January 2023 Update

From everyone at Burwell Museum and Windmill, we wish you all a very Happy New Year! 

Before we know it ‘Spring will have sprung’ and it will be time for us to open for our exciting 2023 season. 

We open ourseason on Easter Sunday, 9th April 2023, closing for the year on Sunday 29th October 2023. 

We will have many new exhibitions and exhibits to share with you; come and experience our working windmill and grind the grain, see our new blacksmith and our woodturner at work in our forge, and of course for our opening weekend there will be the traditional Museum and Windmill Easter Egg Hunt and Easter raffle too. (Can you guess what the raffle prizes will be?) 

Our opening days and hours are Thursdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays 11am – 5pm, last entrance is at 4pm. 

We do recommend Season Tickets are purchased as they are such good value for our visitors. 

A Season Ticket gives free entry to the Museum and Windmill throughout the entire season to visit the museum, the mill and all our on site events and talks too. We have a choice of Season Tickets; an individual season ticket is £15, a Joint season ticket is £20 (two adults at the same address) and a family season ticket is £25 (two adults and up to three children at the same address ). Please purchase these from our Kiosk at the entrance to the Museum using cash or card from our opening day. 

Our Season Tickets provide vital support to help to keep the museum open for all to enjoy and ensures we can protect and preserve local artefacts and showcase the history of Burwell and surrounding areas for years to come across the generations. 

If you would like to play a part, even for just a couple of hours a week, then we are looking for front of house volunteers to work across the season and help with our event programme too. If you love talking to people, have a love for and interest in the local area, and if you would like the opportunity to bring our history to life through storytelling and sharing fascinating facts, then please do contact us via museum@burwellmuseum.org.uk, social media or our website contact form. See https://burwellmuseum.org.uk/contact/

 We look forward to seeing you!  

 Sara Phipps Trustee of Burwell Museum and Windmill

Burwell Museum: We’re back!

We have had a fantastic first opening month and it was great to see some many visitors, both local and from further afield, enjoying the museum and windmill once more. We have many events on the horizon including:

Jubilee Weekend Thursday 2nd and Sunday 5th June

We will be holding a special ‘Tea for the Queen’ event on Sunday the 5th of June with Fortnum and Masons tea and cakes by Lexi in our tea room. Please note the museum will be closing early (gates locked at 4.30pm) to enable visitors and volunteers to enjoy the event taking place at St Mary’s church at 4.30pm.

Burwell Museum and Windmill’s 30th birthday 24th July

We will be holding a birthday party for the museum with live music, games and crafts and more cake all day from 11am-5pm so don’t miss out.

We rely on volunteers to keep running and open to the public, and are always looking for new faces. If you are interested in volunteering please email Sarah James at admin@burwellmuseum.org.uk .

We are continuing to take bookings for group visits, outreach events and talks both in person and by Zoom. To book please contact Alison Giles on education@burwellmuseum.org.uk. 

Thank you very much to those of you who have paid for a season ticket by direct debit – your tickets will be waiting for you at the front desk from the first day. As always we’ll be looking for new front of house volunteers as the season starts, as well as welcoming people back from previous years. If you’re interested in being a volunteer please contact the museum at volunteers@burwellmuseum.org.uk to find out more about what’s involved.   

Looking forward to welcoming you back!

You may have noticed the sails of the mill turning over the last few weeks as we prepare to welcome visitors back for the new season – of course nothing is ever certain, but we hope to be able to offer our full range of activities and events this year. We are still working on our events programme as we welcome the wonderful Sarah James as our new administrator. However, we expect that the start of the year will include:

Easter Egg hunt Sunday 17 and Monday 18 April

We will be opening the museum to the public again on the 17^th of April, back to our old opening hours of 11am to 5pm (last entry 4pm). Will you be able to find all the Easter eggs? And can you spot the differences in our displays after a busy winter for our volunteers?

National Mills Weekend Sunday 8^th May

We did everything we could to mark the 200^th birthday of the windmill during lockdown, but this will be a chance to celebrate properly!

Jubilee Weekend Thursday 2^nd and Sunday 5^th June

We’re still working with other groups in the village on this one to make sure that we don’t clash, but there will be a chance to look back on previous jubilee celebrations at the museum and to enjoy some tea and cake.

