Create you own river-inspired screen-printed artwork, and enjoy crafts, face painting, refreshments and more - plus take a river trip with the Lady Bird Boat Trust.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
We're back for another year at Cambridge Live's most popular outdoor event, the Big Weekend. Join us in the Museum tents for hands-on family fun.
As well as a huge number of craft activities to keep little hands busy, we're also hosting the Fitzwilliam Museum's Pop-up Egyptian Coffins Project. Meet real researchers (including Egyptologists and conservators), see real museum objects, hold craft replicas and find out how the coffins are made using the skills of ancient Egyptians from thousands of years ago.
About Artist: Unknown
From the ancient to the contemporary – whether in a museum, book or auction house – the way we engage with art has revolved around the cult of the individual. But what happens when we don’t know who made something?
Artist: Unknown takes this question as its focus, bringing together for the first time an extraordinary selection of anonymous art and artefacts from the University of Cambridge’s renowned museums and collections.
Join artist Lucy Steggals and our community collaborators for the fourth iteration of #Ooh0: a series of circular surprises.
This event stems from the group’s fascination with the double lipped jug that belonged to Jim and Helen Ede, founders of Kettle’s Yard.
The group invites everyone to join them to explore and create through activities and interactions inspired by the jug, which is still located in the House.
FREE, drop-in
Drop-in to discover an amazing new book by Mark Wells and the adventures it contains. Hear Mark give a short talk about his work at 12pm, and enjoy fun activities throughout the day.
Work with our team of artists and volunteers in this hands-on afterschool art club. Discover new works of art each week and try out a range of materials and techniques before creating a collaborative display for the final session.
This is an 8 week course starting on 26 September 2019.
£75 (£60 concessions) for 8 weeks (breaks for summer half term), booking required
Please note, parents and carers are required to drop off and collect their children for each session – but don’t worry, the café is open until 5pm!
Booking required.
About Artist: Unknown
From the ancient to the contemporary – whether in a museum, book or auction house – the way we engage with art has revolved around the cult of the individual. But what happens when we don’t know who made something?
Artist: Unknown takes this question as its focus, bringing together for the first time an extraordinary selection of anonymous art and artefacts from the University of Cambridge’s renowned museums and collections.
Join us for a short talk by Rosy Greenlees, Executive Director, Crafts Councilin the Ede Room on the second floor.
Greenless will respond to the Jennifer Lee: the potter’s space exhibition and discuss how the Crafts Council supports contemporary ceramics.
FREE, booking recommended
Join us for a free short talk with artist Ann-Marie James.
James will discuss her new work, in Helen Ede’s bedroom in the House, made in response to Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture ‘Group of Three Magical Stones’ (1973).
FREE, booking required
Taking inspiration from the Artist: Unknown exhibition, Dr Carol Atack, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Anachronism and Antiquity project and Junior Research Fellow at St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, will give a short talk in the Ede Room.
FREE, booking recommended
