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31/07/2025
01/08/2025
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Crafts are included with standard admission.
Event information
Time
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Price
Crafts are included with standard admission.
What
Summer with the Museums
Where
Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey

Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum
Ely Road
Waterbeach
Cambridge
CB25 9PQ

Who
Families

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Summer Holiday Fun at Denny Abbey and The Farmland Museum! This week: Explore the vast collection of farm machinery and get creative with machine-inspired crafts.

Join every Thursday and Friday this summer for free children's craft activities, each themed around a different part of life in the Fens! There's something new each week—so come back often for more hands-on fun.

🕙 Museum Opening Times:
Thursday to Sunday, 10am–4pm (last entry at 3:30pm).
Crafts run only on Thursdays and Fridays.

🎟 Admission Info:
Crafts are included with standard admission.
Buy an annual pass and enjoy unlimited visits all season!
English Heritage and Art Pass members go free.

 

This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2025.

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Crafts are included with standard admission.

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Farmland Museum logo and text "Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum Life in the Fens" with clipart of countryside objects and animals around the outside.
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Crafts are included with standard admission.

Discover weekly family fun at the Farmland Museum with hands-on crafts celebrating Fenland life - from countryside creatures to mighty farm machines. 
 

Find out more >
Farmland Museum logo and text "Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum Life in the Fens" with clipart of countryside objects and animals around the outside.
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Crafts are included with standard admission.

Discover weekly family fun at the Farmland Museum with hands-on crafts celebrating Fenland life - from countryside creatures to mighty farm machines. 

Find out more >