Megan Rooney’s paintings have an irresistible life and energy. Each work tells a compelling story, poetically recalling the real, the remembered and the imagined – inviting visitors into their restless and pleasurable worlds. This exhibition includes an immersive mural across all four gallery walls, along with a display new paintings.
This tour is suitable for blind and visually impaired visitors. The tour is delivered in person by members of the Kettle’s Yard Learning Team and will include time within the exhibition spaces.
Join the University of Cambridge Museums team along with the Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Museum of Zoology for a tour of birdsong around the Botanic Garden. This tour is suitable for blind and partially sighted visitors.
Companions and assistance dogs are welcome.
To book your place or find out more, please contact us by email: info@museums.cam.ac.uk
At the Disability Friendly Opening, the museum will be open exclusively for families with children with sensory sensitivities. This event is aimed at children with special educational needs who usually find visiting museums overwhelming due to conditions that affect their sensory processing and/or have a developmental disability.
Kettle's Yard invites families with children who have additional sensory needs to join us for our Studio Sunday Relaxed Session. These quieter art making workshops aim to provide a comfortable creative experience at Kettle’s Yard.
In our Clore Learning Studio, participants can make art inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard, supported by artists and volunteers. No prior art experience is required.
Activities are designed for children ages 3–11 and we encourage parents and carers to create alongside their child.
Kettle's Yard invites families with children who have additional sensory needs to join us for our Studio Sunday Relaxed Session. These quieter art making workshops aim to provide a comfortable creative experience at Kettle’s Yard.
In our Clore Learning Studio, participants can make art inspired by artworks and ideas at Kettle’s Yard, supported by artists and volunteers. No prior art experience is required.
Activities are designed for children ages 3–11 and we encourage parents and carers to create alongside their child.
Join the Polar Museum team for a Touch Tour and explore a range of objects from different Arctic cultures.
Meet at Museum entrance. Guide dogs and companions are welcome. The Tour will last 90 minutes.
For bookings and queries please email us at info@museums.cam.ac.uk, or telephone Vanessa Dolphin (Programmes & Communications Assistant) on 01223 761067. You can also leave a message on this number.
Join Kettle's Yard staff for a special audio-described tour of the exhibition, Making New Worlds.
Discover the pioneering vision of artist Li Yuan-Chia (1929-1994) and the LYC Museum & Art Gallery, which he hounded and ran between 1972 and 1983 in the Cumbrian village of Banks, alongside Hadrian's Wall.
6 places are available plus a space for one companion each if you would like someone to come along with you. Please indicate both your name and your companion's name when booking.
Join Jacqui Strawbridge, Access & Outreach Officer at the University of Cambridge Museums, and other museum staff for a series of specially-curated tours for blind and visually impaired visitors.
Explore the stories, legends and history behind the casts at the Museum of Classical Archaeology. (Please note - our lift is currently out of order)
