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Whipple Museum of the History of Science
18/07/2022
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Free
Craftswomen is a new exhibition at the Whipple Museum exploring the work of women in the British instrument trade between the 17th and 19th centuries. It exposes the often unseen work of the ‘craftswomen’ who made instruments for measuring, modelling and investigating the world.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
26/07/2022
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Free
An exciting new exhibition where the displays harness the allure and power of colour to inspire reflection and creativity.
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
12/09/2022
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12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Free
Curated by student intern Eleanor Brittain, Secret Science showcases quirky objects that are not what they seem.
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
12/09/2022
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Free
Collecting the Nation examines how geology relates to nationalism and colonialism.
Kettle's Yard
13/10/2022
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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£220 (£65 students), booking required
The 2022-23 Chamber Music programme includes a diverse and exciting season of recitals to enjoy in the House at Kettle’s Yard. This year we are delighted to be welcoming back some old favourites as well as new faces to Kettle’s Yard.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
01/12/2022
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Free with general Garden admission
Step into a world of winter colour and enjoy the textures, colour and fragrance with an uplifting walk around Cambridge University Botanic Garden’s Winter Garden.The Winter Garden is open every day from 10am and will be looking good until the end of March.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
10/01/2023
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
Spanning almost 400 years, this display of prints and drawings explores some of the ways artists have responded to political violence and social injustice. Drawn from collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the display surveys different forms of witnessing: works by artists who had direct experience of horrors, or who grew up in the shadow of terrible events; those who were commissioned to give visual form to the words of others, and those who assimilate in their work the trauma of distant ordeals.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
24/02/2023
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Free
Bringing together extraordinary antiquities, Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean takes visitors on a 4,000-year journey from life in the ancient Mediterranean to today.
Kettle's Yard
04/03/2023
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
Celebrating one of the most significant potters of the twentieth century, this major new exhibition is a rare opportunity to experience Lucie Rie’s (1902-1995) ground- breaking practice across six decades.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
15/03/2023
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free with general Garden admission
17/03/2023
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Discover a range of events under the theme of 'Power' at this year's Cambridge Festival.
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Cast Gallery, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB£ 9DA
24/03/2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free
Join curator Dr Susanne Turner for a tour of the Museum's unusual collection of Greek and Roman plaster casts.
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
25/03/2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Free, but booking required
Join Uncomfortable Cambridge to explore how science, empire, and power are connected in the past and present.
Museum of Zoology
University Museum of Zoology Downing St Cambridge CB2 3EJ
25/03/2023
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Free
Visit the Museum for a day of family activities
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
26/03/2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Free, but booking required
Join Uncomfortable Cambridge to explore how science, empire, and power are connected in the past and present.
Location: Lecture Theatre A - University of Cambridge Admissions Office, New Museums site, Bene't Street, CB2 3PT
26/03/2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free
Museum of Zoology Assistant Director,Jack Ashby, has decided that platypuses are the best animals to have ever evolved. Find out why at this in - person talk!
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
26/03/2023
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Free, booking required
Enjoy African folktales in the Museum galleries after-hours
Location: Lecture Theatre A - University of Cambridge Admissions Office, New Museums site, Bene't Street, CB2 3PT
29/03/2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Free
Talk by Jack Ashby, Assistant Director, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Cast Gallery, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA
29/03/2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Free
What was it like to live on the fringes of the empire, under Roman rule? For one evening, as part of the Cambridge Festival, grab a glass of wine and find out.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
31/03/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
£25
Go on a journey with garden historian Twigs Ways learning about our seasonal wild flowers
Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
01/04/2023
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Free
Explore complex, intriguing and challenging stories about power within our collections.
The Polar Museum
01/04/2023
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free
Pick up our Egg-cellent Penguins trail at the Polar Museum this Easter break.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
01/04/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
Learn about the life cycle of a plant, plant some seeds and make a seed artwork to take home with you.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
01/04/2023
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Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
Can you crack the code of the enchanted egg and claim your Easter prize?
Museum of Zoology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
01/04/2023
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Free
Explore complex, intriguing and challenging stories about power within our collections.
Kettle's Yard
02/04/2023
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free
Join us for Studio Sunday and get creative in our Clore Learning Studio.
Museum of Classical Archaeology
13/04/2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for a relaxed afternoon of Roman board games.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
14/04/2023
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
£5, free for students, University of Cambridge/ARU staff
Join project curator Abigail Baker on a tour of 'Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean’ where she will share her exclusive highlights from the exhibition.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
15/04/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
£35
Learn how to tackle weeds with Botanic Garden experts
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
16/04/2023
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Garden admission applies
Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell. 
