ISA STEAM Competition – Judgement Day.  Report by Andy Riches, Volunteer at Cambridge Museum of Technology.  Back in October 2023, the Cambridge Museum of Technology received a request from the National Arts Officer for the Independent Schools Association (ISA). Their members are Headteachers, and their aim is to offer them advice and support in all areas, and opportunities for their pupils.  As part of their service, they offer a wide range of opportunities for pupils in the Performing Arts and Visual Arts within the 646 independent schools currently in membership with the ISA ..read more

On Friday 23 February 2024 – as visitors explored the Museum after dark during Twilight with the Museums – Cambridge Museum of Technology's chimney was lit up courtesy of Mack Productions! Interested in hiring the Museum's unique spaces for an event? Contact the Museum for more information and a quote. You can also explore more chimney illuminations in Museum videos ..read more

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our friend and colleague in local history studies, Peter Filby.   Peter died peacefully at Arthur Rank Hospice on Monday 22nd January 2024. He served on the Committee of Cambridgeshire Association for Local History for many years and had also been a trustee and volunteer at both Cambridge Museum of Technology and the Museum of Cambridge.  He was also a valued member of the mills preservation community through his research and practical support on projects.   At Cambridge Museum of Technology he was one o ..read more

Cambridge Sustainable Food 2023 Food For the Planet Festival at Cambridge Museum of Technology Cambridge Sustainable Food hosted its 2023 Food for the Planet Festival at Cambridge Museum of Technology on Saturday 28 October 2023. Featuring local partners such as Riverside Area Residents Association and a host of stalls, recipes and cooking! Photos and videos from the day ..read more

Our last Steam Up was a very special one, for three of our volunteers recieved their Silver Owl Awards from Share Museum East! Before our busy Steam Up on 22nd October, trustee John Sheppard presented our Steam Team volunteers, Stephen Attenborough, Andy Rowlinson and Chris Webb with their Silver Owls. Edward Hinde, another one of our Steam Team Silver Owl recipicates but sadly could not make the weekend (Edward you were missed!). Each of them have been volunteering with us for well over 25 years and we couldn’t be happier with their engery, dedication and commitemnet they have given to the Mu ..read more

From steam-age to semiconductors: hosting 6th dragon meetup Cambridge Museum of Technology enables visitors to explore the city’s industrial heritage from the steam age to semiconductors. The Museum also works closely with other independent Museums in the city, including the Cambridge Centre for Computing History. So it was fitting that the Museum of Technology was able to host the Dragon Computer user group on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 October 2023 while the event’s traditional venue (the Centre for Computing History) was being refurbished. Watch highlights from the Dragon event, held in the Mu ..read more

The world-famous CHRISTMAS LECTURES are coming to Cambridge on 12th, 14th and 16th December, when Cambridge Museum of Technology streams the live filming, direct from the Royal Institution (Ri) theatre in London.  This year, Mike Wooldridge will tackle the most important and rapidly evolving field of science today – Artificial Intelligence (AI). Not since the World-Wide Web emerged 30 years ago has a new technology promised to change our world so fundamentally and so swiftly as AI does.  Today’s AI tools such as ChatGPT and AlphaGo are just a hint of what is to come. The future of AI ..read more

Chair of Trustees | Treasurer (effective 2024) Have you worked with funders, stakeholders and partners in the local community and/or the heritage sector? Can you lead a team comprised largely of volunteers and a small group of staff? Cambridge Museum of Technology is inviting applications for the roles of: Chair of Trustees Treasurer The current Chair of Trustees and Treasurer respectively will be stepping down (on scheduled rotation) at the end of 2023. Invitations are invited for the roles, effective 2024. Candidate PackS If you are passionate about industrial history, heritage and mus ..read more

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire recently visited Cambridge Museum of Technology as part of a live radio broadcast over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Listen again to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Live Reporter Glenn Jones, Presenter Dotty McLeod and - of course! - the Museum's volunteers as they explore the Museum, discover the city’s industrial heritage and discuss the value of volunteering at the Museum. Interested in volunteering? The Museum has a role for everyone: contact the Museum Image: Eleni Spathi for The Willcox Collective, commissioned for Cambridge Museum of Technology Audio excerpts from ..read more

Cambridge Museum of Technology contributeS online video and walking tourS to 2023 festival programme At the 2023 Open Cambridge Festival (Friday 8 – Sunday 17 September 2023), the Museum will be exploring our industrial heritage around this year’s theme Unwrapping Creativity, presented in association with Heritage Open Days. online video back in steam: sounds & senses A short film – comprising a prose poem, narrated with accompanying visuals and ambient sounds – that explores our industrial heritage at Cambridge Museum of Technology. Creatively inspired by ‘Steam Days’ at the Museum. Pres ..read more