Kids-Direct - Family Fun at local Museums

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The Farmland Museum		01223 860988
	An exciting interactive museum and an English Heritage Grade 1 Abbey with just one ticket. Village life in 1940/50s. Play and Picnic area. Open 12 - 5pm Apr 1st - Oct 31st. Off A10 between Cambridge and Ely.
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences		01223 333456
	The oldest of the University museums, located in Downing Street in central Cambridge. Lots of fossils, dinosaur bones, rocks, crystals. Very welcoming to families, often have free family activities.
Burwell Museum		01638 605544
	Opens Easter to end of October, check which days. Displays of fen-edge village life from pre-history to the 20th Century. See the Victorian school room, a windmill and a working blacksmith's forge.
Ely Museum		01353 666655
	Experience the gloomy Bishop's gaol and learn about life in the fens at the friendly local history museum.

What's On for local families