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Whittlesey Museum

Whittlesey, Coates, Eastrea, Pondersbridge and Turves from prehistoric times to the modern day.

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Whittlesey Museum receives no regular funding from external sources to support its work. Thank you for helping us to continue to preserve fenland heritage.

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Town Hall
Market Street
Whittlesey,
PE7 1BD
whittleseymuseum@gmail.com
07706 132437
Friday 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Saturday 10am - 12pm
Sunday 2.30pm - 4.30pm
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  • Grant awarded for new Reception area May 22, 2019
    The first part of the new Reception area.A grant of £750 has been received from the Burnthouse Farm Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund to improve the Reception area at Whittlesey Museum. For the first time the Museum will have a dedicated Reception desk, allowing volunteers to sell tickets and answer visitor enquiries more efficiently. The revamp will also inc […]
  • Museum After Dark October 30, 2017
    The clocks changing was celebrated with our first Museum After Dark event, in which families with school aged children explored the museum by torchlight searching for spooky objects from the past. Our new exhibition area was also open, showing the temporary exhibition "Witch Hunt" about the witchfinder Matthew Hopkins.
  • 999 Emergency! July 31, 2017
    The museum held a "999 Emergency" event for preschoolers and primary aged children to tie in with the current Response and Rescue exhibition. Activities included playdoh challenges, dressing up, toy cars and a teddy bear's hospital area as well as mask making, fire mark design and a quiz for the older children.

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A detail from a recent acquisition - an amazing original map of the Whittlesey-Peterborough railway line dating from the time of construction.
Well, could you? 😄 If you would like to volunteer at Whittlesey Museum just pop into the museum during opening hours or on a Wednesday morning, or email whittleseymuseum@gmail.com We are always looking for new people to join our friendly team, be it stewarding, working with collections, doing DIY or even potentially joining our Board of Trustees.
We have a reception desk at last!! Come and marvel at our improved ability to welcome visitors at Whittlesey Museum. Thanks to the Burnthouse Wind Farm for supporting our ongoing redevelopment through the CCF.
The Peace Rose is flowering nicely at Whittlesey Museum. This rose bush was planted to commemorate the centenary of the ending of WW1.
Victorian cookery books at #Whittlesey Museum. Who wants some jugged hare, boiled mutton, “toast water” or fruits in aspic?
Part of the Whittlesey Museum collection of doll’s prams.
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