The Museum's Collections
The Museum building is closed to the public
during 2011 for a major refurbishment, and as such we cannot offer
tours of the building. For more information on the refurbishment
and upcoming offsite events, please visit our
Museum redevelopment page.
We have over 200,000 fascinating objects in our
collections...
You can see many of these in our fascinating exhibitions and
events. They range from the most amazing Napoleonic bone palace to
the largest fossil fish, not forgetting the mesmerizing mummified
rat! Some of these have remarkable stories behind them, such as
that behind our stolen Iron Age sword.
The collection covers a great range of objects of national and
international importance, such as the Norman Cross prisoner of war
craft work, the Jurassic marine reptiles, finds from Roman
Peterborough and the original manuscripts of the famous poet John
Clare. You can also find out about the everyday life of
Peterborough's people, past and present through the Social History
collection.
Many of Peterborough’s most popular cultural and sporting
facilities are part of Vivacity, an independent,
not-for-profit organisation with charitable status.
Find out more about
the trust on the Vivacity website.