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Chatteris Museum

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Chatteris Museum

Focusing on the natural & cultural heritage of Chatteris & the surrounding Fenland villages.

Chatteris Museum is now open in the former Barclays Bank at 2 Park Street, Chatteris PE16 6AE. The museum is entirely volunteer run with the collections owned by The Chatteris Museum Trust, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. The concept of a town museum was conceived in 1942 by Charles Dobb, the Town Clerk for Chatteris Urban District Council, in a small display cabinet in the offices of Grov

e House, Chatteris. A Museum Society was formed in 1963 to develop the collection and open to the public. In the mid 1990s the museum moved to the former Doctor's Surgery in Church Lane, and to its current location in 2023. The museum has begun a phased re-opening and our displays will develop as we unpack over 12,000 objects. A National Lottery Heritage Fund grant has enabled redevelopment to begin telling the story of Chatteris and its people.

28/05/2026

Stuck for FREE things to do this half term? Come and explore the museum…

🐭Help Chatty Mouse to find all his friends hidden around the museum and win a prize!

🧡 Collect a Family Town Trail - follow it around town answering the quiz along the way!

📚Grab a FREE children’s book from our hamper! (one book per child)

Don’t forget to bring along your Museum Passport - Collect a sticker each time you visit and get a small prize with your 6th sticker! 🧡

📖We also have a selection of second-hand fiction books for older children & teens available to buy starting from just 50p!

We are open:
Thursdays 2pm - 4pm
Fridays 10am - 1pm
Saturdays 2pm - 4pm

22/05/2026

Chatty Mouse found this poor lost soul outside the Museum today and is taking very good care of them. We’d love to find their owner. Can you help us? 🧡

20/05/2026

🧡Pride of place - Chatteris Crested China🍶

Part of the collection donated in 2023 by Chris Pope of Chatteris. ‘Goss China’ refers to the products of the Falcon Pottery owned by William Henry Goss, situated in Stoke on Trent.

In the 1880s they took advantage of the new market for seaside souvenirs and began producing miniature vases and pots with the coat of arms of seaside towns.

By 1910 it became a collecting craze, with every town in Britain having their own crested china and an estimated 95% of homes in Britain having crested china on their mantelpiece!

By 1938 the popularity of crested china waned, but with the current trend of ‘whimsy’ and having more personalised, quirky decor, will items such as these make a return?

16/05/2026

We’re here at the King Edward Centre for the Chatteris Volunteer Fair!

👋 Drop by and say hello - we’ll be here 10am-1pm (Sat 16 May)

🧡 Chat to our friendly volunteers & find out more about joining us as a Front of House volunteer 🧡

🛍️ Why not take home your Volunteer Pack in a free Chatteris Museum tote bag…

12/05/2026

🧡Join our friendly volunteer team!🧡

We are currently seeking new Front of House volunteers to support our opening hours: Thursdays 2pm-4pm, Fridays 10am-1pm & Saturdays 2pm-4pm.

No prior experience or knowledge of local history required, just the ability to provide a warm & friendly welcome to visitors. Full training will be provided.

To find out more:
📍Catch us at the Chatteris Volunteer Fair this Saturday 16th May, 10am-1pm at the King Edward Centre
☕️ Come in & chat with us when we’re open
✉️ or email [email protected]

Please note: we are not currently recruiting for ‘Back of House’ roles.

09/05/2026

Museum trip + cake = A brilliant day in Chatteris!

We are so lucky to have many options to find a delicious cake on our High Street, why not combine it with a visit to our museum?

We’re open:
Thursdays 2pm-4pm
Fridays 10am-1pm
Saturdays 2pm-4pm

06/05/2026

This morning we were delighted to welcome Francis Burkitt, High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire , to the museum.

Volunteers dug out a High Sheriff uniform from 1889 for the occasion, and discovered the previous High Sheriffs who came from Chatteris.

It was lovely to showcase the vast history of Chatteris and its role within Cambridgeshire and Fenland history.

We promise the Mayor was released from the Town Stocks!

05/05/2026

A geologist group visit last week was the perfect excuse to get out our entire fossil collection!

Seeing just how much we have and gaining added insight from the geologists was brilliant. It’s definitely got our minds whirling with ideas of how we can share our fossils in new and exciting ways!

29/04/2026

The new gallery spaces are taking shape…

Volunteers have been busy painting the new gallery space, as well as constructing partition display booths.

Our talented volunteers have designed the display booths with easily adjustable partitions using a dowel and hole technique, enabling a fully flexible exhibition space.

We’ve also started collecting the items from our archives for the displays, including the last ticket from Chatteris Station!

Keep an eye out for further updates on our progress!

Address

2 Park Street
Chatteris
PE166AE

Opening Hours

Thursday	2pm - 4pm
Friday	10am - 1pm
Saturday	2pm - 4pm

Telephone

+443333270967

Website

http://www.chatterismuseum.org.uk/

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