Cambridge Museum of Technology

Over het museum

Cambridge Museum of Technology is housed in the former sewage pumping station on the River Cam in Cambridge, a scheduled monument. The station was built in the 1890s to pump the city's sewage to a treatment works, and its steam engines, boilers and later gas engines worked until the 1960s. The museum was founded in 1970 to save the buildings and their machinery and to tell the story of the industries of the city.

The museum is a charity run largely by volunteers. In the Steam Engine Room visitors can see the Hathorn Davey engines, which are steamed on special days, and the Boiler House holds original boilers, including the restored No. 4 boiler added in 1923. The Top Bay displays Cambridge's forgotten industries and has machines operated by push buttons.

The Pye Building shows exhibitions about two local companies, the radio and television maker Pye and the Cambridge Instrument Company, which are known as Cambridge's early high-technology firms. A print room with presses from the 1820s to the late 20th century opens for demonstrations on selected days, and a short ash disposal railway runs on special event days.

Hoogtepunten

• Hathorn Davey steam engines in the Steam Engine Room
• Pye Building with exhibitions on Pye and the Cambridge Instrument Company
• Boiler House with original boilers
• Print Room with presses from the 1820s onward
• Top Bay with push-button models and Cambridge's forgotten industries
• Riverside setting in a scheduled monument

Vaste collectie

• Steam Engine Room – The Victorian engine room with its Hathorn Davey pumping engines, shown steamed on special days.
• Pye and Cambridge Instrument Company – Exhibitions in the Pye Building on two local high-technology companies and the people who worked there.
• Top Bay – Displays on the forgotten industries of Cambridge, including machines that visitors can operate by push button.

Opgericht

1970

Beheerder

Cambridge Museum of Technology (charity)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The prices are standard prices without Gift Aid. Gift Aid tickets include a donation of at least 10 per cent: adult 7.70, concession 6.60, steam day adult 13.20 and steam day concession 11. Museum members, volunteers and Museums Association members enter free. Ticket prices can change on special event days.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The Riverside entrance has step-free access to the ticket office and the pumping station. Some areas of the historic building are narrow or uneven, but threshold ramps have been fitted at small steps and most areas are accessible to most wheelchair users. A rough track leads to the Pye and Cambridge Instrument Company exhibitions and can be difficult for some wheelchair users; the public footpath and staff entrance are an alternative. There are cobbles and uneven floors in places. Gender-neutral accessible toilets are in the Steam Engine Room and the Pye Building, there is seating throughout, and a visual story is available online. Guide dogs are welcome and water bowls are provided. Step-free access to the Engineer's House is currently unavailable.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Verschoonruimte

Children under 16 enter free. Museum trails and activity stations with puzzles, smells and objects to feel are in the Steam Engine Room, the Top Bay and the Pye Building, and there are push-button models and an interactive model of the pumping station. Printing activities run on selected Sundays and steam days. Family facilities include a picnic area and a baby-changing table in the Pye Building.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The entrance is on Riverside, on National Cycle Route 11; there is no access via Cheddars Lane, which is the exit. The walk along the River Cam from the city centre takes about 25 minutes.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel

Hot Rocket serves coffee, pastries and lunch in the lower yard. Scott's pizza and Calverley's Brewery beers are served in the Engineer's House gardens in the late afternoon and early evening from Wednesday to Sunday. The gift shop is in the ticket office. Dogs on leads are welcome, and there is a picnic area.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 60 personen.

The Pye Building seats up to 60; the Pumping Station, the Valve Yard and the full site can also be hired by community groups, companies and individuals.

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