If there is something else you want to do at the museum, remember you can still book a group visit, outreach talk or Zoom talk by contacting Alison on education@burwellmuseum.org.uk.

Thank you very much to those of you who have paid for a season ticket by direct debit – your tickets will be waiting for you at the front desk from the first day. As always we’ll be looking for new front of house volunteers as the season starts, as well as welcoming people back from previous years. If you’re interested in being a volunteer please contact the museum at volunteers@burwellmuseum.org.uk to find out more about what’s involved.                 

Changing times at Burwell Museum

Although the museum is closed to the public until Easter, there is plenty going on behind the scenes! Look out for some revamped display areas when we reopen, as well as a new temporary exhibition on Burwell Carnivals through the ages. We’ll also be celebrating the museum’s 30^th anniversary in 2022 – doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun?

 

We will be having some changes in personnel as the year begins. Alison has reduced her hours and will be concentrating on the education officer role, so we hope to welcome a new administrator very soon to take on the rest of her job. The new person will be in charge of planning the year’s events, so we have nothing to share yet, but you can book a visit, outreach talk or Zoom talk for a group by contacting Alison on education@burwellmuseum.org.uk.

 

Some volunteers are also stepping back or taking on new roles, and we are grateful to all of them for their hard work over the years. We’re also grateful to those who are filling their places, and as always we would welcome more volunteers to join our team. If you’re around on a Tuesday in the winter, or a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday in the summer, and you are interested in helping the museum please contact us on volunteers@burwellmuseum.org.uk for more information about volunteer roles. We are currently recruiting new trustees, so if you are interested in having a say in what happens at the museum please come and join us.

 

Although we don’t have an official events programme for this year yet, we do know that we are planning to open to the public for the new season with the Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday 17^th April and Monday 18^th April. Please save the date and we look forward to seeing you there! 

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Halloween fun at Burwell Museum!

We're coming to the end of the season, but as our last open day is actually on Sunday 31st of October there's still a chance to join us for some Halloween fun! We've really enjoyed welcoming Burwell Rainbows, Brownies and Guides to test drive our spooky activities and now we're ready to welcome visitors on Thursday 28th and Sunday 31st. We'd like to thank everyone who has supported us over the last two years as we hope for a better time next year! 

Come and see us for Heritage Open Days!

 

Arty afternoons at Burwell Museum

 It's really nice to see visitors out and about and enjoying the museum again - it's much nicer to sit and do admin when there are children learning to hula hoop outside the family room! We had a really good day at the summer fete, thanks to the musicians and our wonderful volunteers, and now we are getting stuck into "arty afternoons" with our summer holiday activities from 1.30-3.30 every Thursday in August. Today we've been making faces to decorate the bus windows, then later in the summer we'll be making our own stocks, making rubbings of different materials at the museum and creating amazing models out of recycled materials. 

The mill team are also planning a bit of decorating, with plans to refresh the tar on the outside of the mill over the two weeks between the 10th and 22nd of August. This is a messy job and we're very grateful to the team for all of their hard work. It will mean that we can't welcome visitors to the mill during that time as the tar is very difficult to get off if you accidentally brush against it! We're always looking for new members of the mill team, so if you know anyone who is free on a Tuesday and would like to learn some new skills and learn more about historic milling, please let them know about us. 

We hope everyone has a great summer! 

Progress and plans for the rest of 2021

 

Thank you very much to everyone who has supported us this year either by volunteering or by coming to the museum on an open day or event day. Our volunteers have been particularly busy and you may have noticed that the windmill now has the shutters in its sails again – many thanks to the mill team for their extra days of work and to the site team for getting everything ready for the arrival of the cherry picker.

 

We’ve really enjoyed welcoming visitors back and it’s been great to see families, adult groups, cubs and schools enjoying our events and education programme. You can book a visit for a group by contacting Alison on education@burwellmuseum.org.uk – we are open to the public on Thursdays and Sundays from 11-5 but other days and times are also available by arrangement.

 

During the summer holidays we are participating in the “Summer at the Museums” scheme run by the University of Cambridge Museums, so you are welcome to join us for “arty afternoons” on Thursdays between 1.30 and 3.30. Drop in activities – all welcome, but activities will be aimed at 7-11-year-olds. We’re still deciding what we’re going to do because we need to keep an eye on staying COVID safe, so watch out for posters and social media posts to find out more about the different activities each week. We’ll also be taking part in Heritage Open Days so look out for free entry and musical entertainment on Sunday 19^th September!

