Cambridge Museum of Technology is awarded a £99,932 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to implement ‘Full Steam Ahead’

Today, Cambridge Museum of Technology has received a grant of £99,932 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, Full Steam Ahead. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project will allow the Museum to increase capacity and reach more audiences.

Supported through The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the ‘Full Steam Ahead’ project will recruit two new heritage roles, to expand the Museum’s capacity for both general opening, and for increased education and community outreach work. The funding will also reinvigorate existing space in the Engineer’s House to be used as a space for community hires. Building on existing fantastic partnerships within the local Abbey community, the Museum will offer more opportunities for engaging with industrial heritage and our collection, through events and workshops. The Museum will be able to expand its schools programme, reaching more young people and engaging with teachers to form lasting links. To facilitate this expanding engagement, there will be new opportunities to train as an education volunteer to help the Museum deliver this exciting programme. Digital education and family resources will also be developed alongside this new activity, to ensure the significant collections remain widely accessible for all.

Visible from all corners of Cambridge, the original chimney at the Museum stands tall as a reminder of our industrial past, and a landmark beacon of our relevance today. The Museum occupies a key Riverside site and has huge potential to grow as a community hub, leisure facility and educational centre. The Victorian sewage pumping station is a scheduled monument on Historic England’s At-Risk Register, and some of our (working) technologies on display are the last of their kind. Visitors to our museum can expect to learn the story of sewage and waste disposal in the Victorian Pumping Station, as well as discover Cambridge’s fascinating but forgotten industries. The important Pye collection displays Cambridge’s impressive early high-tech companies.

Our new roles:

> Museum Enterprise Manager

Are you passionate about our heritage? Experienced in managing events? Do you enjoy working in a small but passionate team?

If yes, then we’d love to hear from you!

Please see the job listing here!

> One more to be advertised soon!

About The National Lottery Heritage Fund

As the largest dedicated funder of the UK’s heritage, The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future as set out in our strategic plan, Heritage 2033. 

Over the next ten years, the Heritage Fund aims to invest £3.6billion raised for good causes by National Lottery players to bring about benefits for people, places and the natural environment.  

The Heritage Fund helps protect, transform and share the things from the past that people care about, from popular museums and historic places, our natural environment and fragile species, to the languages and cultural traditions that celebrate who we are. 

The Heritage Fund is passionate about heritage and committed to driving innovation and collaboration to make a positive difference to people’s lives today, while leaving a lasting legacy for future generations to enjoy.  

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