Arts Pioneers is a monthly art club based at the Fitzwilliam Museum for young people aged 11-19 of mixed abilities. We offer a friendly, supportive and flexible environment to enable young people to work with professional artists and develop their art skills and express their creativity. Assisted by support workers and museum educators, the group explore the over half a million art works and objects, participating in lots of different fun art activities.  

Members of the group work towards an Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification that supports young people to develop their creative practice and leadership skills. More information about Arts Award

If your child is interested in attending please contact your Social Worker or Disabled Children’s Early Help Co-ordinator, to see whether you can use your personalised budget to join the group. More information about short breaks funding. If you are not in receipt of funding, there is a self-referral form.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the group please speak to Marie mfk25@cam.ac.uk or 01223 332898/ 07707282822. We offer free taster sessions which Marie can organise for you. 

 

What's On

Norris Museum
21 Aug 2026
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Develop your mosaic skills at The Norris Museum, with professional mosaic artist, Zena Brackenbury, by learning how to create more intricate designs for a clay bowl, made by you during the session.

The Polar Museum
03 Jul 2026

Artist John Kelly interprets the polar regions through visual storytelling, on display at the Polar Museum. 

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
23 Jul 2026
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An early evening concert in the museum's galleries performed by chamber choir Vox Cantab.

Kettle's Yard
13 Sep 2026
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Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

Kettle's Yard
13 Sep 2026
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Join our free, artist-led Studio Sunday workshops for families and unlock your creativity.

Kettle's Yard
27 Sep 2026
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Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

 

Kettle's Yard
27 Sep 2026
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Join our free, artist-led Studio Sunday workshops for families and unlock your creativity.

Kettle's Yard
11 Oct 2026
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Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

 

Kettle's Yard
11 Oct 2026
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Join our free, artist-led Studio Sunday workshops for families and unlock your creativity.

Kettle's Yard
25 Oct 2026
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Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

Kettle's Yard
25 Oct 2026
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Join our free, artist-led Studio Sunday workshops for families and unlock your creativity.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
30 Jun 2026
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This free tour showcases a selection of must-see museum objects – your perfect introduction to the Whipple.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
28 Jul 2026
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This free tour showcases a selection of must-see museum objects – your perfect introduction to the Whipple.

Whipple Museum of the History of Science
18 Jul 2026
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Join us for our Saturday opening and explore a museum full of surprises — from a giant frog and papier-mâché horse teeth to Charles Darwin’s microscope, alongside sundials, towering telescopes, and pocket-sized globes that bring the story of science to life.

The Fitzwilliam Museum
16 Jul 2026
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Explore Frank Bowling's remarkable career 

The Polar Museum
25 Jul 2026
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Join us at the Polar Museum for a newly updated Bridging Binaries tour, led by the researcher whose archival investigations have expanded the stories this tour tells.

The Polar Museum
03 Jul 2026
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Join us at the Polar Museum for a free talk from artist John Kelly all about our upcoming special exhibition.

Norris Museum
18 Jul 2026
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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!

Norris Museum
05 Aug 2026
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We are excited to be running Arts Award Discover SEND across TWO fun and creative sessions at the Norris Museum! 

Norris Museum
19 Aug 2026
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We are excited to be running Arts Award Discover SEND across TWO fun and creative sessions at the Norris Museum! 

Norris Museum
25 Aug 2026
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The three little pigs are moving to St Ives! Fun at The Norris Museum.

Norris Museum
26 Aug 2026
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Join us for Arts Award Discover in a Day workshop at the Norris Museum.

Saffron Walden Museum
22 Jul 2026
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Have a wild start to the summer holiday, creating a 'Wallace the lion' bookmark at Saffron Walden Museum.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
04 Jul 2026
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Celebrate worms and all they do for the soil.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
01 Jul 2026
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Cambridge University Botanic Garden is delighted that Sounds Green will bring music back to the Garden again this summer.

Kettle's Yard
11 Jul 2026
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Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.

Kettle's Yard
25 Jul 2026
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Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.

Kettle's Yard
15 Aug 2026
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Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
12 Jul 2026
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300 years of botany: The history and evolution of the Cambridge University Herbarium.

Kettle's Yard
29 Aug 2026
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Join one of our knowledgeable Visitor Assistants for an introductory guided tour of the Kettle’s Yard house.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden
17 Jul 2026
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Join Professor Filbert on our summer trail and search for some amazing plant discoveries.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
10 Jul 2026
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Drop in and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love
 

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
24 Jul 2026
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Drop in and be inspired by the displays and objects that our staff love

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
03 Jul 2026
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Join us to celebrate some of the queer histories of the Sedgwick Museum's collections and people.

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
17 Jul 2026
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Join us to celebrate some of the queer histories of the Sedgwick Museum's collections and people.
 

Saffron Walden Museum
23 Jul 2026
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Using the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, create your own beautiful bird of paradise at Saffron Walden Museum.

Saffron Walden Museum
29 Jul 2026
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Saffron Walden Museum
30 Jul 2026
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Using plaster cast animal teeth, come and make your own colourful necklace to take away and impress your friends at Saffron Walden Museum.

Saffron Walden Museum
05 Aug 2026
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Choose an exotic animal or garden bird to sit at the centre of your paper plate design at Saffron Walden Museum.

Saffron Walden Museum
26 Aug 2026
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Create your own scene in a shoe box at Saffron Walden Museum. Choose from Stone age, British wildlife, or Land of the Dinosaurs.