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Events
The Trial of Charles I
February Half Term Activities
Women of the Civil War
Easter Holidays: Make a Medal
Easter Holidays: Design a War Horse
Ironsides!
Cromwell Museum Spring Online Lecture Series 2024
‘King Charles I: Man, Monarch and Memory’: an online talk by Mark Turnbull
Risen from Obscurity? Oliver Cromwell's Early Life: a talk by John Morrill
‘The Civilian Experience of the Civil Wars': a talk by Stuart Jennings
'Mrs Cromwell's Cookbook: Food, Print & Politics': a talk by Stuart Orme
Regicide in the Family: Finding John Dixwell. A talk by Sarah Dixwell Brown
Cromwell, Ireland and the Slaughter of Innocents Scandal: a talk by Tom Reilly
Easter Holidays: Civil War Soldiers
Cromwell's Huntingdon
Cromwell Crafts: May Half Term
Cromwell Crafts: May Half Term
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Cromwell Up Close
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Meet the Author: Novelist Charles Cordell
Workshop Wednesdays: Civil War Soldiers
Workshop Wednesday: Create your own Charter
Workshop Wednesday: Explore 17th Century Huntingdon
Workshop Wednesday: Cromwellian Herbal Remedies
Town Hall Tours
Meet a Civil War Soldier
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Courtrooms by Candlelight
Cromwell's Watch
Cromwell Museum Autumn Online Lecture Series 2024
John Bradshawe and the Aftermath of Regicide: a talk by Charlotte Young
Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade: a talk by Alice Hunt
The Fall: The Last Days of the English Republic: a talk by Henry Reece
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief: a talk by Ronald Hutton
October Half Term: Cromwellian Clock Making
October Half Term: Cromwellian Clock Making
Spinning and Weaving Workshops
Spinning and Weaving Workshops
Cromwell's Head: the Death and Afterlife of Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell Up Close
Huntingdon Christmas Market
Meet the Barber Surgeon
The Trial of the Huntingdonshire Witches
February Half Term: Cromwell Crafts
February Half Term: Cromwell Crafts
Spinning and Weaving Workshops
Spinning and Weaving Workshop
Secret Spy Training
Civil War Soldiers
Book Binding
Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
New Treasures
A Royal Audience with King Charles I
Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Cromwell Museum Spring Online Lecture Series 2025
'Cromwell: Protector of the Reformed?': a Talk by Jordan Sly
‘The Fiery Spirits: London Mob, Radicals & Regicides’: a Talk by John Rees
'Cromwell and the Quakers': a Talk by Erica Canela
‘The Blood in Winter: the brink of Civil War’: a Talk by Jonathan Healey
Cromwell and the Battle of Naseby
Cromwell Crafts
Cromwell Crafts
Battle of Huntingdon 1645 Reenactment
Cromwell Up Close
Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk
Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk
Workshop Wednesday: Civil War Soldiers
Workshop Wednesday: Marvellous Mosaics
Workshop Wednesday: Make your own Pocket Watch
Workshop Wednesday: Medal Making
Meet a Civil War Soldier
Battle of Naseby War Gaming
Huntingdon Town Hall Tours
Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Halloween Town Tours
New Acquisitions
Cromwell Crafts
Cromwell Crafts
Battle of Naseby War Game
Stitching the Nation: Fashion in Times of Turmoil
Huntingdon Christmas Market
Cromwell Museum Autumn Online Lecture Series 2025
'Cromwell on Screen': a talk by Dr David Smith
Cromwell's Nemesis: The Earl of Manchester and the English Civil War
‘Prince Rupert: Commander, Creator & Companion’: a talk by Mark Turnbull
'Slavery, Paintings & Politics of the Commonwealth’: a talk by Holly Brewer
‘A last Visitor for Mr Hugh Peter’ Screening
Royal Fashion!