 

The mill and museum are mostly run by volunteers and we’d love to have more help, so contact us on volunteers@burwellmuseum.org.uk for more information if you have some time to spare and could help with maintenance, front of house, fundraising and publicity or by becoming a trustee.

 

The mill shutters in the process of being replaced in July

Welcome back to Burwell Museum

 Burwell Museum: Welcome back! 

Thank you very much to everyone who supported our opening event on the 23rd of May. We’re incredibly grateful to Pat Kilbey and the Burwell musicians for all their help over lockdown and as we reopen. We’re really glad to have almost everything back open at the museum now, and we’re grateful for everyone’s patience as we wait for it to be safe to open the upper floors of the mill again. 

Our next event will be the summer fete, which will be on the 25th of July from 11am to 5pm. We’ll have the musicians again and hope for a lovely summer day to enjoy the museum at its best. As with everything this year, keep an eye on our social media and on posters around the village for exact details as we work out what we can safely do to enjoy the museum together. 

As we get back to having volunteers on site it would be great to welcome some new ones, and our mill team is particularly keen to have more members as we catch up with vital maintenance work! If you are free on a Tuesday, enjoy working on practical tasks as part of a team and would like to learn more about the windmill and how you can help it to keep working, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Alison on volunteers@burwellmuseum.org.uk for more information, or feel free to drop by on a Tuesday morning for a chat. We’re also looking for more people for front of house shifts on Thursdays and Sundays if you’d prefer that. 

                  

 Could you help keep the sails turning? We’re looking for new members for the mill team! 

Fingers crossed - plans for the next couple of months

This is a slightly tricky post to write, because it looks like we will be able to go ahead with opening on the 20th of May but I have a superstitious feeling that as soon as I have written that down everything will go horribly wrong again! Providing it doesn't, this is what the next couple of months have in store at the museum:

We will be holding our reopening event from 11am to 5pm on Sunday 23rd May - I'll put up full details the week before when we have official confirmation that it will happen (or not). We’re incredibly grateful to Pat Kilbey and the Burwell musicians for all their help over lockdown and as we reopen. We’re looking forward to having almost everything back open at the museum now, and we’re grateful for everyone’s patience as we wait for it to be safe to open the upper floors of the mill again. 

Our next event will be the summer fete, which will be on the 25th of July from 11am to 5pm. We’ll have the musicians again and hope for a lovely summer day to enjoy the museum at it’s best. As with everything this year, keep an eye on our social media and on posters around the village for exact details as we work out what we can safely do to enjoy the museum together. 

As we get back to having volunteers on site it would be great to welcome some new ones, and our mill team is particularly keen to have more members as we catch up with vital maintenance work! If you are free on a Tuesday, enjoy working on practical tasks as part of a team and would like to learn more about the windmill and how you can help it to keep working, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Alison on volunteers@burwellmuseum.org.uk for more information, or feel free to drop by on a Tuesday morning for a chat. We’re also looking for more people for front of house shifts on Thursdays and Sundays if you’d prefer that. 

                  

March update - preparing for reopening

 

Burwell Museum: Getting Ready for Reopening

Usually this post would be all about our fabulous start of season events, but of course things continue to be different this year! As I write, museums are not allowed to open to the public until the 17th of May at the earliest, making our first day Thursday 20th May and our opening event Sunday 23rd May.  Of course, that depends on everything going smoothly with the “road map” out of lockdown, so please keep an eye out online and for posters around the village to find out what we’re up to. We’d love to welcome you back but we want to make sure that it’s safe to do so. 

While we’re closed to the public, our wonderful volunteers have been busy over the last few months and we’re making some improvements to our site. The biggest change will be a new path up the side of the mill and a more accessible entrance to the mill itself - the photo shows the work in progress. We’re very grateful to Martin Mead and his team for the building work and to the Co-op community fund and the Cambridge branch of John Lewis and partners for funding this project, which will help more people to be able to access the windmill safely and comfortably. When we told them that the path was being built, Christine Shaw said “at John Lewis & Partners,  we appreciate the local area we work in and enjoy being able to give back to the local community, as it’s a way of saying thank you for your support and our Partners in the Cambridge shop will also have the added benefit of being able to visit this amazing local museum”. Steve Smith, who is a great supporter of the museum above and beyond the community fund, said “I’d just like to say what a pleasure it’s been to work with and support the museum through being one of our local causes and also by collaborating on community events. We are so pleased that funds raised have gone to support works on the grounds and hope this benefits so many in the community for years to come. Also we look forward to post covid times and planning future events with them”. 

