Cambridge Museum

06/13/2026

Looking forward to Medicine Creek Days this next weekend? Who wouldn't be?
We will have a museum scavenger hunt Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Anyone who might like to really test their eye or knowledge of the museum we will have an expert level sheet this year! This is an addition to the normal sheet, so don't let yourself be scared off!
We will also do a Trivia hour Saturday from ~4:00pm to 5:00pm. Classic history questions sprinkled with Cambridge history questions. Teams and individuals welcome, 1st place receives prizes. A winner takes all situation, folks!

Finally, in honor of Medicine Creek Days, here is a look back at the creek in years passed. Dates of the photos unknown. Easily pre-1950's, though.

06/03/2026

Due to schedule conflicts, the museum will be CLOSED today (June 3rd, 2026). we will be open again tomorrow regular hours from 1pm-5pm.
Attached photo: The unexpected early snow of September 1985. That’s Dale Cramer of Cambridge, enjoying some (n)ice cold watermelon before it was ruined.

05/19/2026

05/09/2026

Bicycle weather! Get out and enjoy it, stop by the museum for a break! We are now open summer hours 1:00pm - 5:00pm, Tuesdays through Sundays.

-Photograph: unknown child with bicycle.

05/02/2026

Continuing on a Lake Lavonia note, it seems as though Cambridge was not the only town that created and eventually lost a lake. Lake Lavonia was created in a similar way to Lake Maywood, the need for water power to make flour brought about both through damming a creek. These mill dams with their lakes brought about a place of merriment, relaxation, events, and much more. This article was taken from the December 1991 Frontier County Historical Society newsletter.

If you are into Frontier County history, we have just received a generous donation of Frontier County newsletters from 30+ years ago. More than enough to keep an avid reader busy all summer. Thank you to Arlene Palmer and Jan Allen fore this donation!

04/25/2026

Lake Lavonia enthusiasts! Here is a tidbit unexpectedly happened upon while looking for something fully unrelated in the Cambridge digitized newspapers. Could this be the big clue needed to understand the origins of the name of Cambridge's Lake Lavonia?

04/04/2026

ATTENTION: The Cambridge Museum will be CLOSED tomorrow, April 5th. Enjoy the beautiful weather and have a great Easter!

Photo is from late 1980's/early 1990's(?). Taken looking southeast from the Cambridge water tower. Anyone see their house?

02/17/2026

It's pancake feed season in Cambridge! Tonight from 5PM to 7PM (or maybe as long as you can keep eating pancakes) at the Congregational Church, and Sunday Feb. 22nd from 5:30PM to 7:00PM at St. John's Catholic Church. The Catholic Church pancake feed is a community benefit for our Senior Center.

Interior photos of the old churches, before the current ones we know and love today, taken from the Cambridge Centennial book.

02/15/2026

Seeking some community assistance today! This issue, involving the Orafino school, was brought up to us by the Cambridge 4th grade class. On the 1905 plat map of Frontier County, a school appears to be located at the northeast corner of Section 11. Looking at the 1948 plat map, the Orafino school as remembered by many to be the location is located at the southwest corner of section twelve, roughly a mile difference.
Was the school at one time located further north? Or was that location a one room schoolhouse before the Orafino school was built? Maybe there was an error on the 1905 map?
Let us know if you have any information!

Following up on this subject, it greatly saddens us to find that we have lost an Orafino aficionado and friend, Ed Kester. He passed away this last week, our thoughts are with his family. Ed was a wealth of information and a supporter of the museum that we will greatly miss!

02/01/2026

Warmer days on the way! To celebrate a bit of a break from the frigid cold, here is a rare photo of Lake Lavonia, the lake that helped shape Cambridge before the Harry Strunk Lake. If you squint a bit, just left of center on the horizon you can make out a few buildings.