Cromwellian Cuisine
Period Dyeing Workshops
Period Dyeing Workshops
Royal Revenge – the Trial of Charles I’s Regicides
February Half Term
Cromwell Up Close
Lacemaking Workshop
Lacemaking Workshop
The Naseby: Cromwell's Warship
Wonderful Watches
Wonderful Watches
Wonderful Watches
17th Century School
17th Century School
Meet the Barber Surgeon
Cromwell's Huntingdon Guided Walk
Cromwell's St Ives Guided Walk
Cromwell Museum Spring Online Lecture Series 2026
‘Cromwell's Centurion: Philip Skippon & Cromwell': a talk by Ismini Pells
'Robert Blake & the English Empire in the 1650s': a talk by Richard Blakemore
‘Artillery in Battle during the First Civil War': a talk by Simon Marsh
‘Cromwellian Court Culture’: a talk by Patrick Little
Key Collections
‘Cromwell Contemplating the Corpse of the King’ by Dave Brown, 2006.
Huntingdon Railway Poster, c. 1950.
Cromwell and Charles I: English Bronze Figures, late 1800s.
Cromwell and Marston Moor Commemorative Jug, 1994.
Wedgewood Portrait Medallion, c. 1840.
Bust of Oliver Cromwell, after Joseph Wilton, 19th Century.
Powder Flask, c. 1655.
Leather Gaiters, c. 1650.
Spurs, c. 1640.
Travelling Apothecary’s Cabinet, c. 1600.
Pomade Chest, c. 1656.
Felt Hat, c. 1653.
‘Eikon Basilike: The Portraiture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitude & Sufferings’, 1649.
‘The Royall Entertainment of the King by the Royalists of Huntingdon’, 1645.
‘The Court and Kitchen of Elizabeth, commonly called Joan Cromwell’, 1664.
Henry Cromwell’s Letter Book, 1657 – 1659.
“The Humble Petition and Advice presented unto his Highness the Lord Protector of Knights, Citizens and Burgesses assembled”, 1657.
Letter to Captain Underwood, signed by Cromwell, June 6th, 1645 from Huntingdon.
Autographed receipt signed by Oliver Cromwell, January 1643.
Silver Shilling, 1658.
Silver half-crown, 1656.
Silver Dunbar Medal, 1650.
Fairfax Medal, 1645.
Harquebusier Armour, late 1640s.
Cannonball, c. 1644.
Ceremonial Sword, c. 1657.
Mortuary Sword, c. 1650.
Mortuary Sword, late 1640s.
Lobster Pot Helmet
Portrait of Sir Oliver Cromwell, English School, 1647, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Elizabeth Claypole (Cromwell), circle of Sir Peter Lely, c. 1655, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Lady Frances Russell (Cromwell) by John Riley, c. 1670, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of John Thurloe, Circle of William Dobson, 1650s, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Mary, Lady Fauconberg, (Cromwell), circle of Thomas Murray, c.1670, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Richard Cromwell, attributed to John Hayls, c. 1658, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Henry Cromwell, by Christian Dusart, 1655, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Elizabeth Cromwell, the Protectoress, by Robert Walker, c. 1655, Oil on Canvas.
Equestrian Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, English School, c.1655, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, English School, late 1600s, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Elizabeth Cromwell, English School, late 1600s, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of King Charles I, Circle of Sir Peter Lely, Oil on Canvas.
‘Cromwell leading his Cavalry into Battle’ by Abraham Cooper, c. 1860, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Sir Oliver Cromwell, circle of Hieronimo Custodis, c.1580, Oil on Panel.
Portrait of George Monck, after Samuel Cooper, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Circle of Sir Peter Lely, Oil on Canvas.
‘Study for a painting of the Battle near Boston’ by James Ward, c.1826, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Sir Thomas Fairfax, Circle of Robert Walker, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, Studio of Sir Peter Lely, Oil on Canvas.
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell by Robert Walker, c.1649, Oil on Canvas.
Key Figures
Bulstrode Whitelock
Sir William Waller
Sir Henry Vane
Thomas Rainsborough
John Pym
Edward Montagu
Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester
George Monck
John Lilburne
David Leslie
Alexander Leslie, Lord Leven
Henry Ireton
Thomas Harrison
John Hampden
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Lord Ferdinando Fairfax
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Prince Rupert
Sir Ralph Hopton
Queen Henrietta Maria
James Graham, Marquis of Montrose
Lord George Goring
Prince Charles (later Charles II)
King Charles I
William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle
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Cromwell and the Cathedral
Did Cromwell Ban Christmas?
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