Museum News

Embark on a free family adventure at Ramsey Rural Museum this summer.

This summer holiday, kids and their families are invited to take part in a free activity at Ramsey Rural Museum, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. The Magic Faraway Tree Museum Adventure is a free spotter trail from Kids in Museums and Blyton Books, celebrating Enid Blyton’s much loved children’s book series, which has recently inspired a hit family film.

Pick up a free activity sheet to take part at Ramsey Rural Museum. Each stop on the trail invites children and their families to explore some of the different worlds of the Magic Faraway Tree – from the Land of Topsy Turvy to the Land of Presents! Expect fun drawing and writing activities, plus prompts designed to spark conversations about what you’ve encountered in the museum. Complete the activity sheet to receive your Magic Faraway Tree Museum Adventure sticker!

There’s also a special drawing competition. Share your artwork on Instagram or BlueSky with the hashtag #MFTAdventure and tag @kidsinmuseums for a chance to win brilliant prizes, including a Double National Art Pass Plus Kids courtesy of Art Fund, plus an Enid Blyton book bundle.

The activity will run from Saturday 25 July to Sunday 16 August 2026 during Museum opening hours (Saturday and Sunday 2-5pm).

Find out more about the trail on the Kids in Museums website.

Find out more about the museum at About Us and get all the information you will need about visiting the museum at Visit Us. We look forward to seeing you.

The two postponed “Talks at the Museum” have been re-scheduled for early September. Gaynor Sekimori’s talk on “A House Through Time” is now on Wednesday the 2nd September at 6:30pm and her talk on “A Ramsey Girlhood” (with the addition of a magic lantern show) is on Wednesday 9th September, also at 6:30pm. See the Events Schedule for full details.

The Museum is pleased to announce a new partnership with Wades of Ramsey. You can support us by buying items we need from them. Simply follow the link (Wades List) and make a selection. On completion of the purchase Wades will deliver the item(s) to the museum. What could be simpler?

The summer talks season starts at the museum on Wednesday 20th May with Lost Pubs of Ramsey. This, and all other talks start at 6:30. Entry is £5 on the door.

For information about all the talks download  The Summer Talks Programme.

The Museum is currently undertaking some research to inform an Audience Development Plan and we need your help. Whether you have visited before or always meant to visit, we would love to hear your opinion. Your responses will help with plans to develop activity at the museum and help us to leverage the external funding which is essential to our continued operation. Please complete our short survey and encourage others to do the same.

The museum is re-opening for the 2026 season on Saturday 18th April with a special event for children Step into Spring at the Museum.

Please note that we are currently undertaking major re-roofing work and this may affect when we can open and which parts of the museum are accessible. Note in particular that we will NOT be opening on Monday’s until further notice as the roofers will be on-site, working.

For the rest of the season we are open 2-5 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, except on some event days. Entry to the museum on non-event days is entirely free. So, come along, look around the museum, enjoy our rural surroundings and maybe have a cup of tea and a slice of cake. For full details see Visit Us.

Application forms for the museum’s spring events – the Food and Craft Fair and the Fen Fair are now available for download from Event Application Forms . These are for use by traders and charities.

The Museum has closed for the winter. We will re-open in April 2026.

However, the volunteers will be working over the close season to do essential maintenance, clean and refurbish exhibits and plan next year’s programme of events. Why not come and join us? See Volunteering for more information about the kind of work we do.

The museum re-opens for the 2025 season on Sunday 6th April. The opening day coincides with Ramsey Heritage Day, and so we have extended opening hours (11am to 4pm) and a special (free!) event put on by the museum’s Archives Team. See Ramsey Heritage Day for full details.

Throughout the rest of the season we are open 2-5 pm on Saturday’s, Sunday’s and Monday’s, except on some event days. New for this year is a large kids play tent, and the use of this, as well entry to the museum on non-event days is entirely free. So, bring the kids, look around the museum and maybe have a cup of tea and a slice of cake. For full details see Visit Us.

The museum is running a recruitment open day on March 15th for new volunteers. Details can be found on our Volunteer Recruitment Day Poster.

If you can’t make it on March 15th, or want an insight into our work before you attend, then see our Volunteering page.

The tea room is open whenever the museum is open and is a major source of revenue for us. We are looking to improve the service we offer and require someone to make those improvements and manage its operation on a day-to-day basis. If you are interested, visit the Volunteering page for general information about volunteering at the museum and see the PDF document: Tea Room Coordinator Role for the specifics of this important museum role.

The Ramsey Rural Museum Supporters Card is £3 per month, and allows us a regular income to maintain and develop the Museum, which is run entirely by volunteers. It also allows you to attend Events at 50% off the usual price, and free access to our talks programme.

Sign-up now by scanning the QR code below:

The museum’s 2025 season of events is currently being finalised. Events will be added to the Events Calendar as and when they are confirmed, but note that the dates of some events (e.g. the Heritage Days) are outside the control of the museum and are merely provisional at this stage.

The Museum is seeking new trustees to join the Board of Trustees. The specific posts we are looking to fill are those of Chair of Trustees and Treasurer. If you think you may be able to volunteer for these roles see Trustee Vacancies for full details about what the roles and how to apply. Please note that all of the museum’s trustees roles are unpaid.

Six talks on the local history of the Ramsey area have now been arranged. Three are conjunction with the Huntingdonshire History Festival and three are organised by Ramsey Rural Museum. All are evening talks at the museum. Space is limited, so booking is advised. See Events for full details.

Application forms National Heritage Day are now available for download from Event Application Forms . These are for use by traders and charities.

Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society’s contribution to the International Museums Weekend.

Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society will again be participating from the museum in this year’s International Museums Weekend (Museums on the Air), over the weekend of 15th and 16th of June 2024.

For event details: See Museums on Air

The museum re-opens for the 2024 season on Easter Saturday. We are open 2-5 pm on Saturday’s, Sunday’s and Monday’s from now until the end of October. This year we will be offering free entry to the museum on non-event days. For full details see Visit Us.

We are sorry to announce the cancellation of the Food & Craft Fair component of our contribution to Ramsey Heritage Day on Sunday 7th April. The continuing wet weather means the field is still too water-logged to allow us to erect the marquees or to park cars. As far as we know, all other Ramsey Heritage Day events will still take place and the Museum itself will still be open that day. So do come along and see the results of our closed-season work and take advantage of our new free admission policy, but please do not bring your car unless you have to.

The Museum has decided to remove visitor entry fees for 2024 as a trial. We will keep this
under review and may reintroduce fees should the trial prove unworkable.

This will not apply to events where we need to cover the exceptional costs of promoting such
entertainment (see the Events Calendar for details).

We will ask visitors to be as generous as possible with donations and to consider making all of
them Gift Aided, where possible, in order to generate 25% more income for the museum.