Come and explore, play, create and have fun with materials in our Creative Studio on the lower ground floor!
Workshops are free and supported by the Fitz Families team. All materials are included, and the workshops are suitable for children aged 5-12 years with their parents and carers.
This free drop-in event is recommended for ages 2-11 and there are a variety of activities spread across multiple galleries.
Drop-in runs 10am-12pm.
All welcome, especially suitable for families with babies and young children.
This month we will be based in the Flowers Gallery (Gallery 17), with sensory play toys, picture books and flower crafting activities.
These free events build upon our ‘Family Welcome Project’, a participatory research project with the North Cambridge Child and Family Centre.
No need to book, just drop in!
Space to park prams is available at the Courtyard Entrance.
About the event
Our Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) altar is back! Located on the second floor we are once again delighted to host the altar created by the University of Cambridge Mexican Society. Entry to the museum is free, so why not drop by and take a look.
What is Día de los Muertos?
We will be running drop-in family craft activities, including making tissue paper flowers, string skeletons, colouring sheets and much more.
About Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos, often referred to as the Day of the Dead, has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years. It brings together elements of Aztec and Maya religions as well as Catholicism (brought to Mexico by the Spanish).
We will be running drop-in family craft activities, including making tissue paper flowers, string skeletons, colouring sheets and much more.
About Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos, often referred to as the Day of the Dead, has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years. It brings together elements of Aztec and Maya religions as well as Catholicism (brought to Mexico by the Spanish).
Use museum objects to observe closely, perform simple tests, classify objects and gather your own data. Can you find out which parts of the learning gallery are attracted to a magnet and which are not? How many different ways can you find to sort shells? What can you see through our telescopes and microscopes? Can you measure sound, length and time and record your results?
What is an orrery? Why is the clock chiming 13? Why would you collect and display a set of plaster horses’ teeth, some green spectacles and several hundred pocket calculators?
Join us for a tour of the Whipple’s collection in 10 objects, featuring spectacular instruments, fascinating scientific stories, and links to some of Cambridge’s most famous names.
Meet at the reception point in the Main Gallery.
What is an orrery? Why is the clock chiming 13? Why would you collect and display a set of plaster horses’ teeth, some green spectacles and several hundred pocket calculators?
Join us for a tour of the Whipple’s collection in 10 objects, featuring spectacular instruments, fascinating scientific stories, and links to some of Cambridge’s most famous names.
Meet at the reception point in the Main Gallery.
