Doors open at 7.30pm.
Programme:
- Bohuslav Martinů, Piano Trio No.3 in C major, H332
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, Op.1 No.2
- Antonín Dvořák, Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op.65
In partnership with ChamberStudio, supported by The Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust
Doors open at 7.30pm.
Programme:
- Kreisler, Praeludium & Allegro
- Korngold, Suite ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, Op.11
- Bach/Schumann, Partita No.1 in B minor, BMV1002
- Lili Boulanger
- Stravinsky, Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
- Szymanowski, Paganini Caprices
Doors open at 7.30pm
Programme:
- Clara Schumann, Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17
- Chausson, Piano Trio, Op.3
- Debussy (arr. Beamish), La Mer
Doors open at 7.30pm.
Programme:
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.
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.
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.
This January, The Art of Deception will take visitors to Cambridge’ Whipple Museum of the History of Science into the dark underbelly of the world of collecting. How do fake artefacts end up in museums? Who made them, and why? And how do we detect them?
With all this talk about machine learning, we thought we'd get our heads around it too!
Come and join the Centre for Computing History as they teach a micro:bit to recognise some basic gestures and use it on a museum trail.
Aimed at age 12+. Booking essential.
This event is part of Twilight at the Museums 2026.
Join us for a night safari adventure, at our special after-hours opening for families. We'll turn our lights down very low, so bring a torch and search the museum for dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, some of whom roamed Cambridgeshire thousands of years ago.
Drop in to our hands-on activity stations: investigate fossils close up and explore beautiful minerals that glow in the dark under UV light.