We’re also planning a new shed on site so that we can get things better organised. We always welcome new volunteers, although at the moment there are some restrictions on what we can do - if you’re interested in helping the museum then please contact Alison on education@burwellmuseum.org.uk to find out more. 

Update - exciting news about sheds!

 Understandably, not much is going on at the moment - our staff and volunteers are doing what they can at home, with a much-appreciated rota of locally based volunteers keeping an eye on the museum to make sure that nothing is going wrong on site. We're more than usually grateful to our regular mill and site maintenance volunteers for keeping things in a state where we are able to safely leave things alone for a little while. However, the winter is usually our time for tackling big tasks on site, so we haven't completely stopped. We're hoping that February and March will see two major projects:

1. An improved path to get onto site from Mill Close, and better access to the mill itself - this should help visitors who find the slope onto the museum site and the steep slope into the mill a challenge. We're very grateful to the Co-op and to John Lewis for providing the money for this and we're really excited to be getting close to getting it ready for whenever we're able to welcome visitors again. 

2. A new shed so that we can start decluttering our workshop and making sure that everyone has the space they need to work and store everything on site. Admittedly this is probably more exciting for our volunteers than for the general public, but it will help to keep the site running and allow us to continue looking after our buildings and collections for everyone to enjoy! 

After that we've still got our fingers crossed that we will be able to open to at least some extent as planned on Easter Sunday (4th April), but we haven't planned any of our usual events because things are just too uncertain. We'll keep everyone informed of any last-minute plans through the blog, newsletter, website and social media, so please keep an eye out for news - we're very grateful for your support! 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Burwell Museum and Windmill. 

We are intending to open at Easter as usual, subject to any Covid-19 regulations that may be in place at the time. 

All donations, no matter how small, are a huge help and gratefully received. Please see our website https://burwellmuseum.org.uk/support/make-donation/ for ways to donate. Thank you.

Celebrating 200 years of Stevens' Mill!

We knew that 2020 was going to be a memorable year at Burwell Museum and Windmill, but we weren’t expecting it to be quite like this! Plans for celebrating the 200^th anniversary of our tower windmill had to be shelved in May, but we were very lucky to have perfect weather on Sunday 20^th September so that we could celebrate in a safely socially distanced way with folk music, beer from Burwell brewery and lots of lovely support from our friends in the village and further afield. We were particularly pleased to have members of the Carter family, descendants of the man who built and first owned the windmill, with us on the day.

Particular thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers, both those who were able to be there on the day and those who are supporting us with maintenance work or from home, and to:

Burwell brewery for creating a special (and very tasty) beer for us so that we could raise funds

Pat Kilbey and everyone involved in the Burwell Folk Collective both for amazing music on the day and for creating and recording two special songs for the windmill anniversary

Year 1 at Burwell Village College for the lovely birthday cards

Everyone who came to visit on the day, complied cheerfully with all of the safety rules and made it such a great day!

We’re not sure what will happen with the museum going forward – we hope to continue opening on Sundays from 11 until 3 until the end of October, which is always the end of our open season. Then it’s fingers crossed for next Easter…

Keep an eye on our website and social media for more information when we have it.

 

Burwell museum plans for the rest of the year

 It feels a bit like tempting fate even to type the word "plans", and of course we will continue to change things according to the latest government advice, but if we manage to avoid local lockdowns and other disasters the museum will be open:

11am-3pm on Thursday 27 August

11am-3pm on Sundays throughout September and October but NOT on Thursdays, as one day a week is all we can safely do without an amount of deep cleaning which wouldn't be appropriate for our collections 

For a special event on Sunday 20th September as part of Heritage Open Days, again from 11am to 3pm. Again we will be subject to changes at short notice so please keep an eye on our website and social media, but we are hoping to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Stevens' Mill with:

Live music from local musicians 

Birthday cards to make for the mill

A special beer brewed by Burwell Brewery

Parts of the museum open (alas, still not the mill itself as social distancing is very difficult in such a small space). 

