Explore the collections of the Whipple Museum to find out more about measuring time, travelling around the world and how ideas have changed and moved through history. Find out about scientists in different times and places and create your own time travelling adventure!
All activities are drop in. Additional information to follow soon.
This event is part of the Cambridge Festival programme 2026.
Access Update at the Whipple Museum: Lift Works 2026
Explore a remarkable range of scientific instruments used to make sense of the world, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Discover objects from astronomy, navigation, surveying, drawing and calculation, including sundials, mathematical instruments, early electrical apparatus—and even a microscope once owned by Charles Darwin.
Plus, enjoy hands-on activities in the newly refurbished Learning Gallery, perfect for little ones — or book a Whipple Highlights guided tour. Afterwards, take home a treat from the Whipple gift shop to remember your visit.
Join artist Anna Brownsted and the Whipple Museum for the second and final hands-on creative workshop inspired by Dr Louis Auzoux’s remarkable papier-mâché teaching models. You do not need to have attended the first workshop to take part.
Showcasing emerging talent at the highest level, this concert brings together award-winning performers for a programme that celebrates nuance, collaboration, and artistic curiosity.
Programme:
Estrella Quartet (Louisa Paterson, violin; Sakura Fish, violin; Annabel Marshall, viola; Laria Campbell, cello):
An exclusive after-hours takeover of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Explore our ‘Tau o Mai | Journeys with Mai’ display and enjoy an evening of art, music, performance and screenings inspired by the show’s themes.
Students from the Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts will also present an array of creativity spanning fashion, graphics, illustration, fashion branding and communication, art, design, music and performance.
Inspired by the themes in his latest play ‘Please Do Not Touch’, former Birmingham Poet Laureate, activist and playwright Casey Bailey leads an engaging discussion around colonial legacy, contested heritage and institutional change.
During the session participants will:
