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Amy Jones & Jon Brady

Mum 'told off' for breastfeeding at museum as 'no food or drinks allowed'

A mum was left “absolutely stunned” and “utterly humiliated” after she was “told off” for breastfeeding her three-month-old son at a museum.

Fae Church said one of the members of staff told her “it’s not ok because no food and drink are allowed” in the museum. The 35-year-old from Haverhill in Suffolk, visited The University Museum of Zoology in Cambridge on Saturday, October 15, with her husband Aaron, 35, and their two children Sophie, five, and Reuben, three months.

The family nipped in for a short visit to the free attraction shortly before closing time ahead of meeting Fae's mum and sister in Cambridge later that day. But when Reuben began crying and needed feeding, Fae found herself in trouble with museum staff as she sat in a corner with the tiny tot.

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