Visit the Polar Museum and try out our re-launched interactive Arctic Ice Exhibit. Spin the wheel to discover how Arctic ice cover has changed over the last century. Learn how we sense temperature with one of our self-led activity boxes.
For all ages. Drop-in any time
Part of the Cambridge Zero Festival.
Join the Polar Museum team for a Touch Tour and explore a range of objects from polar history. The tour will also include some of the objects and sculptures outside on the museum lawn.
Meet at Museum entrance. Guide dogs and companions are welcome. The Tour will last 1 hour.
Join the Polar Museum team for a Touch Tour and explore a range of objects from polar history. The tour will also include some of the objects and sculptures outside on the museum lawn.
Meet at Museum entrance. Guide dogs and companions are welcome. The Tour will last 1 hour.
Flip the idea of the selfie on its head!
What if people could see the true you in all of its brilliance and not just the face you show to the outside world?
Explore and represent yourself and your feelings during lockdown using colour, texture and form, creating a time-capsule memory with our fabulous and fun art workshop!
In this workshop, we will be connecting motors and sensors to an Arduino and create the very basics of a roaming robot. Can you program it to navigate the room cleverly?
Ages 12+; ideal for children at KS3 and KS4 levels
Animals don’t do sexual identity; they just do sex.
From same-sex sexual behaviour in giraffes and penguins to the scientists working in the field of zoology. How do the labels and categories we give animals affect the way we interact with the natural world?
Our volunteer guides share their personal selection of fascinating stories about gender and sex in the animal world at the Museum of Zoology.
Please book your FREE ticket in advance - as numbers are limited.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale.
Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these collections tell us about him and is ideas on evolution? Here these stories and more on a guided tour around the Museum of Zoology.
Suitable for ages 12+
Recommended donation of £5 per person. All proceeds support the work of the Museum.
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale.
Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these collections tell us about him and is ideas on evolution? Here these stories and more on a guided tour around the Museum of Zoology.
Suitable for ages 12+
Suggested donation of £5 per person
Uncover the fascinating stories behind our collections, from the beetles of Charles Darwin to the tale of our fin whale.
Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these collections tell us about him and is ideas on evolution? Here these stories and more on a guided tour around the Museum of Zoology.
Suitable for ages 12+
Recommended donation of £5 per person. All proceeds support the work of the Museum.
Fatty fruits and feathered friends: how novel fruit colours communicate with animals
Dr Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
