Musical Code with Sonic Pi

An exhibition by Allison Ksiazkewicz

Join Professor Filbert on our summer trail and search for some amazing plant discoveries.

Discover a different gallery trail each week through the summer holidays at The Norris Museum  – complete each week to earn a variety of stickers to fill your summer sticker book!

Make a colourful sock hobby horse at the National Horseracing Museum.

Learn about algorithms with the help of the Code-a-Pillar at the Centre for Computing History!

Free drop-in family activities at the Centre for Material Culture.

Have a wild start to the summer holiday, creating a 'Wallace the lion' bookmark at Saffron Walden Museum.

Meet Dr Rayssa Martins-Pimentel, a cosmochemist who studies the chemistry of meteorites to find out what planets are made of at the Sedgwick Museum.

Get up close with the ancient world at Hands On with the Romans.

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to find out more about herbs.

Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

Explore what lives within the river with Cambridge Museum of Technology.

Free archaeology themed children's crafts and archaeological activities - including a mock archaeology dig at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

Using the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, create your own beautiful bird of paradise at Saffron Walden Museum.

Make a light-up dragon using simple electrical circuits at Ely Museum.

Learn all about rivers in this practical, hands-on drop-in session based at Cambridge Museum of Technology, overlooking the River Cam. 

An exciting treasure hunt but all the clues are secret codes! At the Centre for Computing History you can become a spy and help 'crack' these secret messages. 

Join this drop-in family event immersing you in worlds of brave knights and fiery dragons at Ely Museum.

How do telescopes help us see distant stars? Why do mirrors reflect? What happens when light bends?

A chance to learn more about the life cycle of various insects and animals, and create art inspired by nature at Great St. Mary's Church.

How do telescopes help us see distant stars? Why do mirrors reflect? What happens when light bends?

Step into the past this Summer with Museum of Cambridge.

Who needs an expensive fitness gadget when you have the micro:bit! In this activity, at the Centre of Computing History, you'll be turning the tiny device into a personal trainer.

Come and try something new at the Stained Glass Museum in this exciting children's glass fusing session for beginners.

Celebrate 600 years of Bridge Chapel with a day of family fun at The Norris Museum!

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to discover some of our carnivorous plants.

A family craft workshop making a unique mosaic in a box at St Neots Museum.

Can you help make music with carrots, or a game controller with playdoh... How about switching on an LED with a banana? Find out at the Centre for Computing History.

In this unique session at the Stained Glass Museum, you and your child/children can work alongside each other to make a beautiful fused panel.

Get creative with clay at the National Horseracing Museum.

Meet volcanologist Julian Pahl, who studies lava rocks from Hawaii to investigate volcanic eruptions, and take part in fun, hands-on activities relating to his research.

Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

Travel to the world of ancient Rome in an action-packed family day.

Using plaster cast animal teeth, come and make your own colourful necklace to take away and impress your friends at Saffron Walden Museum.

Re-assemble Roman pottery and create your own mosaic design to explore what life may have been like for some of the first settlers on the site of Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum.

A family craft workshop making a unique mosaic in a box at St Neots Museum.

During this special museum tour at the Centre for Computing History, in-house gaming experts will guide you through the history of video games from the seventies to the modern day.

Learn how sound is made, travels and is heard.

Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

Join our free, artist-led Studio Sunday workshops for families and unlock your creativity.

Learn how sound is made, travels and is heard.

Enjoy a relaxed morning at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, open exclusively to children with sensory sensitivities along with families, siblings and carers.

Step into the past this Summer with Museum of Cambridge.

Meet the mind behind the Centre for Computing History's biggest exhibit! James Newman, builder of the Megaprocessor, is coming to the Centre to answer questions about his remarkable creation.

A chance to learn more about the life cycle of various insects and animals, and create art inspired by nature at Great St. Mary's Church.

Enjoy a drop-in morning of art activities linked to beautiful stained glass art at the Stained Glass Museum.

Get creative at the Fitzwilliam Museum's free, family-friendly outdoor sensory play experience.