The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey is on the doorstep of Cambridge,

just off the A10 from Waterbeach.

A fascinating historical site for all the family to enjoy!

NEXT SPECIAL FAMILY EVENT DAYS, Tuesday 16th and Thursday 18th February 2010, 12pm-4pm, FARM YARD FUN. Join us for these half term children's activity days, where you will be able to help create a farm yard mural or make a paper model of a tractor or a Shire Horse to help plough the fields ready for sowing! Please dress warmly. Cafe and shop open throughout the day.

At the Farmland Museum...

• Discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages.
• Visit a village shop and see a magnificent 17th Century stone barn and the workshops, which include a basket maker and a blacksmith.
• Explore a traditional and a Fenman's Hut.
• Visit the Abbey to unravel the many different stories now told with new information boards and archaeological material, produced by the Museum with support from English Heritage and South Cambridgeshire District Council.

• Explore this lovely abbey still featuring superb Norman interiors. At different times, it housed Benedictine monks, the Knights Templars and nuns of the Franciscan order, the Poor Clares.
• See the Franciscan nuns' refectory of the mid 14th Century and the rooms converted for their founder, the Countess of Pembroke.
• Learn how Denny has evolved through the centuries with our displays and children's activities.
This museum is supported by South Cambridge District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council.

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