Making models at Burwell Museum

An exhibition by Allison Ksiazkewicz

Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

Make a light-up dragon using simple electrical circuits at Ely Museum.

Using the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, create your own beautiful bird of paradise at Saffron Walden Museum.

Explore what lives within the river with Cambridge Museum of Technology.

Get up close with the ancient world at Hands On with the Romans.

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to find out more about herbs.

Free archaeology themed children's crafts and archaeological activities - including a mock archaeology dig at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

An exciting treasure hunt but all the clues are secret codes! At the Centre for Computing History you can become a spy and help 'crack' these secret messages. 

Learn all about rivers in this practical, hands-on drop-in session based at Cambridge Museum of Technology, overlooking the River Cam. 

Join this drop-in family event immersing you in worlds of brave knights and fiery dragons at Ely Museum.

How do telescopes help us see distant stars? Why do mirrors reflect? What happens when light bends?

Step into the past this Summer with Museum of Cambridge.

How do telescopes help us see distant stars? Why do mirrors reflect? What happens when light bends?

A chance to learn more about the life cycle of various insects and animals, and create art inspired by nature at Great St. Mary's Church.

Who needs an expensive fitness gadget when you have the micro:bit! In this activity, at the Centre of Computing History, you'll be turning the tiny device into a personal trainer.

Come and try something new at the Stained Glass Museum in this exciting children's glass fusing session for beginners.

Celebrate 600 years of Bridge Chapel with a day of family fun at The Norris Museum!

A family craft workshop making a unique mosaic in a box at St Neots Museum.

Meet volcanologist Julian Pahl, who studies lava rocks from Hawaii to investigate volcanic eruptions, and take part in fun, hands-on activities relating to his research.

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to discover some of our carnivorous plants.

Get creative with clay at the National Horseracing Museum.

Can you help make music with carrots, or a game controller with playdoh... How about switching on an LED with a banana? Find out at the Centre for Computing History.

In this unique session at the Stained Glass Museum, you and your child/children can work alongside each other to make a beautiful fused panel.

Using plaster cast animal teeth, come and make your own colourful necklace to take away and impress your friends at Saffron Walden Museum.

Re-assemble Roman pottery and create your own mosaic design to explore what life may have been like for some of the first settlers on the site of Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum.

Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

Travel to the world of ancient Rome in an action-packed family day.

A family craft workshop making a unique mosaic in a box at St Neots Museum.

During this special museum tour at the Centre for Computing History, in-house gaming experts will guide you through the history of video games from the seventies to the modern day.

Learn how sound is made, travels and is heard.

Join our free, artist-led Studio Sunday workshops for families and unlock your creativity.

Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

Learn how sound is made, travels and is heard.

Enjoy a relaxed morning at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, open exclusively to children with sensory sensitivities along with families, siblings and carers.

Step into the past this Summer with Museum of Cambridge.

A chance to learn more about the life cycle of various insects and animals, and create art inspired by nature at Great St. Mary's Church.

Meet the mind behind the Centre for Computing History's biggest exhibit! James Newman, builder of the Megaprocessor, is coming to the Centre to answer questions about his remarkable creation.

Enjoy a drop-in morning of art activities linked to beautiful stained glass art at the Stained Glass Museum.

Get creative at the Fitzwilliam Museum's free, family-friendly outdoor sensory play experience.

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create prints using leaves and petals.

Get creative at this hands-on family art event inspired by the Museum of Classical Archaeology's collection.

Using tie-dye to decorate a bandana scarf at St Neots Museum.

Drop in to chill out at the Polar Museum with family-friendly crafts and activities

Do you have what it takes to join the New Modelled Army and fight for Parliament at the Cromwell Museum?

Drop in to the Sedgwick Museum for mountains of geological fun as we explore real fossil and rock specimens from our collection.

Choose an exotic animal or garden bird to sit at the centre of your paper plate design at Saffron Walden Museum.