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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 Grove 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.

👻 Some ghoulish guests have appeared in our museum shop! Handmade by volunteers, you can give one a home for just 50p 👻 ...
22/10/2026

👻 Some ghoulish guests have appeared in our museum shop! Handmade by volunteers, you can give one a home for just 50p 👻

🎨 It’s also just ONE WEEK TO GO until our Free Spooky Crafts:
Thursday 29 October
10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm
No need to book, just drop in!

Did you spot us in the first issue of the Discovering Chatteris Magazine?The article touched on the drainage of the fens...
20/10/2026

Did you spot us in the first issue of the Discovering Chatteris Magazine?

The article touched on the drainage of the fens…windmills, steam power and why the 16ft, 20ft & 40ft drains were given those names!

Delve a little deeper into these stories and more with photographs, tools, documents and maps currently on display in the museum.

🍂 We have a new FREE Autumn Scavenger Hunt trail! 🍁Follow the trail around the museum and as well as collecting your pri...
16/10/2026

🍂 We have a new FREE Autumn Scavenger Hunt trail! 🍁

Follow the trail around the museum and as well as collecting your prize you’ll receive a scavenger hunt bag so you can search for the real items lying around outside! 👀👣

Available during our regular opening hours:
Thursdays 2pm-4pm
Fridays 10am-1pm
Saturdays 1pm-4pm

Come and enjoy some FREE spooky fun at Chatteris Museum this half term!🦇🎨Spooky Crafts👻Thursday 29 OctoberTwo sessions: ...
14/10/2026

Come and enjoy some FREE spooky fun at Chatteris Museum this half term!🦇

🎨Spooky Crafts👻
Thursday 29 October
Two sessions: 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm
No need to book, just drop in!

👣Halloween Trail🎃
Available during our regular opening hours

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’re all set up at the Apple and Harvest Fair at the Ramsey Rural Museum CIO!🍎🍂The sun is shining and we’ll be here ...
11/10/2026

🍂🍏 We’re all set up at the Apple and Harvest Fair at the Ramsey Rural Museum CIO!🍎🍂

The sun is shining and we’ll be here until 4pm today (Sun 11 Oct)

🦕🦣 Come along to this FREE ENTRY event and check out our fascinating fossils and get stuck in with some free crafts! 🎨

The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants
Great Fen
Fossil Journeys

Have you seen our BRAND NEW galleries & displays yet? 🚂 The Model Railway of Chatteris Station🥾 Boot & Shoe Makers of Ch...
08/10/2026

Have you seen our BRAND NEW galleries & displays yet?

🚂 The Model Railway of Chatteris Station
🥾 Boot & Shoe Makers of Chatteris
🔥 The Great Fire of Chatteris
🛍️ Chatteris Shops from days gone by
🌾 Bygone Agricultural Tools

🪏 Photos from 1997/8 when King Edward School created and officially opened their 5 Senses Garden!

🥊 PLUS photographs relating to Chatteris Boxing Legend Eric Boon!

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

Interesting talk happening this Friday on the Workhouse in Doddington 🗣️When the workhouse shut down in Chatteris in 183...
07/10/2026

Interesting talk happening this Friday on the Workhouse in Doddington 🗣️

When the workhouse shut down in Chatteris in 1834, people were transferred to the newly built workhouse in Doddington, although it didn't open until 1838. It was called the North Witchford Union Workhouse at the time.

Just a little reminder about our October Talk all about North Witchford Workhouse in Doddington, at St. Peter's Church Hall, March, this Friday at 7.30pm. Everybody is welcome!

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05/10/2026

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John Fisher visited the museum today to kindly donate a range of items from his parents (further post to follow!) But th...
02/10/2026

John Fisher visited the museum today to kindly donate a range of items from his parents (further post to follow!)

But this wasn’t the first time John had donated to the museum…

🗡️ In 1962, at the age of 13, John was photographed at Cromwell school presenting a Bronze Age sword blade to the museum. It was found during ploughing at Primrose Hill on the Chatteris to Doddington road.

It was a great pleasure to see him holding the sword again after all these years to replicate the photograph!

🍂🍏Join us at the Apple and Harvest Fair at Ramsey Rural Museum on Sunday 11 October, 11am-4pm🍎🍂🦕🦣 We’ll be bringing an a...
02/10/2026

🍂🍏Join us at the Apple and Harvest Fair at Ramsey Rural Museum on Sunday 11 October, 11am-4pm🍎🍂

🦕🦣 We’ll be bringing an array of fossils as well as some fun crafts to get stuck into! 🎨

It’s FREE ENTRY and wonderful fun for all the family - hope to see you there!



Fossil Journeys
Ramsey Rural Museum CIO
The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants

Address

2 Park Street
Chatteris
PE166AE

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

+443333270967

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