Name: Cambridge Museum of Technology
Rating: 5.0

Cambridge Museum of Technology

Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, UK

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Description

The Cambridge Museum of Technology is an industrial heritage museum situated in Cambridge, England. The original building, a scheduled monument, housed a combined sewage pumping and waste destructor station built in 1894. Cambridge Museum of Technology is the home of our industrial heritage. Learn about the story of sewage and waste disposal in the Victorian Pumping Station.

Discover Cambridge’s forgotten industries in the Top Bay. Marvel at the town’s early high-tech companies in the Pye Building. Explore our industrial heritage around the site. Enjoy great coffee from Kerb Kollective, our on-site partner or pop back in the evening for a beer and pizza in the Engineers House.

Price starts from £7.00 for Adults and FREE for Children(under 16). If you are looking for Best place for day out with kids and families then this is the perfect destination offering fun, adventure, and unforgettable memories for everyone.

Features

Paid
Host birthday parties: No

Features

Highlights: Cambridge is famous for its university, historic buildings, and high-tech companies. Its industrial history has been overlooked and little remains of the former industrial landscape. Cambridge Museum of Technology tells this hidden history.
Pye Museum@CMT: The Pye Museum@CMT is an integral part of the Cambridge Museum of Technology located on the upper level of the site. See a wide range of Pye products and learn more about the history of their development and manufacture.
Print Shop: The print shop is open on the second and fourth Sunday of each month. We are also open on the Museum’s steam-up days.The collection of presses ranges from simple Adana hobby machines to the mind-bogglingly complicated Wharfedale stop-cylinder machine which was commissioned by Cambridge University Press in 1893 and ran its final job 91 years later.
Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group (CIAG): Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group studies and records our local industrial heritage. We meet at Cambridge Museum of Technology where we host our talks programme, which embraces industries from across the world, from earliest times to the present day. We host industrial-heritage walks along routes to and from the Museum of Technology. We are affiliated to the Association of Industrial Archaeology.

For Families:

The freedom to explore and enjoy the indoor and outdoor areas in a relaxed atmosphere with no ‘don’t touch’ signs!
Museum trails and activity stations with puzzles, smells, colouring in, and feely objects in the Steam Engine Room, Top Bay, and Pye Building.
Push-button-operated models and machinery in the Steam Engine Room and Top Bay.
An interactive model of the Pumping Station (complete with a flushing toilet and sewage smells) in the Electric Room.
Printing demonstrations and activities in the Print Room on the second and fourth Sundays of each month and on Steam Days.
Facilities for families, including a picnic area and a baby-changing table.

Facilities

Parking: There is lots of street parking within a few minutes walk of the Museum. This includes free parking on Cheddars Lane and Stanley Road, and pay-and-display parking on Riverside.
Food & Drinks: The Museum offers indoor and outdoor spaces for children to eat lunch.
Toilets: Gender-neutral, accessible toilets are in the Steam Engine Room and in the Pye Building. There are baby-changing facilities in the Pye Building.
Dogs: Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome in our Museum.

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Price

Price: Paid

Price Details

Standard Ticket:

Adults: £7.00 & £7.70 with Gift Aid.
Concessions: £6.00 & £6.60 with Gift Aid.
Children (under 16): FREE.
Museum Members and Volunteers: FREE.
Museum Association Members: FREE.

Steam Day:

Adults: £12.00 & £13.20 with Gift Aid.
Concessions: £11.00 & £11.00 with Gift Aid.
Children (under 16): FREE.
Museum Members and Volunteers: FREE.
Museum Association Members: FREE.

On-Line Tickets:

Adults: £7.00 Standard Ticket & £7.70 with Gift Aid.
Concessions: £6.00 Standard Ticket & £6.60 with Gift Aid.
Children (0–15 years): FREE.

For online ticket information: https://www.museumoftechnology.com/online-tickets

Pricing URL: https://www.museumoftechnology.com/opening-hours-prices

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: No

Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 10.30am to 4pm (Last admission is an hour before closing time)

Address: Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, UK

Post Code: CB5 8LD

Council: Cambridge

County: Cambridgeshire

By Public Transport: The Museum is best served by bus # 3 (direction Fison Road or Whitehill Estate if you are travelling from Cambridge Station or the city centre), bus # 11 (direction Newmarket if you are travelling from the city centre), or bus # 12 (direction Ely if you are travelling from the city centre). The closest stop is ‘Cambridge, River Lane’. Bus # 2 also stops nearby, an 8-minute walk across the river (direction City Centre from Cambridge North Station). The closest stop is ‘Chesterton, Chesterton Road’.
By bicycle: The Museum is on Riverside, part of National Cycle Route 11. It is an easy 10 minute cycle from the city centre.
By Foot: The Museum is a pleasant and peaceful 25 minute walk along the River Cam from the city centre.
Parking: There is lots of street parking within a few minutes walk of the Museum. This includes free parking on Cheddars Lane and Stanley Road, and pay-and-display parking on Riverside.