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#MuseumFromHome: Christmas!
MuseumFromHome: Christmas! Merry Christmas from all at Ely Museum! We hope you are all excited for Christmas in just a few weeks time, whilst we know Christmas this year might […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Halloween
MuseumFromHome: Halloween Halloween is at the end of the October half-term & we hope you will enjoy trying some of these Halloween themed crafts & activities during the school holidays! […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Apple Day
MuseumFromHome: Apple Day Apple Day is an annual tradition, enjoyed each autumn in Ely. This year, Apple Day is taking place online, and despite Covid-19, the fun can still continue! […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Dragons
MuseumFromHome: Dragons Dragons are monsters which appear in stories and tales across the world and across all periods of history. Dragon tales are known in many cultures, from the Americas […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Fenland Animals
MuseumFromHome: Fenland Animals The unique landscape of the fens makes it an excellent home to a wide variety of animals! Some fly high in the wide open sky and others […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Pirates
MuseumFromHome: Pirates Ahoy mateys! Welcome to this weeks #MuseumFromHome with Ely Museum – this week, we’re learning all about pirates! Joins us over on Facebook as we have fun with […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Ancient Egyptians
MuseumFromHome: Ancient Egyptians Today’s #MuseumFromHome with Ely Museum is all about ancient Egypt! Egypt was one of the greatest civilizations of the past and the ancient Egyptian era, which began […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Around The World
MuseumFromHome: Around The World In this weeks #MuseumFromHome with Ely Museum, we’re leaving Ely in England and virtually visiting all the other Elys around the world! Did you know there […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Make A Museum
MuseumFromHome: Make A Museum This weeks #MuseumFromHome at Ely Museum is all about museums themselves! As museums across the country begin to open their doors again, and of course with […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Victorians
MuseumFromHome: Victorians The Victorians lived over 150 years ago during the reign of Queen Victoria, who ruled for 64 years from 1837 to 1901. At this time, Britain became the […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Coins
#MuseumFromHome: Coins The history of money can be traced back over 4,000 years. During this time,currency has taken many different forms, including things we use as money today like coins […]
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#MuseumFromHome: RAF Hospital
MuseumFromHome: RAF Hospital In the late 1930s, with the threat of War once again looming, the Royal Air Force was looking for more sites to build new airfields. In 1936, […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Vikings
MuseumFromHome: Vikings The name ‘Viking’ comes from a language called ‘Old Norse’ and means ‘a pirate raid’. Vikings traveled all over the world in their big ships and discovered lots […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Ely Castle
MuseumFromHome: Ely Castle If you visited Ely around 950 years ago, you would find a castle built to defend the Isle of Ely. The castle was probably built by King […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Drainage In The Fens
MuseumFromHome: Drainage In The Fens Like the Romans 1600 years before him, King Charles I believed that draining the Fens could increase the value of the land, and therefore the […]
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#MuseumFromHome: The Old Gaol
MuseumFromHome: The Old Gaol 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 […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Sports Day
MuseumFromHome: Sports Day In today’s #MuseumFromHome post, Ely Museum is setting you a challenge to try over half term! Did you know that each year between 1893 – 1964 Ely […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Prehistoric Creatures
MuseumFromHome: Prehistoric Creatures This week we’re travelling back in time over 200 million years to the times when plesiosaurs swam in the warm Jurassic seas that covered this region! We […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Bronze Age
MuseumFromHome: Bronze Age This week we’re heading back about 4000 years to the Bronze Age to learn more about how people lived and the things they did! We know people […]
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#MuseumFromHome: VE Day
MuseumFromHome: VE Day This Friday, the 8th May 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day. It was on this day in 1945 that, after 6 long years of war, […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Eels
MuseumFromHome: Eels As so many of you enjoyed last week’s #MuseumFromHome post all about the Fens we’re carrying on the theme this week with something that makes Ely famous – […]
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#MuseumFromHome: The Fens
MuseumFromHome: The Fens Now we are back to term-time scheduling, we hope you will enjoy this weeks #MuseumFromHome post which focuses on the beautiful landscape that surrounds us here in […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Spring
MuseumFromHome: Spring We hope you enjoyed the lovely weather over the Easter Weekend! As the Easter holidays continue, we hope you’ll join us at Ely Museum as we #MuseumFromHome with […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Easter
MuseumFromHome: Easter As we enjoy the school Easter holidays, this week’s #MuseumFromHome is Easter themed! Although, due to our National Lottery Heritage Fund redevelopment of the Old Gaol, our doors […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Anglo Saxons
MuseumFromHome: Anglo Saxons As the covid-19 situation continues & we continue to learn and work from home, our #MuseumFromHome series is back for another week! We’ll be bringing short lessons […]
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#MuseumFromHome: Romans
MuseumFromHome: Romans Whilst Ely Museum closed its doors back in September when our National Lottery Heritage Fund redevelopment project began, the current COVID-19 situation brings a new set of challenges […]
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