The Farmland Museum is home to a wide variety of objects that reflect farming and rural life in Cambridgeshire. Take a closer look at some of the smallest and one of the largest items in our collections.
Read more With its displays of Fenland farming equipment and rural crafts, the Farmland Museum is the perfect place to explore both the art and the function of the eel trap.
Read more Follow the adventures of Denny the Farmland Mouse and have a go at making your your own Mouse Puppet at Home. The perfect activity for children (and adults!)
Read more Experience how people used to shop in the early–mid twentieth century with the Farmland Museum’s recreation of a village shop, complete with vintage products, artefacts and original items.
Read more Have a go at home and host your own activity and craft afternoon. Download instructions on how to make pretty flowers, friendly snails and cute critter bookmarks.
Read more Read our latest blog to find out how the residents of Walnut Tree Cottage would have done their laundry in the 1940s
Read more The perfect activity for the Easter holidays- make your own Easter Bunny! Download insutructions to make a simple bunny for younger children, and another for older kids (and crafty adults!)
Read more Our learning volunteers have put together instructions for the crafts that you can make them at home. Make fun and practical items from everyday rubbish. Download instructions on how to make a pretty fairy house lantern, bottle top art or tube robots.
Read more In Medieval times, there was a common belief that illnesses such as Ague (malaria) and the Black Death Plague were caused by the smells in the air, so people carried small pouches of aromatic herbs that they could hold to their nose when they encountered a really bad smell. The rich carried theirs in pomanders, ...
Read more We love seeing the crafts you've come up with, so they've created another set of instructions for you to make some more at home. Download instructions on how to make beautiful suncatchers, wind chimes and a wind spiral.
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