Delivered in partnership with local community organisation Dementia Compass since 2012, our Portals to the World programme aims to support museum learning for people with dementia and their care partner.
These free monthly sessions take place across the eight University of Cambridge Museums and the Botanic Garden. Each session combines a short talk with a gallery tour and object handling, specifically designed for those with dementia. Sessions are relaxed, friendly and supportive.
There are two session choices on offer per month on Wednesdays or Thursdays, 2 to 3.30pm.
If you feel like you’re slowing down, this is the programme for you.
Museum Boost is a programme of FREE monthly dance sessions inspired by stories from the University of Cambridge Museums and taking place at Mill Road Community Centre in Cambridge.
The sessions run on Fridays from 2.30 to 4pm:
- Friday 10 October
- Friday 14 November
- Friday 21 December
- Friday 30 January
- Friday 27 February
- Friday 27 March.
This is a partnership programme between the University of Cambridge Museums and Cambridge City Council.
In this free Touch Tour for blind and partially sighted visitors, get hands on and explore 4.5 billion years of Earth history with a selection of marvellous minerals from the vast collection of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
Join us for a free Touch Tour through the Museum of Zoology, exploring the fascinating stories of extinct species, from the iconic dodo to the lesser known lost animals.
Discover how humans have shaped these outcomes and find hope in the positive actions being taken today to protect endangered species. The session ends with a hands-on handling session with some key exhibits.
Join The Polar Museum team for a free Touch Tour exploring a range of objects related to Antarctic exploration.
The tour will also include some of the objects and sculptures outside on the museum lawn, so do wrap up warm.
Join Kettle's Yard for an audio described tour of the first major solo exhibition of Harold Offeh’s work in the UK, Harold Offeh: Mmm Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet.
This tour is suitable for blind and partially sighted visitors.
Join a free audio described tour of selected items in the Kettle’s Yard House for blind and partially sighted visitors.
The tour is delivered in person by members of the Kettle’s Yard Learning team and will include time within Kettle’s Yard house and a complimentary practical hands-on workshop in the Clore Learning Studio.
Kettle’s Yard welcomes assistance and service dogs in all areas.
Join an audio described tour of new and recent work by Lubaina Himid in collaboration with Magda Stawarska at Kettle's Yard.
This free tour is suitable for blind and partially sighted visitors and explores current exhibition Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter.
We're inviting people affected by Parkinson’s to take part in a short course led by dance for health artist Filipa Pereira-Stubbs and inspired by objects, artefacts and artworks from the University of Cambridge Museums.
Sessions start with an exploration of museum objects. The stories of these objects inspire the dance session. We end with refreshments and a chance to look again at the objects. The dance is both chair-based and standing, and we invite participants to work at the level that suits them best. Companions are welcome!
Enjoy a 'Journey Through Time' at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. Join expert staff to get hands on with amazing rocks fossils and minerals from the Museum's vast collection, spanning 4.5 billion years.
