We had hoped to be open by the summer holidays and holding our always popular family activity afternoons, but sadly that’s not the case. Instead, our learning volunteers have put together instructions for the crafts they would have made at the museum, so that you can make them at home. This month’s theme is Recycling and how ...
Read more We are currently closed to the public. The team at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey has spent time carefully considering our options to ensure that reopening the museum prioritises the safety of visitors, volunteers and staff, while also making sure we can afford to run the museum in future years. Firstly, thank you to our many ...
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 Our learning volunteers have loved seeing the crafts you’ve come up with so far, so they’ve created another set of instructions for you to make some more at home. The PDF below contains instructions on how to make beautiful suncatchers, wind chimes and a wind spiral. Please continue to share your creations with us on Facebook @Denny.Farmland and Twitter @FarmlandMuseum as ...
Read more Our volunteers are really missing the opportunity to hold craft activity afternoons for our younger visitors, so Ros and Ann have put together a fun set of tasks for you to work on at home instead. The PDF below contains instructions on how to make pretty flowers, friendly snails and cute critter bookmarks. Please continue to share ...
Read more Our learning volunteer, Ros, was looking forward to making Easter Bunnies with you as part of our family craft afternoons during the Easter Holidays. As we can’t all get together to make these this year, we’ve created some instructions for you to make them yourselves at home instead. There are two PDFs below with instructions. A ...
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Read more Singing songs are an integral part of our culture – lyrics celebrate all aspects of our lives. People living in Cambridgeshire who worked on the land or in rural industries would have sung songs celebrating the seasons, their lives, the good times and the bad, they’d poke fun at their neighbours and use singing as a ...
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Read more The global Covid-19 pandemic has created an uncertain future for the Farmland Museum. Every day that we remain closed, we lose more of the income needed to run the museum. If you are in a position to help us through these troubled times, we would appreciate any support you are able to give. Without help, our future remains uncertain.
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