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
17/04/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£75
Try something new with this perfect sized project, or make a lovely gift for someone
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
19/04/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
£35
Join tutor Gwenda Kyd and learn about aromatherapy and essential oils on this morning course
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
22/04/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£70
A one-day course all about these amazing little plants
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
22/04/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£70
Keeping a sketchbook is the best habit an artist can have
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
24/04/2023
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£180
Learn to study and record leaves in detail using coloured pencil with Janie Pirie
Kettle's Yard
27/04/2023
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£12 (£5 students)
Join us for a New Music concert in the Kettle's Yard House with Supra Nagarajan and Lucy Nolan.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
28/04/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
£25
Go on a journey through the seasons learning about wild flowers with garden historian Twigs Way
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
03/05/2023
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£250
Join RHS medal-winning garden designer Paul Herrington and start designing your own garden
Kettle's Yard
04/05/2023
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard House with pianist Iyad Sughayer.  
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
05/05/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
£35
Follow the journey from wild species through domestication and cultivation to commercial production
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
06/05/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
Join us in the schools’ garden as we pot up different plants that you can grow on at home in your garden or windowsill.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
09/05/2023
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£135
Join tutor Penny Price and learn to paint these fleshy, water retaining plants
Kettle's Yard
11/05/2023
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard House with the London Bridge Trio playing works by Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
15/05/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
£35
We hope that this course will provide a stimulating introduction to the biology of flowers, and you will look at your garden in a new light
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
18/05/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£70
Learn some watercolour skills with professional painter John Wiltshire
Kettle's Yard
18/05/2023
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard House as we welcome back the Solem Quartet.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
19/05/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
£35
This course will introduce you to the world of these specialised plant metabolites
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
20/05/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£70
Learn the secrets of great garden photography with Botanic Garden photographer Howard Rice
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
21/05/2023
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Garden admission applies
Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell. 
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
22/05/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£70
Learn more about these specialist plants and their beautiful flowers
Kettle's Yard
25/05/2023
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us for a Chamber Music concert in the Kettle’s Yard House as we welcome back Fenella Humphreys playing a varied programme including baroque works, showpieces from Paganini and newer Celtic folk-inspired works.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
25/05/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£70
Explore the natural history of our native trees and learn how to recognise individual species
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
26/05/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
£35
Go on a journey through the seasons learning about wild flowers with garden historian Twigs Way
Kettle's Yard
01/06/2023
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us for a New Music concert in the Kettle's Yard House with the House of Bedlam.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
03/06/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
Have fun at this family session as you weave your own artwork using leaves, grasses, plant fibres and scented plants from the Botanic Garden.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
05/06/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£70
Create your own collage surfaces using paints, foliage, vintage paper, magazines, old books or wallpaper
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
06/06/2023
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£135
Learn how to use plant material to print and make your own sketchbooks
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
08/06/2023
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
£35
Explore the changing mealtimes of the Georgian gentry, and the role of temples, garden tents and picnic sites in garden design
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
16/06/2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
£70
Develop a taste and a confident passion for these beautiful plants
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
18/06/2023
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Garden admission applies
Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell. 
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
18/06/2023
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Garden admission applies
Science on Sundays is a programme of free, informal, monthly science talks, bringing the latest discoveries in plant science, as well as research linked to the plant collection at CUBG, to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell. 
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
19/06/2023
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9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
£395
Develop an understanding of the evolution and systematics of the major plant families and the skills needed for plant identification
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
01/07/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
Come along to learn all about butterfly and moth life cycles. We’ll also be discovering what has been caught overnight in our moth trap and making fabulous paper caterpillars to take home.
Kettle's Yard
08/07/2023
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
Ancient, intimate and political, embroidery is the foremost cultural material of Palestine.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
05/08/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
Join us for wand making as we use beautiful grasses and lavender to make very special nature wands.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
02/09/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
At this workshop we will be making leaf artworks.  Using some of the most interesting shaped leaves we will create pictures using leaf rubbing with crayons and watercolours.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
07/10/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
The Botanic Garden is home to lots of different animals – come along to learn about them and make an animal mask decorated with autumn seeds and leaves.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
04/11/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
We’ll be using hessian, sticks and natural plant fibres to make nature wall hangings that you can hang on your wall or bedroom door. Drop-in to join in the fun.
Kettle's Yard
11/11/2023
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
This group exhibition is based on the pioneering vision of artist Li Yuan-chia (1929 – 1994) and the LYC Museum & Art Gallery which he founded and ran between 1972 and 1983 in the Cumbrian village of Banks, alongside Hadrian’s Wall.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
02/12/2023
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Garden admission applies for accompanying adults
Get festive at this drop-in activity where you can learn all about the history of the Christmas tree and make some Christmas craft to take home with you.