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.
What's on
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‘Cruel Necessity?’
02-02-19 - 07-04-19
11:00 AM -
4:00 PM
An exhibit looking at the trial and execution of Charles I in January 1649
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The Trial of Charles I
08-02-19 - 11-04-19
8:30 PM -
10:00 PM
Join us for dramatized performances recreating the tumultuous events
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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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Portraits Past and Present!
18-02-19 - 18-02-19
10:00 AM -
3:00 PM
February Half term art workshops with artist Tony Nero
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Approaching Portrait Painting
19-02-19 - 19-02-19
10:00 AM -
12:30 PM
An opportunity for younger students to look in depth at the Museum’s portraits
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Approaching Portrait Painting
19-02-19 - 19-02-19
1:30 PM -
4:00 PM
An opportunity for younger students to look in depth at the Museum’s portraits
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Cromwell by Candlelight
20-02-19 - 20-02-19
4:30 PM -
7:30 PM
Take the chance to visit the Cromwell Museum by the form of illumination Cromwell would have known – candlelight!
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Spinning a Yarn for Huntingdon Arts Festival
06-04-19 - 06-04-19
11:00 AM -
3:00 PM
Visitors will be able to discover different fibres, finished yarns and have a go at winding a skein!
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Spinning a Yarn for Huntingdon Arts Festival
07-04-19 - 07-04-19
11:00 AM -
3:00 PM
Visitors will be able to discover different fibres, finished yarns and have a go at winding a skein!
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Inspired by Cromwell
13-04-19 - 19-05-19
9:00 AM -
3:00 PM
An exhibition of local young people’s artworks, inspired by the items in the Cromwell Museum’s collections.
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Naseby: Cromwell’s Flagship
25-05-19 - 02-06-19
9:00 AM -
3:00 PM
Come and see a huge 1/32 scale model of the flagship of Cromwell’s navy, the ‘Naseby’
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Inspired by Cromwell
13-04-19 - 19-04-19
11:00 AM -
4:00 PM
An exhibition of local young people’s artworks, inspired by the items in the Cromwell Museum’s collections
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Up Close with the Cromwell Collection
09-07-19 - 09-07-19
7:00 PM -
8:00 PM
Join us for a tour of the Cromwell Museum and its collections with the museum’s curator Stuart Orme.
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Up Close with the Cromwell Collection
23-07-19 - 23-07-19
7:00 PM -
8:00 PM
Join us for a tour of the Cromwell Museum and its collections with the museum’s curator Stuart Orme.
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Meet a Civil War Soldier
26-07-19 - 26-07-19
11:00 AM -
4:00 PM
A Huntingdonshire History Festival Event. To tie in with our new ‘Dressed to Kill’ display, pop in to the Museum and meet a Civil War Soldier.
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Workshop Wednesday - 1600s Clothing and fashion
07-08-19 - 07-08-19
11:30 AM -
1:00 PM
Drop into the Museum and take part in a different craft activity each week to take away with a 17th century theme to it.
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Workshop Wednesday - Civil War Soldiers
14-08-19 - 14-08-19
11:30 AM -
1:00 PM
Drop into the Museum and take part in a different craft activity each week to take away with a 17th century theme to it.
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Workshop Wednesday - 1600s Food & Schooling
21-08-19 - 21-08-19
11:30 AM -
1:00 PM
Drop into the Museum and take part in a different craft activity each week to take away with a 17th century theme to it.
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17th Century Science and Medicine
27-07-19 - 27-07-19
11:00 AM -
4:00 PM
Huntingdonshire History Festival Event. Find out more about the development of science and medicine around the time of Cromwell.
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Workshop Wednesday - 1600s Medicine and Surgery
28-08-19 - 28-08-19
11:30 AM -
1:00 PM
Drop into the Museum and take part in a different craft activity each week to take away with a 17th century theme to it.
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Cromwell’s Huntingdon Guided Walks
28-08-19 - 28-08-19
7:00 PM -
8:00 PM
Join the Museum’s curator Stuart Orme for an entertaining and informative guided walk around the centre of Huntingdon.
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