Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
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From 21 September, visitors to the Whipple Museum will encounter an example of “guerilla history” - a blue plaque from nearby Bene’t Street which was repeatedly graffitied to acknowledge Rosalind Franklin’s enormous contribution to our understanding of genetics. The plaque will go on display for the first time, and will be exhibited alongside Franklin’s own handwritten DNA research notes from early 1953.
The Whipple Museum has recently acquired the blue plaque, originally dedicated to Crick and Watson, which was repeatedly graffitied to acknowledge the contribution which Rosalind Franklin made to the discovery of the structure of DNA. Director Joshua Nall will talk more about Franklin's story, one of her notebooks (on loan from the Churchill archives) and why telling the stories of women in science is important to the Whipple Museum. This is a drop in talk, no booking required.
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
Giant deer, fossil fish teeth, the rocks that built Cambridge... just some of the specimens on display that our staff can't wait to discuss with you. Beware, their enthusiasm is infectious!
We’re redesigning our Learning Gallery, and we need your help! Become a Whipple Museum curator for the afternoon and build your own museum.
This summer is the Season of Wellbeing at the Museum of Cambridge, and they're heading outdoors for a workshop all about natural dyeing. Learn about this ancient technique and see how colours come from plants. Then get hands-on, planting woad seeds, crushing leaves to extract their colour and dyeing your own bracelet to take home at the end of the day.
This workshop runs from 12-3pm on the 14 August 2024 at the Museum of Cambridge and is FREE to attend, but slots will book up fast. Secure your place via the link on our website (link to be released soon).
