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Nine years after the Ordinance passed, Parliament and Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell had made little further headway, with MPs complaining on the Christmas morning of 1656 that their sleep had been disturbed by the noise of their neighbors’ "preparations for this foolish day’s solemnity," and that they saw "not a shop open, nor a creature stirring" in London.

Cromwell died of natural causes after ruling the country as Lord Protector, but when the monarchy was restored, his corpse was exhumed and beheaded.

The museum tells Oliver Cromwell's story from his Huntingdon childhood until his death as Lord Protector in 1658.

For the next nine years, Oliver Cromwell ruled Britain as “lord protector,” replacing the monarchy with the Commonwealth of England until his death in 1658.

He was called “Lord Protector” instead, and the ancient wooden throne on which Charles III was just crowned was carried from Westminster Abbey into Westminster Hall for Cromwell to preside there.