Today’s #MuseumFromHome post is all about the building where you can find Ely Museum today, the old gaol! Did you know that over 300 years ago the Bishop of Ely was responsible for law & order in Ely? It was the Bishop at the time, Bishop Peter Gunning who bought a house on the corner […]
Read More →Thank you to the museums Assistant Curator, Sara, for sharing this post with us! The staff at Ely Museum have recently had the slightly weird experience of walking past our museum every day and not being able to go inside. We’re working from a temporary office in the Sessions House, kindly provided by City of […]
Read More →Packing up & moving out During August and September 2019, in preparation for our move out of the Old Gaol, Ely Museum staff and a brilliant team of volunteers set about carefully packing up every object in the museum, from those on display in the galleries to those kept in our store room. With a […]
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