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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
21/06/2023
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Free
A new exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology explores the traces of where people have lived, worked and died for thousands of years in Cambridgeshire.
Museum of Zoology
University Museum of Zoology Downing St Cambridge CB2 3EJ
01/02/2024
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10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Free
NEW - exhibition 'Growing a backbone: Rise of the vertebrates' - discover how and why heads, jaws, teeth & backbones have evolved at our new exhibition, with specimens that have not been on display before. 
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
22/04/2024
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Free
A new temporary art installation co-curated with a group of young people from Parkside Community College and artist Hilary Cox Condron. This creative response to the Museum’s collections and the current climate crisis explores extinction, climate change and hope for the future.
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
14/06/2024
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Free
Artist Rona Lee has created two new works, informed by research in the Sedgwick Museum’s archives. These installations challenge the conventional way minerals are displayed in the Museum.
Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard University of Cambridge Castle Street Cambridge CB3 0AQ
22/06/2024
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Museum of Classical ArchaeologyFaculty of ClassicsSidgwick AvenueCambridgeCB3 9DA We do not have an entrance on the road. Find us inside the Sidgwick Site.
22/06/2024
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
Follow our trail on refugee seekers in the ancient world
The Fitzwilliam Museum
19/07/2024
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Free
100 years on from the last Paris Olympics, explore how the modernist culture of this vibrant city shaped the future of sport and the Olympic Games we know and love today.
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
24/08/2024
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Free
 Join us in celebrating women Earth scientists in this display, co-curated by two Earth Sciences students. 
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
03/09/2024
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free with normal Garden admission
Our Autumn Art Adventure is back!
The Fitzwilliam Museum
14/09/2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
£15 Adult | £10 Concession
Discover some of the many highlights of ‘Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body’
Museum of Zoology
University Museum of ZoologyDowning StCambridgeCB2 3EJ
14/09/2024
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Free
Discover the stories that museums sometimes leave untold
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
16/09/2024
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Free
Come and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ
17/09/2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Free
Get hands on with artefacts found in our local region and hear the stories behind the objects with knowledgeable staff in a tour for blind and partially sighted adults. 
The Fitzwilliam Museum
18/09/2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
£5 (£3 concessions)
From the 1924 Paris Olympics to London 2012, how can popular media transform sport? 
Kettle's Yard
19/09/2024
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Free
Join writer Peter de Bolla for a response to Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
20/09/2024
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
Experience the work of American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon in this landmark exhibition bringing together works by the artist alongside his unique interventions in The Fitzwilliam Museum's galleries.
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Whipple Museum of the History of ScienceFree School Ln, Cambridge CB2 3RH
21/09/2024
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free
We’re redesigning our Learning Gallery, and we need your help! Become a Whipple Museum curator for the afternoon and build your own museum.
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
21/09/2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Free
Find out about some of the amazing women represented in the Whipple Museum's collections.
Whipple Museum of the History of Science
21/09/2024
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Free
Join Whipple Museum Director Joshua Nall for a brief introduction to our display of one of Rosalind Franklin's DNA research notebooks alongside the blue plaque unofficially acknowledging her work. 
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
23/09/2024
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Free
Come and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
Cambridge University Botanic Garden, 1 Brookside, Cambridge, CB2 1JE
25/09/2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Free
Enjoy a bespoke guided walk with staff from the Museum of Zoology and Botanic Garden enjoying the beautiful sounds of the summer for blind and partially sighted adults. 
Kettle's Yard
26/09/2024
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
£10 (£8 Friends, £5 students), booking required
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
28/09/2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free with normal Garden admission
Join us for Fungi Field Day at the Botanic Garden to celebrate fungi and their relationships with plants in the run up to UK Fungus Day. 
Museum of Zoology
University Museum of ZoologyDowning StCambridgeCB2 3EJ
28/09/2024
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Free
Discover the stories that museums sometimes leave untold.
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
30/09/2024
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Free
Come and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love. 
David Rayner Building, Scotsdales Garden Centre, Cambridge Road, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5JT
04/10/2024
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Free
Join a taster session for our upcoming short course for people affected by Parkinson’s.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
05/10/2024
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Free
Use colourful autumn leaves to make a fabulous pumpkin artwork for your home.
Locations around Cambridge
05/10/2024
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Free
Meet some of nature's heroes in our new exhibition, which will be popping up across Cambridge this autumn.
Kettle's Yard
05/10/2024
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Free
Kettle's Yard
10/10/2024
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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£240 (£75 students)
Buy a subscription ticket to the 2024-25 series of Chamber Music concerts at Kettle’s Yard. The subscription ticket gives you entry to all fifteen Chamber Music concerts over the year, saving up to £120. Subscription tickets will be available to collect at the first concert that you attend.
Kettle's Yard
10/10/2024
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us for the first Chamber Music concert of the 2024/25 season as we welcome the Doric String Quartet to Kettle’s Yard.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
20/10/2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Adult: £12.65, Friends: £6, CU Students: £5.45, Children 0-16: Free
Join us as we host the region’s biggest Apple Day
Kettle's Yard
Kettle's YardUniversity of CambridgeCastle StreetCambridgeCB3 0AQ
22/10/2024
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free
Kettle's Yard
24/10/2024
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house for a Chamber Music concert with the Castalian Quartet and Tim Posner, cello.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
30/10/2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
£12
Join us for a magical family session at the Botanic Garden
Kettle's Yard
31/10/2024
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house for a Chamber Music concert with Sterling Elliott and Gabriele Strata.
Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX
01/11/2024
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Free
We're inviting people affected by Parkinson’s to take part in a short course led by dance for health artist Filipa Pereira-Stubbs and inspired by objects, artefacts and artworks from the University of Cambridge Museums.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
01/11/2024
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Free
Find out about different kinds of mushrooms and make fungi art.
Kettle's Yard
07/11/2024
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Trio Chagall in the Kettle’s Yard house.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
13/11/2024
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free with normal Garden admission
Christmas is little Robin Redbreast’s favourite time of year. She visits all the festive plants in the Garden, and this year, you’re invited too! 
Kettle's Yard
14/11/2024
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us in the Kettle’s Yard house for a Chamber Music concert with Alessandro Fisher, tenor and Simon Lepper, piano.
Kettle's Yard
21/11/2024
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
£24 (£5 students)
Join us for a Chamber Music concert with Kathryn Stott on piano in the Kettle’s Yard house.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
29/11/2024
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5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Adult: £18.50, Friend/CU student: £15.50, 4 - 15 years of age: £12, 3 and under/carers: Free (plus a booking fee)
Cambridge Botanic Lights will again bring the Garden to life after dark with spectacular displays and artistic installations – creating a beautiful landscape for visitors to enjoy after dark.
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 
07/12/2024
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Free
Make Christmas decorations using natural materials from the Botanic Garden.