Category: Local History


  • How to Raise Money for a Museum in the 1880s

    By Claire Richardson Raising money for a museum can be a tricky thing to get right. This extraordinary soiree from the 1880s sets the mark incredibly high in terms of attendance and spectacles. Anyone got a bugle? It’s 1881 in Peterborough and the Natural History and Archaeology Society is growing fast. After a few years…