If all goes to plan we will be able to celebrate on site, but we will also make sure that parts of the event are available online so that you can enjoy it at home if your circumstances make it difficult for you to visit in person. We're very grateful to all of our supporters, both those who are able to come out to us and those who still can't but wish us well! 

The museum will close for the winter on Sunday 25 October, but volunteers will continue to work on mill and site maintenance - more volunteers always welcome! We hope to reopen as usual at Easter 2021 but we will need to work that out nearer the time. 

Getting back to Burwell Museum - reopening 6th August

Like everyone, we've been watching the development of government advice and trying to work out what we can do and when. We've decided that we can open some bits of the museum to the public again from Thursday the 6th of August, but because we can't offer a full service we will operate on a donation only basis. We don't want to put any pressure on anyone to visit before they're ready to come out, but we want to provide a service to those who want to use it through the school summer holidays. We're very grateful to everyone who is following us and wishing us well, and we hope to see you when you feel it's right for you! For now, here are our guidelines for opening from next week: 

Welcome back to Burwell Museum! 

You are welcome to:

Visit us on a Thursday between 11am and 3pm

Enjoy our outdoor spaces

Bring your own food and drink and have a picnic

Explore the Upper Gallery, Roman Pottery and Waggon Sheds

See our new exhibition on Burwell Shops in the Hub

Use some of our outdoor toys

Admire the outside of the mill and farm buildings

Use some of our hands-on exhibits (use hand sanitiser afterwards)

Use our toilets - we will clean thoroughly before each open day

Choose whether or not to make a donation to the museum, and how much. Because we can’t offer our full facilities yet entry to the museum will be free, but donations are always appreciated! 

We're sorry, but to keep us all safe we can’t yet allow you to: 

Visit on any other days

Explore the mill, barn, vintage clothing, vehicles or Nissen Hut

Use dressing up clothes, crafts, indoor toys or handling objects 

Use the tea room

Please help us by:

Giving us a name and contact number for track and trace

Following government guidance on social distancing

Washing your hands carefully after using the toilets

Using hand sanitiser regularly at stations around the museum 

Using the bins provided to dispose of your own rubbish

Checking our website and social media for last-minute changes

Telling us what we can improve about your visit, and telling other people if you enjoyed it!

Letting us know if you develop coronavirus symptoms after visiting.

Great news for the museum from the SHARE volunteer awards!

Burwell museum helpers scoop museum awards

Helpers at Burwell Museum and Windmill scooped three prestigious awards at the annual SHARE Museums East Volunteer Awards on Thursday 4th June.

The museum’s Mill Team topped the True Grit category, while volunteers Paul Hawes and John Wisbey each received Silver Owl awards for volunteering for (considerably) more than 25 years.

The winners were announced during a virtual ceremony held online due to social distancing rules and provided a welcome piece of good news for the volunteers, who are unable to continue with their work or open the museum due to coronavirus restrictions.

The True Grit award recognises unglamourous tasks, battling against difficulties, and doing often dirty and unappealing jobs that need specific skills.

The Mill Team was commended by Niki Hughes, Chair of SHARE Volunteer Co-Ordinators Forum, saying they keep the windmill’s wheel turning, are ‘truly inspirational’ and show ‘tenacity and teamwork’.

The team has contributed to the ongoing maintenance of Burwell’s 200-year-old Stevens’ Mill after extensive restoration over the past 40 years.

Burwell Museum and Windmill Administrator, Alison Giles, said: “It’s especially exciting to win this year, our 200th anniversary year, and great to have an opportunity to celebrate the work of our Mill Team, our longest-serving volunteers and all of the other fantastic winners and nominees."

“Burwell Museum was started by volunteers and we very much rely on their goodwill and skills to keep the museum and mill running. We’re very grateful to SHARE for putting on the awards and for their support for museums in the region, especially at this difficult time.”

The museum is planning to celebrate the achievements of the winners, as well as commemorate the 200th anniversary of the windmill later this year or early next year, once social distancing restrictions are lifted.

The awards ceremony can be viewed on YouTube here.

