living history camp, activities, drill displays and daily battle re-enactment!
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Cromwell Up Close

16-07-25 - 16-07-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
A Curator-led tour of the Cromwell Museum with the opportunity to see up close and handle items from the Museum's collections.
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Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk

17-06-25 - 17-06-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
New for 2025! Join us for an evening walk around historic St Ives to explore what it was like in the 1600s when Oliver Cromwell was resident
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Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk

22-07-25 - 22-07-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
New for 2025! Join us for an evening walk around historic St Ives to explore what it was like in the 1600s when Oliver Cromwell was resident
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

24-06-25 - 24-06-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

29-07-25 - 29-07-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

26-08-25 - 26-08-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk

19-08-25 - 19-08-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
New for 2025! Join us for an evening walk around historic St Ives to explore what it was like in the 1600s when Oliver Cromwell was resident.
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Workshop Wednesday: Civil War Soldiers

06-08-25 - 06-08-25
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Do you have what it takes to join the New Modelled Army and fight for Parliament?
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Workshop Wednesday: Marvellous Mosaics

13-08-25 - 13-08-25
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Make your own mosaic!
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Workshop Wednesday: Make your own Pocket Watch

20-08-25 - 20-08-25
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Create your own 17th century pocket watch!
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Workshop Wednesday: Medal Making

27-08-25 - 27-08-25
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Make your own medal with air dry clay.
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Meet a Civil War Soldier

10-08-25 - 10-08-25
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Drop into the Museum to meet one of Parliament's soldiers from the time of the Civil Wars.
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Battle of Naseby War Gaming

10-08-25 - 10-08-25
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Take part in a table top war game based on the Battle of Naseby.
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Huntingdon Town Hall Tours

13-09-25 - 13-09-25
11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
For Heritage Open Days, explore Huntingdon's historic Town Hall with its Georgian Assembly Room and historic courtrooms!
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Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk

16-09-25 - 16-09-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
New for 2025! Join us for an evening walk around historic St Ives to explore what it was like in the 1600s when Oliver Cromwell was resident.
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Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk

23-09-25 - 23-09-25
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
An evening guided walk exploring Huntingdon in the 1600s, including Royal visits, Civil War battles, Witchcraft and Cromwell!
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Halloween Town Tours

31-10-25 - 31-10-25
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Explore Huntingdon's Haunted Town Hall by Candlelight - but beware in case the stories come to life!
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New Acquisitions

11-10-25 - 02-11-25
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New treasures added to the Museum's collections...
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Cromwell Crafts

28-10-25 - 28-10-25
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Try making one of our Halloween craft ideas!
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Cromwell Crafts

30-10-25 - 30-10-25
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Try making one of our Halloween craft ideas!
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Battle of Naseby War Game

02-11-25 - 02-11-25
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Take part in a table top war game based on the Battle of Naseby.
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Stitching the Nation: Fashion in Times of Turmoil

08-11-25 - 12-04-26
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
A new exhibit looking at how clothing and fashion developed in the tumultuous times of the 1640s and 1650s.
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Huntingdon Christmas Market

21-11-25 - 23-11-25
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Join us for the town's annual festive event - but will Christmas be cancelled...?
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Cromwell Museum Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025

13-11-25 - 11-12-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
A four part lecture series on aspects of the life and times of Oliver Cromwell and the 17th Century by top experts in their field.
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'Cromwell on Screen': a talk by Dr David Smith

13-11-25 - 13-11-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
How has Oliver Cromwell has been depicted on screen, in films and on television, from the silent era down to the present day?
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Cromwell's Nemesis: The Earl of Manchester and the English Civil War

20-11-25 - 20-11-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Was Manchester a mediocre commander who just hampered Cromwell’s career - or someone who has received an unduly bad press?
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‘Prince Rupert: Commander, Creator & Companion’: a talk by Mark Turnbull

04-12-25 - 04-12-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
How should we see Prince Rupert - as the most dashing of Cavaliers or the ‘Duke of Plunderland’ in Parliamentarian newsbooks?
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'Slavery, Paintings & Politics of the Commonwealth’: a talk by Holly Brewer

11-12-25 - 11-12-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
What do paintings reveal about English attitudes to the slave trade before, during and after the Commonwealth and Protectorate?
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‘A last Visitor for Mr Hugh Peter’ Screening

03-12-25 - 03-12-25
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
A rare chance to see the iconic BBC drama, about Cromwell's preacher Hugh Peter.
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Royal Fashion!

14-02-26 - 15-02-26
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
(RESCHEDULED DATE) Find out about the fashion and court etiquette of the 1600s court!
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Cromwellian Cuisine

10-01-26 - 10-01-26
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Meet our 17th century grocers to find out about some of the latest developments in food and drink during the 1640s and 1650s!
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Period Dyeing Workshops

14-01-26 - 14-01-26
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Learn about the amazing range of colours of 1600s clothing - and have a go at achieving them!
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Period Dyeing Workshops

17-01-26 - 17-01-26
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Learn about the amazing range of colours of 1600s clothing - and have a go at achieving them!
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Royal Revenge – the Trial of Charles I’s Regicides

07-02-26 - 08-02-26
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
An immersive drama recreating the trials of the men who condemned Charles I to death...
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