First Visit: Cromwell Museum

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We drove over to Huntingdon today for our first visit to the Cromwell Museum.

Neither of us could remember when we last visited Huntingdon, so we weren’t sure what to expect from the town. Parking was certainly challenging and it wasn’t helped by EVie’s Sat-Nav having a complete fit in mis-identifying the road that SHOULD have led us to the nearby car-park. We eventually found a space and wandered off into unknown territory.

What a pretty town! 😁. Even with rain threatening to spoil our visit, it all very well looked after! No litter anywhere, everywhere clean and tidy, plus there were plenty of people shopping (another case of the High Street NOT struggling!).

After a quick look around the shops, we headed for the Museum itself. It wasn’t the largest of spaces, but they’d packed a lot in. it’s free admission, but there’s an opportunity to donate just £3 per person, if you feel so inclined.

The two staff on duty were super-friendly and gave a good overview of what we could expect. We were then left to look at the varied exhibits at our own speed.

The space itself is located in the old school in Huntingdon – attended by Cromwell himself back in the day. It’s hard to pick a favourite exhibit but for me, one of Cromwell’s sword (complete with initials) is up there probably together with ACTUAL New Model Army ‘uniforms’.

PLenty of interactive stuff for the sprogs too! (well, and ME! 😉)

You’ll probably only need around 30-45 minutes to see everything, but where it scores highly is the level of detail on show. This was a real find!

You can read more about the Museum HERE.

We really enjoyed the Museum and Huntingdon town too! I’m not sure we’ll need to visit the Museum again, but the retail scene in the town is most definitely worth another trip (Sat-Nav, take note!!!) 😉