3 reasons to love volunteering

To celebrate national Volunteer Week we’ve been speaking to volunteers across the University of Cambridge Museums, to find out why they give their time to support us. Flora Miles, Volunteer Gallery Attendant at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, shares three reasons why she loves volunteering. Since April 2016 I have spent one afternoon a week volunteering as a Gallery Attendant… Read full article

Madonnas, Miracles and Miniature Visitors

The Madonnas and Miracles exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum provides a multi-sensory insight into daily religious life in the Italian Renaissance. It inspired children under three and their adults to think about all the ways in which we show our love and devotion. Museum educators spend their time finding bridges to connect learners and collection objects. We look for common… Read full article

Volunteering: Everything you need to know

We get dozens of enquiries each week regarding volunteering. It would be wonderful if anyone could walk into the Sedgwick Museum and get up-close and personal with a T. rex fossil, but we have a duty of care to our collections and to those who interact with them. Remember; some of our objects bite back! With this in mind, we… Read full article