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== Museums ==
== Museums ==
 
*For a list of Huntingdonshire museums that are now in Cambridgeshire, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Cambridgeshire '''List of museums in Cambridgeshire'''] in Wikipedia.
=== The Norris Museum ===
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'''The Norris Museum'''<br>The Broadway<br>St. Ives<br>Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE27 5BX UK<br>Telephone: 01480 497314<br>
'''The Norris Museum'''<br>The Broadway<br>St. Ives<br>Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE27 5BX UK<br>Telephone: 01480 497314<br>
Email: [mailto:info@norrismuseum.org.uk info@norrismuseum.org.uk]<br>
Email: [mailto:info@norrismuseum.org.uk info@norrismuseum.org.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.norrismuseum.org.uk The Norris Museum]
Website: [http://www.norrismuseum.org.uk The Norris Museum]
:The Norris Museum is the Museum of Huntingdonshire. It tells the story of this historic county from the earliest times to the present day. The Museum was founded by Herbert Norris, a St. Ivian, who left his lifetime's collection of Huntingdonshire relics to the town when he died in 1931.


:The Norris Museum is the Museum of Huntingdonshire. It tells the story of this historic county from the earliest times to the present day. The Museum was founded by Herbert Norris, a St. Ivian, who left his lifetime's collection of Huntingdonshire relics to the town when he died in 1931.


For a list of Huntingdonshire museums that are now in Cambridgeshire, go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Cambridgeshire List of museums in Cambridgeshire] in Wikipedia.


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In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Huntingdon merged with Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely to form the new non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire.

Archives[edit | edit source]

Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies
Shire Hall
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0AP UK
Telephone: 01223 699399
Email: county.records.cambridge@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Cambridgeshire Archives holds a wealth of unique historic records and other resources relating to Cambridgeshire, the former counties of Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely and their communities.

Huntingdonshire Library and Archives[edit | edit source]

Huntingdonshire Library and Archives
Princes Street
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE29 3PA UK
Telephone: 01480 372738
Email: hunts.archives@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Website

Museums[edit | edit source]


The Norris Museum
The Broadway
St. Ives
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE27 5BX UK
Telephone: 01480 497314
Email: info@norrismuseum.org.uk
Website: The Norris Museum

The Norris Museum is the Museum of Huntingdonshire. It tells the story of this historic county from the earliest times to the present day. The Museum was founded by Herbert Norris, a St. Ivian, who left his lifetime's collection of Huntingdonshire relics to the town when he died in 1931.