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Museum Blog

Find out what goes on behind the scenes here at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey, as well as informative and fascinating articles about specific objects and exhibits. Our blog also features craft activities for children (and their adults too!) that you can have a go at home.

  • Make at home: prickly hedgehogs and hedgehog houses

    Make at home: prickly hedgehogs and hedgehog houses

    Read more about Denny Mouse's adventures around the museum, then have a go at making a prickly hedgehog or hog house!
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  • Look Up: Stone Barn Roof

    Look Up: Stone Barn Roof

    Discover the story behind the Stone Barn. In this blog post, we explore its early modern construction techniques and find out why you can see a series of Roman numerals engraved into the wooden beams.
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  • All Objects Great and Small

    All Objects Great and Small

    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.
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  • Everything Eels

    Everything Eels

    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.
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  • Make at Home: Mouse Puppet

    Make at Home: Mouse Puppet

    Follow the adventures of Denny the Farmland Mouse here at the museum and have a go at making your your own Mouse Puppet at Home. The perfect activity for children (and adults!)
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  • Step Back in Time

    Step Back in Time

    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.
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  • Make at Home: Spring Crafts

    Make at Home: Spring Crafts

    Have a go at home and host your own Spring themed activity and craft afternoon. Download instructions on how to make pretty flowers, friendly snails and cute critter bookmarks.
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  • Top Five Laundry Objects

    Top Five Laundry Objects

    Read our latest blog to find out how the residents of Walnut Tree Cottage would have done their laundry in the 1940s. Washdays would start with lighting the ‘copper’ heater for the hot water.
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  • Make at Home: Easter Bunny

    Make at Home: Easter Bunny

    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!)
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  • Make at Home: Recycling Crafts

    Make at Home: Recycling Crafts

    Have a go at recycling and make practical items from everyday rubbish. Download easy instructions on how to make a pretty fairy house lantern, bottle top art or tube robots at home. Have fun!
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  • Make at Home: Pomanders

    Make at Home: Pomanders

    Make your own Pomander at home. In Medieval Times, people carried small pouches of aromatic herbs (like Lavender) that they could hold to their nose when they encountered a really bad smell.
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  • Make at Home: Garden Crafts

    Make at Home: Garden Crafts

    Download instructions on how to create your own Garden Crafts including beautiful suncatchers, wind chimes and a wind spiral.
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