Chatteris Museum

16/10/2026

🍂 We have a new FREE Autumn Scavenger Hunt trail! 🍁

Follow the trail around the museum and as well as collecting your prize you’ll receive a scavenger hunt bag so you can search for the real items lying around outside! 👀👣

Available during our regular opening hours:
Thursdays 2pm-4pm
Fridays 10am-1pm
Saturdays 1pm-4pm

14/10/2026

Come and enjoy some FREE spooky fun at Chatteris Museum this half term!🦇

🎨Spooky Crafts👻
Thursday 29 October
Two sessions: 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm
No need to book, just drop in!

👣Halloween Trail🎃
Available during our regular opening hours

Don’t forget to bring along your Museum Passport - Collect a sticker each time you visit and get a small prize with your 6th sticker! 🧡

11/10/2026

🍂🍏 We’re all set up at the Apple and Harvest Fair at the Ramsey Rural Museum CIO!🍎🍂

The sun is shining and we’ll be here until 4pm today (Sun 11 Oct)

🦕🦣 Come along to this FREE ENTRY event and check out our fascinating fossils and get stuck in with some free crafts! 🎨

The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants
Great Fen
Fossil Journeys

08/10/2026

Have you seen our BRAND NEW galleries & displays yet?

🚂 The Model Railway of Chatteris Station
🥾 Boot & Shoe Makers of Chatteris
🔥 The Great Fire of Chatteris
🛍️ Chatteris Shops from days gone by
🌾 Bygone Agricultural Tools

🪏 Photos from 1997/8 when King Edward School created and officially opened their 5 Senses Garden!

🥊 PLUS photographs relating to Chatteris Boxing Legend Eric Boon!

We are open:
Thursdays 2pm-4pm
Fridays 10am-1pm
Saturdays 1pm-4pm

07/10/2026

Interesting talk happening this Friday on the Workhouse in Doddington 🗣️

When the workhouse shut down in Chatteris in 1834, people were transferred to the newly built workhouse in Doddington, although it didn't open until 1838. It was called the North Witchford Union Workhouse at the time.

Just a little reminder about our October Talk all about North Witchford Workhouse in Doddington, at St. Peter's Church Hall, March, this Friday at 7.30pm. Everybody is welcome!

05/10/2026

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02/10/2026

John Fisher visited the museum today to kindly donate a range of items from his parents (further post to follow!)

But this wasn’t the first time John had donated to the museum…

🗡️ In 1962, at the age of 13, John was photographed at Cromwell school presenting a Bronze Age sword blade to the museum. It was found during ploughing at Primrose Hill on the Chatteris to Doddington road.

It was a great pleasure to see him holding the sword again after all these years to replicate the photograph!

02/10/2026

🍂🍏Join us at the Apple and Harvest Fair at Ramsey Rural Museum on Sunday 11 October, 11am-4pm🍎🍂

🦕🦣 We’ll be bringing an array of fossils as well as some fun crafts to get stuck into! 🎨

It’s FREE ENTRY and wonderful fun for all the family - hope to see you there!



Fossil Journeys
Ramsey Rural Museum CIO
The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants

30/09/2026

Did you know that we have a Family History Desk? 🧑‍💻 Take a seat and delve into the past, all for FREE!

With full access to Ancestry and Find my Past, you can get lost in the millions of online records…🔎

Whether you want to explore your family tree, find out who lived in your house over 100 years ago, or have your own history project on the go, pop in and enjoy for free!

We are open:
Thursdays: 2pm-4pm
Fridays: 10am-1pm
Saturdays: 1pm-4pm

22/09/2026

Thank you to all who visited us last week as part of our special Heritage Open Days events 🩷

We were delighted to see so many of you enjoying the museum (some for the very first time) and hearing such lovely feedback on the new galleries and model railway.

🍰 Volunteers took a few minutes from their jobs this afternoon to enjoy some delicious scones, congratulating each other on the successful gallery opening and the tireless effort and determination that made it all possible.