Burwell Museum Coronavirus update

Like everywhere, we don't really know what's going on at the moment, but here is an update on how things are for us right now: 

We are closed to both the public and volunteers for the foreseeable future. Most of the volunteers who keep us going are in the more "vulnerable" groups, as are a large proportion of our visitors, so we won't be reopening until it's very clear that it's safe to do so. Events in April and May have already been cancelled and it's likely that June will follow unless things change dramatically in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks to a grant from East Cambridgeshire District Council and a legacy last year from Mr Michael Mitcham, we're very lucky to be in a good position financially. We're very grateful to both the council and to Mr. Mitcham and his family for that, as it means we can continue to pay our staff during lockdown and spend the time making sure that our paperwork is all up to date (we'll spare you all the details, but it will be good to have it done!). Many small museums are struggling, though, so if you want to support local museums and industrial heritage then our friends at Prickwillow Museum, Ramsey Rural Museum and the Cambridge museum of Technology are among many appealing for help at the moment. 

Our ongoing projects will continue as soon as we can - we're still waiting for planning permission for the path to the windmill, so we'll need to wait until the council has finished dealing with the crisis, and once our volunteers are able to safely come back to work we will continue with site maintenance and refreshing displays. If you are going past the windmill you may notice that it's looking a bit bedraggled- we've removed most of the shutters to make sure it's safe while we're not working on it. Our next project will be to paint each shutter and put them back again, so although this isn't the kind of year we'd planned for the 200th anniversary year of the windmill we will get it looking smart again as soon as we can! 

We wish all of our volunteers, visitors and supporters well and hope to welcome you back when we can do so safely. 

Thank you for an amazing season in 2019!

Many, many thanks from all at Burwell Museum and Windmill!

Thank you to everyone who has supported, visited and/or volunteered at Burwell Museum and Windmill this year. We’ve had over 3,500 visitors over the year and our amazing volunteers have put in over 4,000 hours between them to make sure that the museum continues to be a really great day out. We’re also very grateful to the Parish Council, the Carnival, Cambridgeshire County Council and Newmarket Waitrose for financial support over the year, and to Newmarket Tesco and Burwell Co-op for giving us gifts in kind (and in the Co-op’s case lots of very much appreciated staff time). Thank you to everyone who has been to the museum either as a visitor or a volunteer in 2019!

Do you have any time to spare?

Although we are now closed to visitors for the winter, there is still a lot going on behind the scenes and WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Are you enthusiastic, community-minded and want to offer some time to a local charity? If this sounds like you then please get in touch about becoming a volunteer with the museum. No previous experience required and you'll receive a very warm welcome! We're especially looking for:

Mill volunteers: We need more people to help with the Mill as we work to prepare for its 200th birthday next year. Mill volunteers work on Tuesdays, usually from around 9.30am until 4pm. You don't have to commit to every Tuesday but it's helpful if you are able to say in advance when you will be there so that work can be planned. Jobs range from routine maintenance tasks to operating the mill itself; full training is provided for the jobs involved. If you want to find out more, you are welcome to come to the museum on a Tuesday or to contact Colin, our Mill manager, on cmarshall@cantab.net.

Site maintenance volunteers: Keeping the museum site going needs lots of people for a wide range of jobs including painting, repairing things and keeping all of our buildings clean and tidy. Previous experience of plumbing, electrics, IT systems etc. would be massively useful but there are plenty of jobs which don't require specialist skills! If you can spare us time on a Tuesday or Thursday to help either with a specific job or with general maintenance tasks, we'd love to hear from you at volunteers@burwellmuseum.org.uk or on 01638 605544.

We've had a great summer at the museum!

The last of our children's holiday activities went well today, with lots of people planting cress seeds to learn about our farming heritage. We've had a great summer all round (helped by some wonderful weather) and it's been great to welcome so many people to our children's activities. We've also welcomed groups from two WIs, Felix Coaches, a car club and the Mother's Union. Now we're looking forward to Heritage Open Days, which for us will be on the 15th, 19th and 22nd of September. On the 15th and 19th we're offering free entry to the museum, then on the 22nd we have our folk celebration with local musicians and dancers. We'll be looking at "People Power" through our collections, including a special guest appearance by the winning soapbox from the Newmarket Soapbox Derby.