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.

'The Weaker Vessel?' Women of the Civil Wars

02-12-23 - 07-04-24
11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
A new exhibit looking at the role that women played in the Civil Wars and Republic
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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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