Admission & Facilities

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Admission Charges
Disabled Access
Other Facilities

 

OPENING TIMES
2 - 5pm
Thursdays, Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays

Easter Sunday
to
Last Sunday in October

(Some "Special Events" may have different opening hours from the regular times - check "Special Events"  page for details)

 

 

 

 

ADMISSION CHARGES
(From Easter 2008)
Adults (over 16 years) - £3.00. 

Under 5s - FREE
Children (5-16 years) - £1.00.

Season Ticket Holders - FREE*

*Season Ticket allows free admission to the Museum on any regular open days including "Special Event" days. Valid from Easter opening to October closing.
(Can not be used for group visits or for off-site events such as Craft Fairs). It also gives the holder the option of free membership of the Friends of Burwell Museum. Further details available from the Admission Kiosk at the Museum.

Season Tickets are available, price £6.00, at the Museum. Come 3 times or more and you'll save yourself money!
The price of a Season Ticket is staying the same this year which means it's even more value for money!

We do not currently accept Euros - Sorry!

Please pay by cash or cheque only as we do not accept credit/debit cards.
Cheques payable to " Burwell Museum " unless you are buying a Season Ticket in which case the cheque is payable to "Friends of Burwell Museum".

Admission charges are the same on "Special Event" days as they are on regular days unless stated otherwise on the "Special Events" page of this website or the leaflet inserts.

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DISABLED ACCESS

Access for disabled visitors is possible to all parts of site that are open to the public.

Disabled drivers may park in Mill Close adjacent to the Museum site (please do not block or park in residents' driveways).

Some parts of the Museum buildings can only be accessed by short and straight staircases.
We have permanently fixed stair-lifts in the 3 buildings with an upper floor. These are available for use by anyone who has difficulty with stairs. Please ask any member of Museum staff if you would like to use this facility.

The toilet block is easily accessed by disabled persons and includes a dedicated cubicle designed for wheelchair users.

The Windmill has narrow, steep ladders to each floor. Due to its shape, size and the location of permanently fixed machinery, disabled access to any part of the Mill other than the ground floor is unlikely to be possible for the foreseeable future. Photographs and detailed diagrams of the upper floors are available (photos and video clips available on this website).

We have a Stair-Climber chair for donation to another charity or organisation. For details click here.

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OTHER FACILITIES

 

GROUP VISITS/COACH PARTIES

Please see "Bookings" page.

 

ARCHIVES

The Museum has an archive which is availble for use by visitors. The archive contains the following:

Burwell Photographic Archive - thousands of photographs of Burwell people, activities, events and buildings from 1900 to 1999. Visitors can order high quality copies of the photos in the archive.
Full details at the museum.
Census reports for Burwell from 1851 to 1901 - transcribed and cross referenced.

A collection of local interest reference books.

A selection of videos covering various aspects of rural history in East Anglia. Most of the videos have been supplied by the East Anglian Film Archive.

There is also a video about Dorothy Grainger, a photographer in Burwell during the first half of the 20th Century. She took hundreds of photos in Burwell and the surrounding area which are now in the expert care of the Cambridgeshire Collection in Cambridge and availble for viewing and the purchasing of copies by the public. The Museum has copies of some of the photos on display in various parts of the site.

SHOP

Quality souvenirs (including some unique to the Museum), books, CD-ROMs and videos also hot & cold drinks and confectionary all available from the Museum Shop.

TOILETS

Toilets, with disabled access, on site.

PICNICS

Visitors are welcome to have small picnics on the grassed areas of the Museum site if they wish to.
The Museum shop sells ideal picnic items: Mineral water, pure apple & orange juice, cans of "fizzy" drinks and a selection of chocolate bars. All of these are available chilled straight from the fridge at no extra cost.
Please throw your litter away in the bin near the Barn entrance.

DOGS

No dogs, except guide dogs, are permitted inside the museum buildings or on to the site.
If you come by car, please do not leave your dog unattended in the vehicle as it is illeagal to do so.
You may tie your dog to the gate or hedge at the entrance to the museum site.
Although you are entirely responsible for its welfare, you are welcome to use the tap on the outside of the toilet building to obtain drinking water for your dog.
If your dog fouls during your visit please clear it up immediately.
If your dog becomes aggressive towards our visitors you will be asked to remove it.

SMOKING

Smoking is not permitted inside any of the museum buildings. If you wish to smoke during your visit please stay outside and away from doorways and windows and extinguish your cigarette carefully.

PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTERS

We have 2 public access computers for visitors to use free of charge (although a voluntary contribution to cover the electricity cost would be gratefully received). Both computers have high-speed Broadband internet connection, flat-screen LCD colour monitor and combined colour inkjet printer/scanner/memory card reader.

The computers give users FREE access to the following websites which usually require a subscription to be paid: Ancestry.com (library edition), Encyclopaedia Britannica, Oxforddnb.com (The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online), Times Digital Archive, Grove Art Online. Plus short cuts to the following free websites: BBC WebWise, BBC Computer Tutor.

The following Microsoft Office products are loaded on to both computers:  Word 2003, Publisher 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Excel 2003, Access 2003, FrontPage 2003.
The computers and internet connection have been provided for free by Cambridgeshire County Council and NTL. There is a small voluntary charge for printing to cover our costs of paper and ink. Printed items can be laminated on request for a further small charge. We don't currently sell blank diskettes or recordable cds but may do in the future if demand is high enough.

 

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The Museum Trustees reserve the right to alter admission times and charges without prior notice.

 

 

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