Cellar @ Peterborough Museum
Lamphouse Theatre are working with Vivacity and Peterborough Museum to bring their famous cellar space to life. Providing some of the dramatics to this permanent exhibition, the public will be able to walk through the history of the building enthralled by the people and objects they will encounter on their journey. The opening of the exhibition will be in October Half Term 2015.
The cellar rooms are currently unused aside from storage and include remnants of the original building dating to 1536 as well as the Georgian wine cellar and the air raid shelter used during World War II.
The redevelopment will restore many of these spaces to help enhance visitors’ understanding of the museum building itself.
Historian Stuart Orme said the museum and its cellars had a remarkable history having also previously been a Tudor house and Victorian hspital.
He added: “I’m delighted by the news. Children doing World War Two sessions will be able to experience an air raid shelter and what it would have been like when a bomb fell outside.
“This will form part of the ghost tour and also daily guided tours.”
The redevelopment will restore many of these spaces to help enhance visitors’ understanding of the museum building itself.
Historian Stuart Orme said the museum and its cellars had a remarkable history having also previously been a Tudor house and Victorian hspital.
He added: “I’m delighted by the news. Children doing World War Two sessions will be able to experience an air raid shelter and what it would have been like when a bomb fell outside.
“This will form part of the ghost tour and also daily guided tours.”